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5 Reasons Why Cable Management Systems Belong in the Integrated Design Process

Whole Building Design, a new way of thinking about how we design and construct buildings, is to construction what holistic medicine is to health: a way of thinking about the building as a fully functioning system rather than simply the sum of various components.  And key to whole building design is an integrated design process whereby the building’s owner, management, tenants, architects and designers, contractors and suppliers participate in the process of designing and building the structure from the very beginning. The concept is that by involving all parties early, redundancies can be avoided, schedules can be streamlined and met, savings can be enjoyed and the building itself can perform at a more functional, efficient level throughout its lifecycle. The integrated design process is also an excellent way for architects, FMs and tenants to enjoy the full advantages of new technologies, on the drawing board and throughout the lifetime of the building. In the case of one of the n