Case Study

Champions IFM (CIFM), the GA based Workplace Strategy and Moving Consulting firm recently completed the successful 52,000 square foot build out and relocation of the expanding ABC Company to their new corporate headquarters at 555 Broadway, Atlanta .

Led by CIFM’s Founder and Project Manager Francina Price, the team consisted of well-respected consultants, engineers and vendors who provided ABC Company with a new office that visually communicated the ABC Brand.

Utilizing interior design/ space planners and marketing consultants, workplace strategies were used to design for healthy living & working, Individual and collaborative areas were planned to address the various cultures, learning and working styles of ABC’s employees, thus maximizing productivity.

Being the single source to ABC, CIFM was able to effectively and effciently handle the logistics for the project delivery including design and construction, audio/visual, arrangement of existing furniture, new furniture acquisition, and executed a move management plan that stayed within budget. Due to precise and extremely detailed planning, the relocation of the 100+ staff , their technology and furniture was phased over a three-day period. Ultimately, ABC Company experienced zero downtime and was fully functional on Day 1.

Project Team

Owner’s Rep / Move Consultant: Champions Integrated Facilities Management Interior Designers/ Space Planners: Design Associates
Structural Engineer: Joe Johns Engineering
General Contractor: Judy Smith & Sons
Technology & Acoustics: Haley & Associates
Furniture: GA Placescapes
Cabling: Xffnity
Security: USIS
Audio/Visual: IICU
Relocation: Brett Moving & Storage

Case Study

First thing to know: No two mergers or acquisitions are alike!
Harlowe Holdings, an import wholesale conglomerate with 10 different business units had just acquired its 11th, looking to increase their share of the electronic chip market. The acquisition of Bandor, Inc. and its subsequent move onto the Harlowe campus posed a number of challenges. Champions IFM (CIFM) was contracted to:

a.) Determine the synergy between the Harlowe corporate goals, its electronic chip business unit and the newly acquired Bandor goals to combine any similar business practices, increasing performance and reducing costs.

b.) Implement Change Management Processes and strategies. Because there was some overlap of the processes between Bandor and Harlowe, CIFM needed to employ and utilize coaching strategies related to team building, networking and trust building, as employees on both sides would feel some level of uncertainty in job security.

c.) Having been contracted prior to the public announcement of the acquisition, CIFM had the time to analyze, plan and develop the directives, objectives and strategies to seamlessly transition the two vastly different cultures into one. Education was the key.