Incorporating key ergonomics principles and practices into the design of work environments and the appropriate selection of furniture and equipment upfront is key to:

• Eliminating the need to retrofit workstations
• Minimizing the likelihood of musculoskeletal injuries occurring
• Enhancing productivity
• Facilitating a significant return on investment.

What better way to enable a healthy workforce, facilitate morale and productivity than to provide employees with workstations and equipment that really meet their needs. FOH consultants will work with your space planners and designers, procurement, facilities and other agency personnel in providing needs assessments and recommendations that take into account but are not limited to: essential functions and task requirements of job categories, employee demographics and unique needs, workstation and equipment selection options, anticipated future technological and or job function changes, agency budgets, among others.

Being proactive and incorporating ergonomics measures into the upfront design and procurement process not only enhances the quality of the project's outcome (the provision of an environment that is safe, efficient and effective) but also results in long term financial savings to agencies: Good Ergonomics is Good Economics.