On Thursday 29th September, Powersystems welcomed the grand opening by Bristol Rovers Football Club. Powersystems celebrated its official office opening by Bristol Rovers Football Club Manager Darrell Clarke and players Tom Lockyer and Ollie Clarke and Cllr Erica Williams from South Gloucestershire Council.
The announcement comes as a result of significant growth in recent years. With 70 employees at the refurbished head office at Badminton Road, Yate, Bristol. The new Powersystems office provides ample space for 70+ team members to continue offering high voltage electrical engineering services.
The new Powersystems open plan office design has been created to enhance not only the space but importantly the well being of all the staff, with the new facilities this includes; a new communal, modern kitchen as well as a fully functioning Gym.
For visitors to Powersystems there is a modern and comfortable welcome space, for relaxing in after long journeys and flat screen TV for catching up on the news.
Powersystems improved channels of communication
With the new office design Powersystems Partners can simply turn to each other when they need to chat about something without having to schedule a meeting. This applies to both business-related and non-business-related interactions, improving the social atmosphere of the office – For new starters at Powersystems it also helps them to integrate into the team – you have a total support network around you.
Powersystems enhanced collaboration
To quote Steve Jobs, “Ideas don’t happen in the boardroom, they happen in corridors”. Facilitating spontaneous micro-meetings is a feature of our productive workplace. We have found collaboration comes more naturally in spaces where there are no barriers and this was important for culture development when considering the new Powersystems open plan office design.
Open plan offices foster team spirit and create a social space as opposed to a closed-off individual space. Frequent sharing of ideas is common as the engineering team just speak across the room rather than having to organise formal meetings. When the business is working together it is good to have everyone in the same room to get things done as productively as possible.
Powersystems people happiness
A happy Powersystems team is a productive team. The open works space breaks down barriers which may be put up through use of walls to segment teams. Open plan allows everyone to intermingle, no matter how junior or senior their position.
Budget – Another benefit which may not immediately spring to mind is that of budget. Having the open plan office saves the company money, as costs are reduced on construction, utilities and office equipment. It is more efficient to have everyone in one room in terms of utility bills and office supplies. For example, fewer walls means reduced cost of materials and time used to create the workspace. We save on equipment expense as well since communal space enables shared use of resources such as printers etc.
Powersystems capacity to increase
Powersystems is growing, having the capacity to accommodate more people was a factor when choosing office space. The new open plan space provides the best flexibility to accommodate extra capacity for when we grow as desks can easily be reconfigured to create an optimum solution.
It was a fantastic day for all the staff in the office, and to show off the brand new facilities to Bristol Rovers Football Club and South Gloucestershire Council.
In a light hearted moment, Darrell challenged club captain Tom to a friendly game of table tennis in the new gym.
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Contact Information:
- This article is written by Jules Daly, Marketing and Communications Manager at Powersystems UK.
- Email jules.daly@powersystemsuk.com Telephone 01454 318000
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Powersystems are powering the transition to a carbon free future
As a high voltage specialist electrical engineering company with over 46 years (1977-2022) experience Powersystems have grown by reputation to become a trusted force in the design, installation and commissioning of electrical infrastructure across the UK.
Celebrating 26 years as the first Lloyds National Electricity Registration Scheme ‘s accredited Independent Connection Provider (ICP), Powersystems are capable of delivering contestable grid connections at voltages up to 132 kV.
Since 2000, Powersystems have connected over 6 Gigawatts of renewable energy generation to the UK electricity grid, along with decarbonisation technology which includes; wind energy projects, solar, anaerobic digestion, hydroelectric, electrical vehicle infrastructure, short term operating reserve STOR, combined heat and power (CHP), Grid stability projects like rotating stabilisers, and battery energy storage systems (BESS) as well as commercial industrial private wire networks.
Working with partners, delivering sustainable power solutions, proudly the Powersystems high voltage specialist team have connected 27% of all U.K. onshore wind farm
At the core of the operation is a commitment to the highest values of health and safety, welfare, quality and the environment. Powersystems Integrated management systems are ISO accredited and their approach under their health and safety ‘Priority No.1’ brand is to aim for the best industry practice in all.
Powersystems UK Ltd. is an Employee-Owned Business and as such has a keen interest in the well-being of all its employees. They encourage and empower you to be imaginative, share great ideas and be involved in the success of the business.
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