Author Archives: Richard Fanelli

In order for most companies to gain the edge in their industry, they need to continually develop and launch new innovating products or services that are one step ahead of their competition. Their staff must have facilities that are designed … more

This is the first of nine articles dedicated to the subject of corporate change management.  I selected this topic as being of primary importance since it is easy for management to measure as a benchmark of facilities cost savings. It … more

On Friday, October 5th, 2012, L-3 and Virginia Tech held the official opening of L-3′s National Security Solutions Center, located in the Ballston section of Arlington, which was designed by Fanelli McClain and Williams Notaro. Congressmen Jim Moran and Gerry … more

Change Management   By Richard Fanelli, AIA, CFM, IFMA Fellow   Over the next couple of months, I will be posting a series of articles on Change Management.  It is a hot topic in the facilities management and corporate C-Suite … more

Providing the proper level of acoustical and visual privacy in a workplace setting is often difficult to achieve.  Every user has a different threshold of privacy vs. social needs.  Some workers can effectively perform “head-down” tasks while hearing nearby conversations … more

One of the mysteries of what a designer creates for their client is the creative ideas that are generated which should result in a unique design solution that makes that client’s project different from any others. This mysterious and magical … more

  One of the dilemmas that we always have to address when gathering end-user space needs information, also known as programming, is to determine how democratic the process should be and to what level of detail do we have to … more