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Interior Enterprises, LLC
Corporate Interior Design
New York, NY
T 917 972.8212
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Case Study
A growing non-profit had secured a sub-lease for a larger pre-built and furnished floor directly above their existing offices. The issue was that they wanted to keep only a selection of the furniture while renovating the space to suit their specific needs. They had employed an architect to help them with the design and construction drawings, but they had not anticipated that the firm they chose was not a contract office specialist.
i.e. had been employed to help direct a complicated multi-phased move incorporating that the furniture that was to be kept had to be moved out of the way of the construction. As part of the work, the furniture that was not going to be reused needed to be disposed of. Getting rid of furniture in New York City has become something of a problem, as there has been a quantity of used furniture available after the downfall of the dot-coms. No longer are there small companies willing to take mismatched workstations and worn desk chairs.
i.e. first interviewed five different moving companies for a three part project and their bids were then analyzed via a spread-sheet. When two companies came in with prices that had a differential of only $50.00 for the exact same services, the client chose the one that they felt most comfortable with. Then a disposal company was directed to come and remove the unwanted furniture and take apart and set aside the one paneled cubical the client had decided to keep.
i.e. then contacted the general contractor and coordinated with their projected work schedule so the furniture would be out of the way on half of the floor and then moved to the finished half to complete the second phase. The process was fairly smooth for the first two phases. When the contractor had not finished the second half of the floor, (this is where the furniture that was to go back to the final locations and the client would move up), a quick re-scheduling was needed.
One of the reasons the contractor was behind in schedule was that the architectural firm was still making changes to the design. When i.e. was finally able to review the floor plan it was noticed that the existing office furniture had never been measured and would not fit into the offices as planned. Fortunately, being interior designers, i.e. found appropriate solutions for the furniture layouts. The client was able to move into their newly renovated larger quarters only a week later than expected.
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