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Everyone working in an office building will have different preferences for how they like to organise their workspace. To cater to these individual requirements, workstations need to be fully adjustable.

The Ultimet workstations from Kada Commercial Furniture that were specified for the Minter Ellison floors are height adjustable, and can be adapted depending on each worker's needs.

The Ultimet system has a wide range of products that can be utilised to adapt each workstation. Administration desks have a function wall tile with plenty of clip-on file trays, as an administration person can be working for up to six partners. Lawyers' workstations have double the usual amount of shelving, plus a sliding clip-on whiteboard. Some office desks also needed to be custom-built around large columns.

At 3.5m by 1.75m, typical lawyers' workstations are significantly larger than the standard workstation size of around 1.8m by 1.8m. Architects Craig Craig Moller wanted to achieve these large spans without having a forest of legs to support the desks. Kada's Ultimet system, with its minimal leg details and under-desk supporting rails, provided a good solution.

As the Ultimet system is panel-based, power and data sources were able to be set into the fabric-wrapped tiles.

The majority of the Quiet Room tables and level 20 meeting room tables are Ultimet bases, so the same style flows through from the open plan areas to the offices and meeting rooms.

Kada also provided a Steelcase Fliptop system table for the main boardroom.

For more details, contact Kada Commercial Furniture, 125 The Strand, Parnell, phone (09) 377 0760, fax (09) 377 0765. Email: info@kada.co.nz. Website: www.kada.co.nz.

Story by: Trendsideas