When our corporate client relocated to a new downtown office in Greensboro, the goal was to create a modern workplace that supports seamless collaboration across teams and locations. ClarkPowell was engaged early in the process, enabling a true design-build approach where technology strategy and workplace design were developed in parallel.
The organization needed a collaboration environment that would:
The organization needed a collaboration environment that would:
- Support a Microsoft Teams workflow
- Deliver consistent user experiences across multiple offices
- Be simple to manage and easy to use
- Integrate seamlessly into a modern, design-forward workspace
- Provide speech privacy and reduce distractions in open areas
Early Collaboration = Better Outcomes
By engaging ClarkPowell early, the organization was able to develop a technology roadmap in parallel with the architectural design, setting the foundation for stronger outcomes from the start. The project required close coordination across multiple trades, including the general contractor, architect, and a modular wall system manufacturer.
In the boardroom, maintaining a sleek, modern aesthetic was just as important as performance, leading to a custom solution that mounted the display behind a glass wall while incorporating a magnetic access panel for serviceability. The result preserved a clean, uninterrupted design without sacrificing functionality. This level of coordination across multiple trades is where design-build truly delivers and where ClarkPowell thrives.
By engaging ClarkPowell early, the organization was able to develop a technology roadmap in parallel with the architectural design, setting the foundation for stronger outcomes from the start. The project required close coordination across multiple trades, including the general contractor, architect, and a modular wall system manufacturer.
In the boardroom, maintaining a sleek, modern aesthetic was just as important as performance, leading to a custom solution that mounted the display behind a glass wall while incorporating a magnetic access panel for serviceability. The result preserved a clean, uninterrupted design without sacrificing functionality. This level of coordination across multiple trades is where design-build truly delivers and where ClarkPowell thrives.
Microsoft Teams Rooms Standardization
A standardized Microsoft Teams Rooms environment was deployed across the headquarters.
ClarkPowell designed and deployed:
Yealink Ecosystem
To support this strategy, ClarkPowell implemented a Yealink video conferencing ecosystem throughout the space, including cameras, microphones, and speakers. Yealink’s ecosystem allows ClarkPowell to integrate audio cleanly within drop-ceiling environments to deliver strong performance and a better user experience.
Sound Masking
To enhance the workplace environment, the organization decided to implement Biamp Cambridge Sound Masking.
This was driven by two critical needs:
The new headquarters now features a fully standardized, easy-to-use collaboration environment that supports both in-office and remote teams, offering:
Technology Partners: Viewsonic, Yealink, & Biamp Cambridge Sound.
Planning a new headquarters or upgrading your collaboration spaces?
Let’s design it right from day one.
A standardized Microsoft Teams Rooms environment was deployed across the headquarters.
ClarkPowell designed and deployed:
- A boardroom
- Two conference rooms
- Multiple digital signage locations
Yealink Ecosystem
To support this strategy, ClarkPowell implemented a Yealink video conferencing ecosystem throughout the space, including cameras, microphones, and speakers. Yealink’s ecosystem allows ClarkPowell to integrate audio cleanly within drop-ceiling environments to deliver strong performance and a better user experience.
- Single platform management through one application
- Seamless ecosystem compatibility across devices
- Simplified support and troubleshooting
- Balanced audio performance with integrated mic and speaker solutions
Sound Masking
To enhance the workplace environment, the organization decided to implement Biamp Cambridge Sound Masking.
This was driven by two critical needs:
- Speech privacy in open and adjacent spaces
- Reduction of audio distractions, improving focus, and productivity.
The new headquarters now features a fully standardized, easy-to-use collaboration environment that supports both in-office and remote teams, offering:
- Consistent user experience across all meeting spaces
- Simplified system management and support
- Scalable AV standards for future locations
- Improved workplace comfort through sound masking
- A clean, modern aesthetic with technology seamlessly integrated
Technology Partners: Viewsonic, Yealink, & Biamp Cambridge Sound.
Planning a new headquarters or upgrading your collaboration spaces?
Let’s design it right from day one.
