How Office Design Affects Patient Experience

The future of medical office interior design is trending towards comfort. Patients are becoming more discerning consumers when it comes to choosing where they go for their healthcare. As a result,... Read more
Topics: Healthcare

4 Tips to Create the Best Office Environment for Your Medical Staff

The medical field is one of the most stressful work environments around, so burnout for medical staff can be quite high. The work involved can be both emotionally and physically draining, but... Read more
Topics: Healthcare

McCoy Rockford’s Houston AIA Power Hour - Part 6

Design is always evolving, especially in our home town of Houston, Texas.   Read more
Topics: design in houston

Four Ways to Leverage the HCAHP and Optimize Customer Experience

If you’ve worked in healthcare for any length of time, you’ve probably asked yourself how you can improve your patient satisfaction scores. HCAHPS scores are one of the most important benchmarks for... Read more
Topics: Healthcare, hcaps scores, customer experience

McCoy Rockford’s Houston AIA Power Hour - Part 5

As a staple in the Houston design scene for 65 years, McCoy Rockford is invested in keeping ourselves and our clients up-to-date on the latest design trends and advances in our home city. Read more
Topics: design in houston, leveraging real estate

McCoy Rockford’s Houston AIA Power Hour - Part 4

At McCoy Rockford we’re fascinated to see how design is constantly evolving. Especially in Houston, Texas, our home of 65 years. Read more
Topics: design in houston, next generation in the workplace

McCoy Rockford’s Houston AIA Power Hour - Part 3

At McCoy Rockford we’re always interested in seeing how design is evolving. Especially in our home town of Houston, Texas. Read more
Topics: design in houston, global standards of design

Improve Patient Satisfaction by Reducing Patient Wait Times

 Whether a medical office is an independent clinic or one department in a large hospital, addressing and treating patients in a timely manner is always a priority. Even though lengthy wait times are... Read more
Topics: Healthcare, patient satisfaction, waiting rooms, survey

How to Meet ADA Codes in Your Doctor’s Office.

There are a lot of things to consider when you’re thinking of redesigning your medical office. You have to consider what budget and resources you can afford to dedicate to your redesign, for example.... Read more
Topics: Healthcare, ADA

Three Ways to Maximize Space in Your Doctor’s Office

Medical clinics are often at a disadvantage when it comes to finding adequate office space. Most commercial space is designed with retail businesses or conventional offices in mind. Neither of those... Read more
Topics: Healthcare, maximize space

How to Create a Budget for Waiting Room Furniture.

There are a lot of factors that go into designing and buying furniture for your waiting room. It can be hard to know where to start. You probably have a general idea of how much money you can afford... Read more
Topics: Healthcare, medical office interior design

The Doctor’s Office of the Future in Houston and Austin?

Since the field of healthcare is always advancing, experts often consider what the future of healthcare will look like. Usually, they address changes in diagnostics or treatment. But one of the most... Read more
Topics: Healthcare, medical office interior design

McCoy Rockford’s Houston AIA Power Hour - Part 2

As a commercial interiors dealership with 65 years of experience in the industry, we’re always interested in seeing how design is evolving. Especially in our home state of Texas. Read more
Topics: design in houston

McCoy Rockford’s Houston AIA Power Hour - Part 1

At McCoy Rockford we’re always interested in seeing how design is evolving, especially in our own City of Houston. To help dive into some of the questions surrounding design in Houston, what the... Read more
Topics: design in houston, commercial design

How to Make Your Medical Office More Inviting (and Less Creepy)

When you were growing up, your mother probably told you first impressions are the most important. She was right. And when it comes to the field of healthcare, the waiting room makes the first... Read more
Topics: Healthcare

3 Steps to an Efficient Office Move Meeting

It seems everyone has a horror story (or several) about an office meeting that gone awry, gone awkward, or just gone on too long. When meeting with your office moving project team, you don't want to... Read more
Topics: Office Moving

3 Tips for Medical (or any kind of) Office Move

Every office move has some unique quirks. Some industries, however, require more than just your average office mover. For example, when you work in a medical office your move won’t be as simple as... Read more
Topics: Office Moving, Healthcare

Creating an Office Relocation Project Team, Pt. 2

In “Creating an Office Relocation Project Team, Pt. 1,” we outlined three key roles in the office relocation process. Delegating a relocation coordinator, an office telecommunications coordinator,... Read more
Topics: Office Moving

