SPONSORED: To encourage people back to the workplace, a global property owner installed a gym in a high-rise office building. As soon as it opened, the vibrations caused by exercise equipment rendered the floor below completely unusable. 

This has become a common scenario, CALMFLOOR Chief Operating Officer Steven Senior said. Not only are gyms and other dynamic uses of space increasing vibrations in existing buildings, but it has become clearer how detrimental the impact of vibrations can be on productivity.