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Welcome Back to the New Hybrid Office

Companies across America are grappling with how to adjust to the new hybrid work environment as some workers continue to work from home while others prefer to return to the office to partake in the social and collaborative aspect of working in-person. Companies are divided between two worlds. In response to this dilemma, many employers are reconfiguring their open spaces with partitions and constructing private offices to provide safety and social distancing for returning workers…

The NxtWall Single Trade Installation Advantage

The NxtWall Single Trade Advantage

Shortages of skilled labor has hit an all-time high in the post-pandemic construction industry. Conventional construction companies are scrambling to find qualified drywallers, electricians, and carpenters to get the job. As a result of the shortage of skilled workers there are long delays and extended completion dates. Only a single trade is needed to install NxtWall from start-to-finish, as opposed to the extended schedules that come with standard construction methods. Many unhappy customers are rethinking standard drywall construction methods and making the jump to NxtWall demountable walls to get the job done fast…

Hub and Spoke Offices

Hub and Spoke Office – The Next Design Trend

Office configuration of the future will need to be functional in design to accommodate the changing work patterns. In the Satellite office, employees will need collaborative space as well as Zoom conferencing rooms and private offices. While corporate headquarters or Hubs, will be able to remove the inefficient open-seating designs and provide employees with private office space — something that has been needed for years…

Nothing Beats a Private Office

Nothing Beats a NxtWall Private Office

For many years we have seen large Fortune 500 companies do away with cubicles and move toward the open seating concept, in the hopes it would lead to increased collaboration, better co-operation and more productive creative exchange among employees. In theory it was a good idea, but in practice things did not work out so well. A study conducted by Ethan Bernstein and Stephen Turban, in 2018 found that: “workers who moved from a traditional office setting to an open plan became less productive”…

New NxtWall Demountable Wall Finishes

Announcing: New NxtWall Demountable Wall Finishes

NxtWall is proud to announce the addition of two new lines of demountable wall panels. Formica Infiniti offers antibacterial and antimicrobial properties, while Spectrim Ven4ma finishes offers extreme durability which can withstand the use of strong cleaning agents. Both new lines of demountable wall finishes make use of advanced technology to help keep any work environment clean especially now during the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Hybrid open office by NxtWall

Hybrid Offices are the Future

The “open office” concept as we know is flawed. Yet today, nearly 70 percent of U.S. offices have either no partitions or low height partitions, according to the International Facility Management Association. What started out as an innovative concept to build camaraderie and fuel collaboration has had just the opposite effect – it’s caused discontent and a drastic drop-in productivity!

Replace Conventional Construction Drywall with Removable Walls

The search for modular interior office walls to replace the conventionally constructed interior walls most offices have has been active for quite some time. Office interiors have been moving towards drywall replacements for office walls, partitions, and cubicles. Moveable walls replace the conventional commercial interior construction of walls, or simply- gypsum walls, because they provide…