Office Space Utilisation Analysis

This is a very interesting perspective on the culture and values of an organisation as reflected in the way it uses space, and in turn the way it spends money.


Open shared space = areas such as main reception area, staff lounge / pantry.

Enclosed shared spaces = areas such as meeting rooms, server room.

Enclosed workspace = private enclosed offices, usually for senior management, confidential functions

Open workspace = areas for open plan workstations,



The traditional office has plenty of private offices, usually to indicate hierachy. In contrast, the modern office supports the mobile intelligent worker who does not need to work from a fixed location.


In this sample of office G and S as compared against the industry benchmark, it shows the resistance in letting go of territorial space.

Today is 22 April 2009.

I started this blog as a diary to record my experiences in managing real estate for corporates.




The field of Corporate Real Estate (CRE) is very wide and covers everything from the birth of a office to the death:

Site selection, Lease negotiations, Legal review

Space design, Project fit out, Carpet & Furniture selection, Move in

Procurement process and Value engineering

Facilities Management

Environment, Health & Safety matters

Business Continuity and Risk management

RE finance

and many sub-categories within each of the above.

Organised as I am, I will create a page for each of these topics and drop in posts as real life experiences and thoughts happen.