In the old days, access flooring was used in only a very few industries, like data centers and industrial facilities.
Times have changed, though, and the uses for raised flooring are nearly limitless.
Libraries, 911 call centers, schools' technology centers, offices and even homes use access floors in their everyday operation.
Libraries
One of the biggest pushes in the past decade (perhaps the past 2-3 decades) has been to keep libraries relevent in the 21st Century's information age.
There are many things that librarians, communities and schools can do to stay important of the lives of students and the community, but technology has to be a major component of this.
Installing an access floor in a library creates the foundational infrastructure that will allow you to add power and data (and thus, add desktop and tablet stations) to your library. It also allows you to reconfigure the layout whenever and however you need to best support library patrons.
Offices
Up until the past several years, any medium to large office that wanted built-in cable management had few choices. You either had to run cables overhead in the ceiling (hard to install and unsightly when you run a cable drop down to a desk), or you had to run cables in the concrete subfloor.
These two methods work for some people and some buildings, but that doesn't mean there isn't a better way!
Concrete trenching and drilling can be expensive, especially for offices that have 20+ people in them. It's also very noisy and dirty. It takes a long time, with the progress measured in tens of feet per night. (And we say night because very, very few real estate management firms will let this highly disruptive work take place during business hours.
Cable management (low profile) access floor is a great way to solve these problems. It installs quickly and doesn't disrupt operations very much. In addition, if you ever need to change the layout, it's so easy to move the electrical boxes around (instead of having to get more concrete trenching or core drilling done!)
Headed for the Future
The future of society and business will put huge demands on content providers and networks. Despite advances in wireless networks, mission critical communications are still very reliant on wired networks due to their superior speed, security and overall reliability.
Expect to see low profile, cable management floor being included in many new buildings of all types. And expect to see buildings undergoing renovation to include this type of access floor because it creates an enormous amount of flexibility for power and data wiring now, and in the future.
Times have changed, though, and the uses for raised flooring are nearly limitless.
Libraries, 911 call centers, schools' technology centers, offices and even homes use access floors in their everyday operation.
Libraries
One of the biggest pushes in the past decade (perhaps the past 2-3 decades) has been to keep libraries relevent in the 21st Century's information age.
There are many things that librarians, communities and schools can do to stay important of the lives of students and the community, but technology has to be a major component of this.
Installing an access floor in a library creates the foundational infrastructure that will allow you to add power and data (and thus, add desktop and tablet stations) to your library. It also allows you to reconfigure the layout whenever and however you need to best support library patrons.
Offices
Up until the past several years, any medium to large office that wanted built-in cable management had few choices. You either had to run cables overhead in the ceiling (hard to install and unsightly when you run a cable drop down to a desk), or you had to run cables in the concrete subfloor.
These two methods work for some people and some buildings, but that doesn't mean there isn't a better way!
Concrete trenching and drilling can be expensive, especially for offices that have 20+ people in them. It's also very noisy and dirty. It takes a long time, with the progress measured in tens of feet per night. (And we say night because very, very few real estate management firms will let this highly disruptive work take place during business hours.
Cable management (low profile) access floor is a great way to solve these problems. It installs quickly and doesn't disrupt operations very much. In addition, if you ever need to change the layout, it's so easy to move the electrical boxes around (instead of having to get more concrete trenching or core drilling done!)
Headed for the Future
The future of society and business will put huge demands on content providers and networks. Despite advances in wireless networks, mission critical communications are still very reliant on wired networks due to their superior speed, security and overall reliability.
Expect to see low profile, cable management floor being included in many new buildings of all types. And expect to see buildings undergoing renovation to include this type of access floor because it creates an enormous amount of flexibility for power and data wiring now, and in the future.