Overcoming Conflict After an Office Move

You may think your office relocation is done once you’ve arrived in your new location and set up your offices, but that’s not the case. After a hectic office move, conflict is practically inevitable.... Read more
Topics: Office Moving

When Your Office Move Means Less Space: Strategic Downsizing

Most of the time, growing your business means moving your office into a space with more square feet, not fewer. Most of the time, "downsizing” describes a low point in a company’s history. Most of... Read more
Topics: Office Moving

4 Tips for Building Your Office Moving Budget

Your office moving budget comes down to more than just rentals and packing supplies. According to Geoff Williams at US News, the average mover tends to underestimate the cost of their move. By... Read more
Topics: Office Moving

Here’s Proof that Furniture Providers Make the Best Office Movers

Furniture providers make the best office movers. Think about it: who would you rather have moving heavy, fragile–not to mention expensive–equipment besides those whose day-in-day-out business... Read more
Topics: Office Moving

3 Ways to Know It’s Time to Move Your Business

Running a business is tough but rewarding work. Every day as a business leader, you’re forced to make decisions that will prove beneficial or detrimental to you, your employees, and your... Read more

Smooth Move – How to Avoid Stress During Your Office Move

75% of employees who follow their company in an office move will consider their move stressful. In fact, a study conducted by the medical researchers at Health Status found that along with the death... Read more
Topics: moving office, Office Moving

5 Reasons to Choose McCoy-Rockford for Your Office Move

Office relocation is costly. And many times, the cost is more than just financial. According to the International Facility Management Association (headquartered in Houston, Texas), 66% of employees... Read more
Topics: moving office, office relocation

Creating an Office Relocation Project Team, Pt. 1

Dennis A. Attwood is an office environment expert who literally wrote the book on Office Relocation. Filled with information on everything from floor layout and space planning to managing employees... Read more
Topics: office relocation

Southwestern Energy: An Office Relocation Case Study

We’ve been a part of quite a bit of office relocation, so you can imagine how excited we were to recently partner with Southwestern Energy when they decided to move their 1000+ employees from across... Read more

How to Plan Your New Space for Office Moving

Relocating from one office to another is a hectic time. After you’ve hired the best office moving partners and followed the guidelines in our Office Moving Checklist, there’s still one more important... Read more

The Communication Tip Every CEO Needs to Know

Researchers recently surveyed 65,000 employees to evaluate the state of communications between CEOs and those who work for them. According to researcher Rodney Gray, the results were not good news... Read more

Office Moving Mistakes to Avoid

When Scott Langdon was moving his company from one location to another, he learned a lot of lessons about office moving. Unfortunately, the owner and managing partner of HigherVisibility had to learn... Read more

Can Creativity & Innovation Be Planned?

Busy work. The phrase itself conjures up sensations of boredom and frustration. According to Merriam-Webster, busy work is “work that usually appears productive or of intrinsic value but actually... Read more

3 Tips You Need to Know Before You Move Offices

There’s a popular bumper sticker that can be spotted on trucks throughout the country (particularly here in Texas). It says, “Yes, I drive a truck. No, I won’t help you move.” There’s a reason these... Read more
Topics: Office Moving

How to Keep Your Company Productive During an Office Move

“Get through the move as quickly and seamlessly as possible, with minimal disruption.” That’s how Compare My Move’s expert Anna Athanasiadis defines the goal of any company going through an office... Read more
Topics: office moves

5 Reasons an Office Relocation Company Will Save You Time, Money, and a Headache

If you’ve ever moved from one home to another on your own, you understand that unexpected needs arise throughout the moving process. Now multiply those issues by the size of your company and you can... Read more
Topics: office relocation

Can an Office Relocation Create ROI?

The short answer is yes. While any office move requires a budget, it doesn’t have to be a sunk cost. Your company funds can become an investment when you plan your office relocation correctly. Our... Read more

StartUp Culture Series Part 3: John Arenas of Serendipity Labs

In our final StartUp Culture series article, John Arenas sat down to discuss the evolving workplace and how his company, Serendipity Labs Coworking, is helping steer the ship. Serendipity is creating... Read more
Topics: startup culture

StartUp Culture Series - Part 2: Dean Strombom of Gensler

Our event “Understanding StartUp Culture and its Impact on Businesses” featured panelists with unique perspectives on startup culture in today’s evolving office environment. One unique perspective is... Read more

Workplace Design: The One Thing Successful Offices Have In Common

4,000 office workers across 11 different industries were surveyed to discover what successful, innovative, and creative workplaces look like in 2016. The evidence points to one major finding:... Read more
Topics: Design

