Long-term client KPMG has always been an early adopter of new workplace concepts — for example, employing hoteling as a means to reduce real estate requirements since 1998. Their “Workplace of the Future” initiative, which, in their words, “considers not only where its people work, but how teams and clients can work together and collaborate in new ways to deliver results” constitutes KPMG’s efforts to implement alternative workplace standards on a national level.
Mancini●Duffy assisted KPMG on the roll-out of this initiative at several sites, including their offices in Short Hills, New Jersey, where several departments were relocated. The project reduced space almost 30% from approximately 70,000 to 50,000 sf and established active hoteling, where vacant spaces can be used when available and unoccupied partner offices can be used for quiet meeting rooms. New technologies were implemented for the site, including pervasive wireless, flat screens in meeting rooms, 4G wireless cards for laptops and VOiP for phones. The project received LEED Silver certification.