Wall Panels Can be Key to Increased Productivity In Tampa Offices
07 Dec 2020
Wall panel installation is a feature of office furniture design that, while looking nice, also helps reduce noise and distraction.
Here in greater Tampa Bay over the last few months, the usual noise and distraction found in so many offices has lessened thanks to many office workers now working from home.
However, many companies are moving back to the office, both here in Q4 2020 and certainly into 2021.
Why install wall panels?
The key reason to invest in having a commercial installation company assemble wall panels for your Tampa area office – as was stated above – is so that your employees can work better without distraction or too much noise. The evidence is clear, noise make it difficult to work and that can impact everything from collaboration to productivity to employee well-being.
In the article, Office Noise Can Wreck Your Work Day, According to Experts, Amy Meister of MedExpress Worksite Solutions relays her thoughts…“a large office often has a noise level of about 50 decibels, which not only is more than enough to cause significant distraction, but also may result in workers plugging in their headphones and turning up the music, which can cause hearing problems if the volume is loud enough to drown out office noise.”
An article from WorkPlaceInsight.net, Noisy Workplaces Regularly Distract and Stress Out Staff, shares news that “over half (52 percent) of workers are interrupted by noise distractions more than five times in a working day, with 17 percent stating that they are interrupted by noise more than 10 times. This is according to the Noise and Wellbeing at Work 2019 survey conducted by The Remark Group, and supported by environmental psychologist and workplace strategist Dr Nigel Oseland, an honorary senior lecturer at UCL’s Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering. In the survey of 1,000 UK-based office workers, 65 percent reported that noise in the workplace impacted on their ability to complete work in an accurate and timely manner.”
Keys to reducing noise?
We all know how loud an office setting can be. If you’ve worked in an office setting, you know!
One of the keys to employee productivity is to reduce noise, reduce distraction and increase the ability for employees to focus on the work at hand.
Wall panels or panel systems, often connected with cubicles, is one easy and effective way to do that. It’s especially helpful in open rooms with multiple employees, desks and computer stations.
A local Tampa office furniture retailer or salesperson can help you better understand what wall panel systems (or other options) might be best suited for your office set up.
Looking for ways to lessen the impact of noise levels in your office space?
Read iOffice’s article Minimizing Office Noise: 5 Things That Actually Work. They mention the mounting of sound-absorbing fixtures (of which there is a great variety) and which would include padded wall panels.
Or read NewDayOffice.com‘s tudies have shown that acoustic distractions are the number one annoyance for office workers and an insidious sapper of productivity. Modern workplace layouts only seem to be making the problem worse. After all, when you tear down walls and put everyone into an open environment, the physical office space can become an echo chamber of keyboard clicks, telephone rings and cross-talk. It can become total auditory chaos.”
For installation of wall panels – you may want to turn to the experts
Many of our clients us our services to assemble and install wall panels and other office furniture. They hire us because it save their employees the time and hassle of trying to put together office furniture when their time is better spent on, yes…actual work!
Please contact Office Movers of Florida at 813-304-2273.