StartUp Culture Series - Part 1: Matthew Hager of Poetic Systems

In October of 2016, McCoy-Rockford hosted “Understanding Startup Culture and its Impact on Businesses” with our cohosts Turnstone and Cameron Management. The event included conversations with... Read more

Is the Hot Desking Trend Right for Your Office? Part 1

When the “smartest building in the world,” the “greenest building in the world,” and the “Uber of buildings” are all the same building, one can’t help but take notice. The Edge in Amsterdam is a... Read more

The Evolution of Law Firms & Their Offices: Part 2

When Jeff Lesk and his team of lawyers at Nixon-Peabody in Washington D.C. were looking for a new office space, they decided to shake things up a bit. In the lawyer world, that doesn’t happen very... Read more
Topics: Design

The Reward for Those Who Avoid Desk Eating

 If you read our recent blog about eating at your desk, you know how awful it is to skip breaks and lunches throughout the workday. Desk eating is dangerous for your mental and physical health as... Read more

Why You Should Avoid Desk Eating

Are you happy to see your employees powering through lunchtime by eating at their desks, or skipping breaks altogether? Not so fast. Working through lunch seems like a sign of motivated workers, but... Read more

5 Ways to Improve Employee Engagement

Workplace Engagement, according to The Roesler Group, is “the heightened emotional connection that an employee feels for his or her organization, that influences him or her to exert greater... Read more

The Evolution of Law Firms & Their Offices

1.2 million people work as lawyers in the United States. The majority of these legal professionals work in solo or small firms with fewer than six other lawyers. The number of large law firms,... Read more
Topics: trends

How The Brody WorkLounge Helps You Actually Get Work Done

Distractions Compromise Innovation Chances are, between the moment you clicked this article and when you began reading this sentence, you’ve been distracted by something or someone. Distractions at... Read more
Topics: Wellbeing

Questions Executives Should Ask About Working Remotely - Part 2

Is it controversial to tell your workers they should be in the office? Answers from few high-tech CEOs may surprise you. When Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo, banned her 12,000 employees from working... Read more
Topics: working remotely, efficiency

Questions Executives Should Ask About Working Remotely -Part 1

Even though between 80%-90% of the U.S. workforce expresses interest in working remotely at least part of the time, only 2.8% of the workforce actually does. Based on those numbers, it’s likely your... Read more
Topics: productivity, remote working,

3 Ways to Help Employees Think (and Work) Better

6,000 workers were recently asked, “Where do you do your best thinking?” The study was conducted by David Rock’s NeuroLeadership Group, an institute formed to help people and companies better... Read more
Topics: Wellbeing, awareness, privacy

Wellness Programs & Mid-sized Businesses

Healthy employees cost you less--that’s the conclusion of Harvard Business Review’s recent investigation of companies who’ve implemented wellness programs. Organizations like Johnson & Johnson and MD... Read more
Topics: open office, benching, workstations

How to Calculate Square Feet Per Employee

The modern office is shrinking. According to a report by Property Portfolio Research, over the last decade, the size of the average office has decreased by 21 percent. When it’s time to sign a lease... Read more
Topics: Workplace, open office

Top 3 Trends from Neocon 2016

It turns out NeoCon 2016 in Chicago had nothing to do with the Matrix films. Sorry Keanu fans, it's not that kind of "Neo." For the rest of us though, the event this past June was the next best... Read more
Topics: gesture, best office chair, office chair

The Open Office, Distraction and Millennials

The modern concept of what an office should look like is always growing and changing according to the needs of your company, and the needs of the people who work with you. Millennials are a growing... Read more
Topics: open office, millennials

2 Key Spaces in Every Creative Workplace

Why a Creative Workplace? Creative thinking can be a company's biggest asset in the business world. Start-ups are a great example of this principle. Look at a given marketplace with established... Read more
Topics: creative workspace

5 Keys to Choosing the Best Office Chair for Your Team

Office workers spend the majority of their time sitting. Over the past few years, there have been more and more studies coming out that show sitting can cause or exacerbate any number of health... Read more
Topics: gesture, best office chair, office chair

Office Wellbeing | The Pros and Cons of a Treadmill Desk

There’s a new saying these days: “Sitting is the new smoking.” Over the last decade, new studies have come out to tell us just how bad sitting is for our health. According to these studies, Office... Read more
Topics: the pros and cons of treadmill desks, treadmill desk

