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Why gyms and a Friday beer fridge just won’t cut it

by Select Interiors
Architectrual Services, Building Services, Conservation and Renovation, Furniture, News, Office Fitting, Office Partitions, Project Management, Shop Fitting
18/04/2018

Much has been written recently extolling the virtues of employee-centred workplace design, but there has been very little serious research backing the trend. The result has been workplace design strategy driven by fads and buzzwords, and where no concrete benefits are subsequently felt by employees. Ultimately, ill-informed redesigns can prove expensive exercises in futility if employees don’t ultimately benefit in terms of quality of life and productivity There is a correlation between workplace design and productivity. The physical work environment impacts...

Design Implications and Space Planning

by Select Interiors
Architectrual Services, Building Services, Conservation and Renovation, Furniture, News, Office Fitting, Office Partitions, Project Management, Shop Fitting, Uncategorized
11/04/2018

Workers today are driven by a need for autonomy over where and when they work to achieve the desired peak-performance. Many traditional workspaces where employees are untethered to work dedicated workstations are thankfully becoming outdated. At Select Interiors Ltd we seek to incorporate choice and variety in a environment to accommodate a range of workstyles and mobility. ‘’Designed to support an agile workforce, the Worksmart Space above fosters innovative thinking and easily adapts to new ways of working, as well as...

listed buildings case study, the story & completion images

Listed Buildings Case Study, The Story & Completion images

by Select Interiors
Architectrual Services, Building Services, Conservation and Renovation, Furniture, News, Office Fitting, Office Partitions, Project Management, Shop Fitting
05/04/2018

Completion of a Design & Refurbishment of Grade II Listed Building within the Barton Arcade, 63 Deansgate, Manchester by Select Interiors Ltd for Apple Partner GBM Ltd The project brief was to design, conversion & refurbish of a Grade II listed (both external envelope and internal Listed) retail unit, the unit has three floors, a basement, ground with a single shop front on Deansgate and a double frontage to the 1st floor Survey images GBM are a long-established Apple authorised reseller....

Good Design Need not be Expensive

by Select Interiors
Architectrual Services, Building Services, Conservation and Renovation, Furniture, News, Office Fitting, Office Partitions, Project Management, Shop Fitting, Uncategorized
19/03/2018

Good design need not be expensive, how Select Interiors maintains a budget and an example of why a budget was exceeded by 18% It is said that good ideas never go out of style. The greatest barrier to achieving a perfect interior is usually the budget. As most clients have less than is needed to achieve the ideal, it falls to the designer to be arbiter, selector of materials, finishes and to have a tight rein on the purse strings....

Projects for Q1 2018 & Listed Building Update

by Select Interiors
News
16/01/2018

Select Interiors wins contract for the design and refurbishment of 11 rest facilities for Metrolink operators Keolis Amey for Transport for Greater Manchester   Select Interiors have recently tendered and won the first of a major investment in staff facilities owned by Transport for Greater Manchester and operated by Keolis Amey. Select Interiors Ltd completed design and refurbishment works for two rest facilities for previous operators of Metrolink in Piccadilly & Cornbrook Stations in Manchester. Select Interiors Ltd have won another...

6 Trends for Office and Workspaces Design for 2018

by Select Interiors
News, Office Fitting, Shop Fitting
09/01/2018

Top 6 Dynamic Trends for Office and Workspaces Design for 2018 as Predicted by the Select Interiors Ltd Team. In today’s world, it’s important to have an office space that functions according to your businesses needs and enhances the performance of those who work within its walls. Therefore, the design of your office is so important and why design trends are constantly changing and adapting to the demands of businesses. It directly impacts our ability to work and be at our...

Select Interiors – Best of 2017!

by Select Interiors
Architectrual Services, Building Services, Conservation and Renovation, Furniture, News, Office Fitting, Office Partitions, Project Management, Shop Fitting, Uncategorized
02/01/2018

Select Interiors Manchester design and fit out company present a smorgasbord of the best of 2017 selected by the team. The selection was not made on value, profitability or whether we designed the scheme, but purely on how much we enjoyed the process. Number 1 on Select Interiors Fit out Company top 10 - Biz Space Altrincham Business Centre on Altrincham, Select Interiors developed the scheme from initial brief to refurbish 3,000 sqft of communal space, reception, café, corridors, staircases and washroom...

Optimising the Workplace for Innovative Thinking

by Select Interiors
Architectrual Services, Building Services, Conservation and Renovation, Furniture, News, Office Fitting, Office Partitions, Project Management, Shop Fitting, Uncategorized
13/12/2017

Coffee Shop Work & How to Optimise the Workplace for Innovative Thinking by Incorporating Smart Design. According to academic research acoustics have a role to play. You need about 70 decibels to enhance creative performance, anything lower, e.g. a quiet conversation and we pick up on the fact that it is too quiet. Noise above 85 decibels, which is like city traffic heard from the inside of a car, is too high and distracting. So, there's this interesting range that is...

Listed Buildings Case Study Progress

by Select Interiors
Architectrual Services, Building Services, Conservation and Renovation, Furniture, News, Office Fitting, Office Partitions, Project Management, Shop Fitting
04/12/2017

Design & Refurbishment of Grade II Listed Building within the Barton Arcade, 63 Deansgate, Manchester by Select Interiors Ltd The project brief was to design, conversion & refurbish of a retail unit, the unit has three floors, a basement, ground with a single shop front on Deansgate and a double frontage to the 1st floor Survey images below       Our client GBM are a long established Apple authorised reseller. This successful company has been trading for over 20 years and is...

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12 steps to design and refurb of Listed Buildings

by Select Interiors
Building Services
21/11/2017

Listed Buildings Case Study 12 steps to design and refurbishment of Grade II Listed Buildings case study Grade II listed building conversions need not be a headache or bring you or the Bank Manager to apoplexy This is often the impression people have of the expense of conversion where buildings are Listed Case Study – Design & Refurbishment of Grade II Listed Building within the Barton Arcade, 63 Deansgate, Manchester Select Interiors received an enquiry to design & refurbish a retail unit with...