There has to be a proper office design or plan to ensure that a balance is struck between the space allotted to individual workstations and that given to the group spaces. The balance is bound to be different for each firm, depending on the nature of its business and how employees go about their work. Also, whenever the space for a workstation is cut down, it makes sense to provide for needs in other ways.

If there is no room for a guest chair in or near any of the individual workstations, but meeting and interacting with others is part of the day-to-day job, space planning should provide a variety of other areas nearby to meet other needs such as a break-out area, meeting table or one of many other possibilities.

If there is not much room for filing space within the workstation, it is usually a good idea to keep archive files nearby. There are many such minor, albeit important things to be kept in mind, when looking to save on office workspace and if you are not careful important points can be overlooked.

This is where expert advice comes into play. Space planning professionals, such as Space Planning UK, using their practical insight and experience, can help to strike the right balance as necessary for employees to be able to work effectively in the available office space.