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Elective Elements 6 BPM

Features and Advantages Job Aid

ELECTIVE ELEMENTS 6 FEATURES AND ADVANTAGES

Planning Principles
At Steelcase we believe there are sound business reasons for treating the work
environment as a tactic for achieving business strategies.
There are six key aspects of the work environment, referred to as Planning Principles,
that we believe must be considered to leverage architecture, furniture and technology,
and to create a fully integrated, high-performance work environment.

The six principles and the way in which Elective Elements 6 solutions supports them
are:

Manage the Workplace Strategically 4-in-1 planning capability and kit of

parts, allows the facility manager to dial up or down while maximizing the use of
space by utilizing vertical space management and multiple use products.

Offer Inspiring Spaces - using EE6 application capabilities and new surface
material color palette combined with EE6s clean and architectural lines.

Manage Connections at the forefront, not as an afterthought. It is integrated,

manageable, and accessible, beautifully. Cord and cable routing pathways are
nice, clean, and concealed.

Balance Privacy by creating different zones within the workspace and across
multiple applications.

Make Work Visible by utilizing tackboard and writeable surfaces and mapping
out workzones

Support Diverse Workstyles with manual height adjustable legs and pedestals,
organizer or open shelves, and mobile storage and tables to create customized
workspaces from conservative to progressive.

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Features and Advantages Job Aid

Elective Element 6 Attributes

Elective Elements 6 fulfills customers needs with unique features and advantages.
Knowing these features and advantages will help you answer your customers
questions, depending on their specific need.
Client Need
Elegant
Aesthetics

Features
Enhanced, updated, aesthetics. Lines are
minimized. The scale of the system has
lightened up, while its strong architectural
appeal has been maintained. Features include:

Worksurfaces and supports

New edge profiles

New coping of edges on adjoining

worksurfaces

Short grain veneer selection options

Beautiful height adjustable legs

Storage

Pull options

Glass door options on storage

Side frame supports for hutches that

lighten the scale

Hutch back panel choices

Tailored seat cushions for storage

Advantages

Allows A&D
firms to create
their own
unique design
statement

Enables
corporations to
attract and
retain
employees and
portray their
own unique
corporate
image

General

All laminate, all wood, laminate and wood

combination construction giving aesthetic
choice

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Application
Flexibility

Features and Advantages Job Aid

45, 65 and 78 height for storage

components, vertical flexibility for open plan
and private offices

Multiple aesthetics
and performance
options

6 wide module components can attach to

Montage, Answer, Pathways Technology Wall,
and Pathways Privacy Wall
4-in-1 planning
Based on application research
Narrower towers widths and configuration
choices

Maximize
efficiency of space

Overhead storage multiple configuration

options
One-high lateral files and one-high bookcases
(used with worksurface top or used with
cushion top)
Side frame supports for hutches open up small
spaces
Organizer, accessory, and overhead storage
shelves support piling of anticipated work

Enable smooth
work flow

Worksurface shapes allow smoother

collaboration and flow within the space
Technology
Management

Grommet options round and square

Cable troughs

Better
accommodate
technology

Power and data box with multiple plug in sites

for both
Worksurfaces can be specified with grommets
or scallops in multiple locations for user
flexibility
Technology modesty panel that pivots down
and allows access to walls behind
Better cable management and defined
pathways for task lights cords and cables

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