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There have been hundreds of people taking part in pre-London half marathons all over the South of England. Many of the runners will use the 13 points one-mile distance in a number of locations from Colchester to Hastings, Dartford to Reading as a good warm up for the end of April when the London Marathon takes place. There are others that will train for that exact distance. Whatever role these races play for the people taking part, one thing is certain and that is that there will be some sort of training plan or schedule in place. This is something that got us to thinking, here at Crown Interiors, about the processes for refurbishing or decorating a commercial or office space. In order to be successful, it is best to follow a plan that is well-devised and not unlike a detailed training plan.
Race Day
You should look at completion day as being similar to race day. This is when your space can be utilised by the organisation after you get it ready through preparation and refurbishment. The office space, commercial space or educational space will perform depending on the work that was done and the time that was put into the functionality and the look. You will see that the workers who will be in the space end up being impacted each day by whatever decisions are made and the quality that was achieved upon completion of the commercial refurbishment.
Boosting Distance
Just as a training plan will increase a runner’s distance slowly week after week, your commercial refurbishment design can increase in scale as well while inflating the cost. This is something that will usually take place after structural solutions will uncover a few more challenges in the space than what can be solved. This is a pitfall that you can avoid with detailed planning and preparation. When you analyse a space at the beginning of the project and are clear on the activity to be done, the control that you have over the cost and scale can be maintained realistically.
Muscle Sets
This will not be all about the legs, as any runner will need a strong core. By the same token, any commercial of office decorating project will have to focus on the infrastructure. There will be little point in taking on a repainting project if you will have to move the power points in six months time. Be sure that you pay enough attention to each aspect of your space or room so that the surface activity will not be redundant.
Training in Intervals
Decorating or refurbishing a space can sometimes seem as though it is moving at different speeds. There will be times when you jog and times when you gallop. The time will pass without a whole lot of visible change that is taking place. It may be frustrating as a manager or business owner. However, the preparation you do will rarely give you extreme visual changes. Invest your time here and once you hit the final stages, you will see the real value in all of the detailed preparation you did ahead of time.
Tapering Off
In the last few weeks prior to the London Marathon, there will be a drop in the time that the runners are able to spend on the streets. To be sure that their body is in good shape for race day, the runner will cut back on distances in a process known as the taper. Just like a refurbishment for a commercial or office space, after the visual and structural details are finished, the walls are all in place, the paint is dry and the electrical is done, the pace will change yet again. From putting brand graphics and foliage in place to the other small features, at first glance, it may not be noticeable. However, anyone that spends a lot of time in the space will start to see that the smallest details will inspire productivity.
Once the London Marathon participants line up in the tens of thousands, they will have reached a goal where they have invested months of work, even years or more. The task of taking on a commercial refurbishment or redecoration is not all that different and the impressive accomplishments will pay off after you go through with quality preparation.
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