Pathways Architectural Solutions offers an environmentally superior solution to conventional construction that addresses today’s workplace needs including energy management, lifecycle costs, and design flexibility. This solution consists of moveable walls, access floors, modular power and cabling and lighting solutions.
Helps reduce your construction schedule, simplifies the complexity of the construction process and reduces the cost of the space over time.
- Solid steel construction
- Painted frame with flush feature strip
- Solid and glass wall units
- Contains 30% recycled material, 90% recyclable at end of life
- Anodized aluminum frame that matches the post and beam profile
- Refined aesthetic with butt glazed solution
- Can span up to 10’ wide without additional vertical supports
- Unique corner unit and T-connection with dry glaze feature
- 2 ½" fixed height access floor with a 2” nominal cavity for routing cables
- 14 ga. galvanized steel triangles rest in polymer supports without fasteners
- Non-adhesive installation
- Complies with UL183
- rated for air handling plenums
- Seamless, quick-connect solution from the circuit breaker panel to the user
- Distributed from the core to localized distribution points
- Custom designed and engineered by a Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCCD) and is EIA/TIA compliant for reliability.
- Network solution is assembled and tested in factory prior to shipping. Arrives on site cut, terminated, and ready for fast installation.
| Pathways Architectural Solutions |
Traditional Construction |
| Simpler and Faster |
- Fewer skilled trades and simpler process speed construction
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- Multiple trades required for on-site construction, assembly, and installation
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- Modular components preassembled and
designed for faster on-site installation
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- Delays create a domino effect in sequential construction process
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- Holistic approach to architecture, furniture, and technology provides seamless integration, faster installation
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- Products not designed to work together “out of the box”; difficult to integrate building architecture, furniture, and technology
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| Cost Effective |
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- Same or slightly lower initial cost
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- Faster depreciation
(7 yrs or less)
for most components
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- Long-term depreciation schedule (39 yrs) for most components
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- Changes are simple and quick
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- Changes are costly and time-consuming
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| Flexible by Design |
- All components – walls, floors, wiring – are easily changed
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- Fixed infrastructure changes repeat the entire construction process
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- New materials required for most changes
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- Minimal or no disruption of business during changes
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- Significant downtime and interruption of business during changes
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Environmentally
Responsible |
- Products made with significant recycled material content and designed to be reused again and again
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- Significant waste inherent in traditional construction and throughout building’s
life as the business changes
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- Significant opportunities to contribute towards LEED points
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- Possible contribution towards LEED points, depending on design
and construction
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- No PVCs, VOCs, or fiberglass used in production, and no off-gassing on-site
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- Various materials and construction methods present significant off-gassing issues
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Here’s how the payback on a new building can be as little as 17 months, thanks to the innovative design and engineering of Pathways Architectural Solutions.
A two-story, 79,200 sq.ft. building was constructed for 340 occupants. Workspaces included open plan workstations, 12 private offices, and 6 conference rooms. Calculations are based on a 36% federal tax rate, 5% state tax rate, 12% cost of capital, and 4% inflation rate.
Increased productivity in a Pathways work environment through improved thermal comfort, technology access, and lighting; less business disruption and downtime.1
Reduction in landfill waste hauling and disposal costs through more efficient building methods, reuse of Pathways products, and simplified interior changes with moveable walls, access floors, and modular wiring.
1 Teledesic Broadband Center Field Study, April, 2002, Center for the Built Environment, Tom Webster, Rachel Bannon, and David Lehrer
Initial Construction |
Time
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Pathways®
Architectural Solutions |
Traditional
Construction |
12 weeks |
22 weeks |
Initial Cost |
$1,397,000 |
$1,032,000 |
Depreciation |
1st year tax savings* |
$317,400 |
$10,154 |
7 years of tax savings |
$538,397 |
$71,080 |
Payback |
Simple |
12 months |
NA |
Discounted
(12% cost of capital) |
17 months |
NA |
Energy Savings |
HVAC |
$27,760 per year (vs. traditional) |
0 |
Every time the building changes, Pathways Architectural Solutions prove their enduring value through the reuse of existing product and speed of reconfiguration.
3 conference rooms converted into 6 private offices and moved to a new location. 18 open plan workstations were moved to the location of the original 3 conference rooms to realize the efficiencies of co-location.
Reconfiguration |
Time |
Pathways®
Architectural
Solutions |
Traditional
Construction |
1 week |
2 weeks |
Cost |
1 time major
interiors change
7 years of interior
changes (average move
rate of15% per year) |
$86,700
$187,274 |
$143,100
$950,107 |
Materials Reuse |
Walls
Power and Cabling |
100%
100% |
3%
60% |
Landfill Waste |
0 |
90 cubic yards or over 4 dumpsters |
Steelcase, Inc.
P.O. Box 1967
Grand Rapids, MI 49501-1967
Toll Free: (800) 333-9939
Fax: (616) 698-3861
Web site: http://www.steelcase.com/na/products.aspx?f=10079
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