Green Office: How Office Plants boost Productivity & Satisfaction

In many offices today, a “clean” aesthetic is in vogue, and it’s easy to see why. When you walk into an office with bare desks and lots of straight lines, it looks efficient and modern. This can lead... Read more
Topics: Green Office, Office Plants

Three Mistakes to Avoid When Redesigning Your Office

You lead a young, growing company, and you’ve outgrown your mismatched furniture, awkward layout, and hand-me-down cubicles.  You’ve gathered feedback from your team, and they are excited about a... Read more
Topics: office relocation, office redesign

3 Resources for Creating A Great Workplace

Being a great place to work is more than winning a “Best Place to Work” competition and displaying the trophy in your reception area. Organizations are discovering they need a great workplace to... Read more
Topics: engaging talent, creating a great place to work, great place to work, open concept office

3 Tips for Creating an Entrepreneurial Office

Today's business climate is competitive and volatile. Leaders are looking for ways to scale growth, while fighting to attract and retain talent from competitors of all sizes. Knowing many... Read more
Topics: startup culture, Culture, intrapreneurship, entrepreneurial spirit, entrepreneurship, innovation

How to Create (Sound) Privacy in an Open Office

In a previous article, we discussed whether an open office is right for you. We mentioned how workers benefit when they have a choice of privacy options. But what if you already have an open office?... Read more
Topics: privacy, acoustical privacy, sound masking, sound privacy, open concept office

Tips for Relocating Your Office

We like to say "Great work deserves its place.TM" Sometimes that place is somewhere new. If you're planning on relocating your office, there are a few things you should consider. Moving your home is... Read more
Topics: moving office, office relocation, relocating office, office relocation tips, office moves, relocation tips

Is an Open Office Concept Right for You?

The open office concept has been around for a long time. Industrialists like Frederick Taylor and Henry Ford popularized the efficient floor plan in the early 20th century. Later, the increase of... Read more
Topics: Brody WorkLounge, glass-front offices, office layouts, office floor plans, open office concept

How to Design a Workplace for Employee Engagement

Employee engagement has received a lot of press over the last several years. There's a good reason. Roughly one-third of the global workforce is disengaged. Leaders cannot ignore this because... Read more
Topics: trends, resiliency, engaging talent, retaining talent, Workplace Issues, attracting talent, Employee Engagement

How Your Workplace Performs: Personal Wellbeing

  Workplace issue #5: Personal Wellbeing Help Improve Personal Wellbeing According to a study conducted by Ohio State University and the National Institute of Mental Health in the U.S., the physical... Read more
Topics: Wellbeing, Workplace, Workplace Issues

How Your Workplace Performs: Brand & Culture

Workplace issue #4: Building the Company Brand Build the Company Brand and Culture Read more
Topics: Workplace, Workplace Issues, Culture

How Your Workplace Performs: Engaging Talent

Workplace issue #3: Engaging Talent Attract, Develop, and Engage Great Talent Successful businesses today need a place where people really want to work. Without that, they will struggle to draw and... Read more
Topics: Workplace, engaging talent, retaining talent, Workplace Issues, attracting talent

How Your Workplace Performs: Enhancing Collaboration

Workplace issue #2: Enhancing Collaboration Enhance Collaboration as a Natural Way of Working Leaders today want innovative teams. That innovation is the result of collaboration when people work... Read more
Topics: Workplace Issues, Collaboration, Interconnected Workplace

How Your Workplace Performs: Real Estate Optimization

Workplace ISSUE #1: Real Estate Optimization With the rising cost of real estate and volatility of today's economy, offices need to be flexible to grow and shrink accordingly. At the same time,... Read more
Topics: Workplace, Real Estate Optimization, Workplace Issues, Interconnected Workplace

StartUp Culture: An Evening with 3 Founders

We recently hosted a panel discussion in Houston about startup culture to address how it differs from corporate culture and discuss what all businesses can learn from it. An energetic crowd of... Read more
Topics: startup culture

Gadget Site Names Gesture Best Office Chair

  After a year of rigorously testing some of the top office chairs in the world, The Wirecutter has named the Steelcase Gesture the best office chair. A primary reason for this selection is... Read more
Topics: gesture, best task chair, office furniture, best office chair, task chair

Boom or Bust: Competing Businesses and the Interconnected Workplace

  Our Story is Part of Your Story After more than 50 years serving businesses in Houston and Austin, Texas, we have seen a lot of changes occur in our markets and in workplace culture. Since 1962,... Read more
Topics: Real Estate Optimization, resiliency, engaging talent, retaining talent, recession, attracting talent

