Conference room tables come in many different sizes and shapes. It is important to make sure you can get it to your conference room as well!
Standard conference room tables come in sizes starting at 6′, and go in 2′ increments. You can in theory get a table as long as you want. Generally speaking any table that is over 8′ long, you will want it to be a 2 piece table so that it is easier to move. As you get larger than 16′, you will need to have 3 or more pieces for the table. Many elevators are not big enough to hold conference room tables longer than 8 feet, and sometimes not even an 8′ table will fit. Stairwells have a lot of turns, and as the table gets larger you may not be able to make the turn with conference table when it is longer than 8′ feet.
Now there is an old folk tale that is talked about in the industry about conference tables.
Once upon a time there was a company that was on the top floor of a sky scraper in New York. The CEO of this company wanted a big, once piece conference table for his board room. Legend has it the table was about twenty five feet long. Of course every time this tale is told the table gets longer. In order to get this table to the board room, the glass of the conference room window had to be removed and a crane was used to get the table to the conference room through that window. The CEO got his conference table for his board room and everyone lived happily ever after.
So be advise that when it comes to conference tables, size does matter. Be sure before you buy a conference room table that you have figured out a way to get your table into your space.
Tags: conference room, space planning
