EY began the upgrading of its workspace technology across various Australian cities with a 5 floor fit out in Brisbane in 2018/19. This project included all of the meeting spaces on the client facing floor as well as many spaces on the other four internal floors.

A complete overhaul of the technology across the workspace was undertaken by EY prior to starting the office upgrades. The konnectus team was instrumental in collaborating with the global EY technology stakeholders to define a set of workplace technology standards for all different types of meeting spaces, as well as the open office user experiences.

Various user groups within EY were interviewed and a consistent message was received when asked about workspace technology. Existing technology was too complicated and too unreliable. A feature of the new technology in meeting spaces was absolute simplicity. Literally a “1 button press to start” solution was implemented across all meeting and collaboration spaces, which resulted in overwhelming positive feedback from EY users.

Microsoft Teams as the single communications solution was also well received by the end user groups and as a result further upgrades are being rolled out across all EY Oceania sites throughout 2022 and 2023. EY Brisbane have standardised on Crestron for their Microsoft Teams Rooms systems. Konnectus is undergoing work with EY to update the entire Brisbane office with these new solutions in 2023.

Other technology highlights across the workspace include digital signage and wayfinding, and Condeco meeting space management solutions. All easy to use and easy to centrally manage!