Posted Feb 17, 2015, 3:57 PM
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A couple decades ago the baseline assumption was 250 sf per office worker, as a very round number. Now it's 200 sf, with some pushing below that, for example in some tech-focused "collaborative" spaces. Some uses like call centers will often get to the 120 range or even lower. Headquarters ivy towers can get higher due to larger offices for bigwigs and a general prevalance of meeting/showy space.
Offices can be smaller now because of the open office concept, flatscreens that allow shallower desks, reduced use of filing cabinets and shelves, and so on.
Those numbers are per desk. "Per person onsite" can be different as many people aren't in the office on a given day/time, and there's also a growing movement of people sharing workspaces or having rolling carts with their stuff that they can plug into any open station. Then factor in vacations, trips, etc. (I work for a construction company, and sometimes over half the desks are people off at project sites, at meetings, on vacation, etc.)
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