What Facilities Leaders Are Prioritizing Right Now

Devan Mairose Calhoun

Jun 22

1 min read

Updated: Aug 20

Enhancing the Employee Experience Through Office Upgrades & Refreshes

One trend we’ve consistently heard this year: facilities leaders are prioritizing the employee workplace experience.

As more companies return to primarily in-office work schedules, organizations are investing in long-postponed renovations, workplace upgrades, and refreshed common areas that better support employees’ workplace experience.

We’re seeing increased demand for:

Amenity spaces: cafés, breakrooms, wellness rooms, collaboration lounges, and conference centers
Large-scale renovations: office reconfigurations, lobby renovations, and workplace modernization projects
Upgrades & refreshes: elevator modernizations, lighting upgrades, restroom improvements, flooring replacements, and high-traffic common areas

What Does This Mean?

You’re not alone in thinking about these improvements and many organizations are entering the market at the same time.

Engaging your GC early can help you better understand project planning, permitting requirements, budgeting, and scheduling considerations. If it’s been several years since your last construction project, you may also encounter longer lead times and increased construction costs compared to prior cycles.

How Can MAI Help?

As a Bay Area tenant improvement expert for more than five decades, MAI helps clients navigate projects from early planning through construction completion.

Our preconstruction team can walk your site, discuss permitting and scheduling considerations, develop early budgeting guidance, and identify opportunities to streamline delivery. Through our design-build approach, we help reduce friction, improve coordination, and keep projects moving efficiently.

Most importantly, we understand what it takes to create workplace environments that support both employee experience and business goals.