Transform A Carpeted Floor into a Power Source with Thread

A recent survey of office workers reported that 73% of people used three or more devices throughout their day to get work done. Similarly, 73% of students now report that they cannot study without... Read more
Topics: Floor Covering, Real Estate Optimization, Thread, power distribution, Construction

Workplace Trends for 2016

Happy New Year! We're excited about what 2016 will bring. Folks are talking about what will be going on in the workplace this year, so we thought we would share a few of their predictions so you can... Read more
Topics: Design, Real Estate Optimization, trends

McCoy brings home IFMA Awards

Last week, three separate projects by McCoy-Rockford teams won Best Practice Awards during the 4th Annual Awards of Excellence held by the Houston Chapter of the International Facility Management... Read more
Topics: Wellbeing, Workplace, News

Introducing the Brody Worklounge

  THE BRODY WORKLOUNGETM:  DESIGNED FOR YOUR BODY AND YOUR BRAIN Today’s offices and universities are often open and exposed, providing little to no control over visual distractions. Students and... Read more
Topics: Brody WorkLounge

The 6 Dimensions of Office Wellbeing: #6 Vitality

As the modern workforce has tranformed from being physical laborers to knowledge workers, our minds are asked to be very active while our bodies sit in one place. In order to perform well, workers... Read more
Topics: Wellbeing, Workplace, vitality

The 6 Dimensions of Office Wellbeing: #5 Meaning

Brands have been an emphasis for much of the past century.  One of the reasons is brands communicate meaning to consumers, creating a sense of loyalty and trust. These values are just as important -... Read more
Topics: Wellbeing, Workplace

The 6 Dimensions of Office Wellbeing: #4 Belonging

Last year, the U.S. workforce turnover rate was nearly 15.7%, up from 14.4% in 2011. Workforce turnover can carry a hefty cost. A report from CBS News calculated the additional cost of of replacing a... Read more
Topics: Wellbeing, Workplace

The 6 Dimensions of Office Wellbeing: #3 Authenticity

What happens when workers feel like they can’t be themselves at the workplace? What can we do to help workers feel comfortable and connected, so they bring their best selves to the work they do? As... Read more
Topics: Wellbeing, Workplace

The 6 Dimensions of Office Wellbeing: #2 Mindfulness

Continuing our series on office wellbeing, this article from Steelcase focuses on the second dimension of wellbeing, mindfulness. You'll learn about the challenges to mindfulness in today's workplace... Read more
Topics: Wellbeing, Workplace, engage

The 6 Dimensions of Office Wellbeing: #1 Optimism

Last week we discussed how office wellbeing affects productivity. This week, we will share the first of 6 Dimensions of Wellbeing. These are 6 dimensions Steelcase identified that can be impacted by... Read more
Topics: Wellbeing

How Office Wellbeing Affects Performance

If you're a business leader or manager, you may be wondering, "What's the big deal about wellbeing?" As a leader, you probably want to help your employees be healthier and more fulfilled. Read more
Topics: Wellbeing

Giving Back to Humanity

In the month of July, McCoy-Rockford was grateful to have two opportunities to donate to Habitat for Humanity. The pictures below show our second shipment of carpet being loaded for delivery by... Read more
Topics: Community, News, Floor Covering, Donation, Houston, McCoy-Rockford Values, Internal

McCoy Rockford Named 2013 Steelcase Platinum Partner

McCoy Rockford is proud to announce it has earned the distinction of being a 2013 Steelcase Platinum Partner. McCoy Rockford is 1 of just 25 Steelcase dealers to receive this honor. There are more... Read more
Topics: News

Spring Fling Fun.

The luck of the Irish carried beyond St. Patrick's Day for the clan invited to the Annual Crawfish Spring Fling hosted by McCoy's Flooring Group. This annual event has developed a reputation as a... Read more
Topics: News

Introducing Gesture

Steelcase has announced the upcoming fall release of the first chair designed to support our interactions with today's technologies. Read more
Topics: News

Inspiration Found at Diverse Works

McCoy Workplace Solutions hosted a reception for artist Tony Feher at DiverseWorks in Houston, January 18, 2013. Attendees enjoyed viewing a choreographed performance that incorporated the artist’s... Read more
Topics: News

Rockford Business Interiors Unveils Newly Renovated Showroom

The Rockford business interiors family welcomed more than 200 local executives and design community influentials to an Alice in Wonderland themed open house on December 12, 2012. The showroom,... Read more
Topics: News