Recent Press Releases

Two new directors join DEGW UK
DEGW welcomes two new directors, Paul Wheeler and Gillian Burgis.
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WorkTech 10 New York | The Future of Work and the City
WORKTECH10 New York, 19th May, Time and Life Building, a one-day conference examining themes of Smarter Cities, Smarter Buildings and Global Workplace Case Studies. The event will bring together the worlds of real estate, design, architecture and technology to look at the future of the city, real estate, the workplace, work and innovation
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Working without and beyond walls


Philip Tidd, Managing Director, DEGW presented Working Without and Beyond Walls at the Worktech Public Sector Workplace Symposium on Monday, 18 January 2010.
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Government calls on public sector for efficiency drive
FEBRUARY 2010 - As the government puts pressure on the public sector to implement its Operational Efficiency Programme and the resultant efficiency drive, the industry is considering the effect it will have on them. Hard-hit construction organisations will be concerned that they will suffer more than most in the inevitable consequential downturn, and are looking likely to face a slow climb out of recession. The public sector had become viewed as a relatively safe haven in a plummeting market for commercial offices, retail buildings and a stalling housing market. But with price sensitivity already a driving force in public sector work, and a glut of sub-optimal stock in the market, the question arises of how the industry will respond to Operational Efficiency.
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Space with Purpose: Stimulating, Supportive & Sustainable, Presented By DEGW's Despina Katsikakis at Annual Founders' Lecture in San Francisco + New York
With the economic and environmental future of the world uncertain, the evolving role and purpose of buildings in the 21st century – in the workplace and in society in general– is the subject of a lecture by Despina Katsikakis, Chairman of the international workplace consultancy DEGW.
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BREAKOUT! Transforms New York’s Open Spaces —Breaking out of the Office with Mobile Work— An Experiment in "Coworking" in Public Spaces
Will “coworking” be the wave of the future? Beginning on September 17, a team of experts including global workplace design consultancy DEGW takes the office to the sidewalks, streets and public spaces of New York City – and around the world – as part of the cutting-edge exhibition BREAKOUT! on how people work today, and in the future.
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Davis Langdon and DEGW announce merger
3 AUGUST 2009
Leading global construction consultancy Davis Langdon and strategic design consultants DEGW have today announced a merger. The move comes as Davis Langdon continues to grow its global service offering and move further into strategic consultancy. With the construction world focusing on gaining maximum value from existing assets, the combined forces of both firms will provide strategic solutions that use space more productively and enhance organisational performance.
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Space with Purpose: Stimulating, Supportive & Sustainable


Despina Katsikakis (Chairman, DEGW) presented Space with Purpose: Stimulating, Supportive and Sustainable, at the DEGW Annual Founders Lecture 2009.
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DEGW Grows Workplace Strategy Team With the Addition of Senior Consultant, Bryant Rice
JUNE 2009
The international strategic workplace design consultancy appoints a LEED-certified architect with broad background in business, architecture and furniture systems.
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DEGW Names New Director in San Francisco, Expands Workplace Assignments for Technology Sector
JUNE 2009
With Georgia Borden as the Director of the San Francisco office, DEGW, the global strategic workplace consultancy, establishes itself as a firm that optimizes the workplaces of the region’s most successful technology companies.
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THE PROJECT CREATES VALUE - DEGW FOR ORACLE
ITALY, JUNE 2009
The commitment by DEGW ITALIA in the organisation of events based on the strategic approach of ‘design-business’ collaborations forges ahead.
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DEGW Italia created the project of Oracle’s New Head Office
ITALY, JUNE 2009
After about two years of construction for the renovations of Cinisello Balsamo, Oracle employees entered the spaces inaugurated in January 2009. The project has been conducted by DEGW Italy, renovation of the building as well as the interior design .
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DEGW’s Andrew Laing to Headline WorkTech '09, Global Conference on Workplace Technology and Innovation
NEW YORK, MAY 13 2009
New York event on May 19-20 organized by U.K.-based Unwired highlights changes in how today’s businesses work, including a new trend in corporate organization called “activity-based work,” or ABW. DEGW’s Laing joins leaders from such companies as Accenture, Google, and the Institute for the Future.
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Axel Praus spricht auf dem FM Kongress über "Innovative Arbeitsplatzkonzepte in der öffentlichen Verwaltung"
1700 Mitarbeiter einer staatlichen Behörde im Herzen Londons beziehen ein neues Bürogebäude. In sich ein sicher alltägliches und relativ unspektakuläres Vorhaben. Was aber, wenn das zu Grunde liegende zukünftige Büroraumkonzept vollständig flexibel ist, es über keinen einzigen fest zugeteilten Arbeitsplatz verfügt und zudem gleichzeitig Desk Sharing eingeführt wird?
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STOP PRESS: WORKTECH09 New York to be the American launch event for Macquarie Groups major new workplace project in Sydney, Australia.
Macquarie Group, One Shelley Street, Sydney, Australia Australia's leading investment advisory and financial services firm, Macquarie, acquired the lease for a new ten-storey 330,00sq ft. office building in Sydney to replace an aging workplace. Working with Clive Wilkinson Architects and other global consultants, Macquarie has utilized the opportunity to fundamentally rethink its’ ways of working, and it’s interaction with both clients and the public. In this presentation Clive Wilkinson and Anthony Henry the Associate Director of Corporate Real Estate at Macquarie will describe the intensive design process prior to the buildings targeted completion in October 2009.
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Workplace Forum Event in Adelaide, Australia: April 20 and 21st
This Workplace Forum will focus on key lessons learned from a series of new workplaces developed to support cultural change and improve organisational performance.
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Das internationale Architektur- und Beratungsunternehmen DEGW ist für die höchste Auszeichnung der deutschen Marktforschungsbranche, den Preis der Deutschen Marktforschung 2009 nominiert.
MUNCHEN, MARCH 2009
Der BVM Berufsverband Deutscher Markt- und Sozialforscher hat die Finalisten für den Preis der Deutschen Marktforschung bekannt gegeben. DEGW konnte sich in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Münchner Meinungsforschungsinstitut Telos.Solutions mit der Studie 'Recruiting the next generation - Die Entmystifizierung eines Phänomens' in der Kategorie 'Beste Studie' als einer von drei Wettbewerbsteilnehmern in der Endrunde platzieren. Insgesamt waren 23 Bewerbungen aus Marktforschungsinstituten, betrieblicher Marktforschung, Agenturen sowie von Marketingexperten aus ganz Deutschland eingegangen.
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Claudia Hamm verstärkt die lokale Geschäftsleitung als kaufmännischer Direktor
MUNICH, FEBRUARY 2009
Mit Wirkung zum 15. Februar 2009 hat der Vorstand der DEGW Gruppe mit Sitz in London Claudia Hamm als kaufmännische Geschäftsführerin der DEGW Tochtergesellschaft in München bestellt. Die bisherige Geschäftsleitung unter Axel Praus wird somit um ein weiteres Mitglied verstärkt. Mit dieser strategischen Entscheidung, so Gerard Corcoran, Group CEO, wird vor allem den Entwicklungen am Markt Rechnung getragen, die einen klaren Fokus auf Finanzkontrolle und Kundenorientierung fordern.
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