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Panel Systems - Answer® by Steelcase


Flexibility redefined. Simple to install, expand, shrink and reconfigure, Answer easily adapts as your organization changes.  It's this flexibility that has helped Answer become one of the best-selling systems in the market.

Answer® is MBDC Silver Cradle to CradleTM Certified

Answer® is SCS Indoor Advantage™ Gold certified for indoor air quality.

For the ultimate in workplace flexibility, there’s only one Answer.

Answer systems solutions are innately flexible – designed with flexibility "built-in". Comprised of very basic components, it can be configured in a snap – and reconfigured in another snap. Designed to change as often as you want, to evolve, to become whatever you wish.

That’s flexibility made practical. That’s flexibility redefined.

Planning Flexibility
With Answer, it’s simpler, faster and less expensive to install, expand, or reconfigure your space since components can be assembled in any combination.

  • Connects inline and creates 90° and 120° configurations
  • Panel heights range from 30" to 78" high and can stack up to 90"; widths range from 18" to 72"
  • Worksurfaces are available in many shapes and sizes, adjustable or fixed height, panel-mounted or freestanding
  • Storage components are available in many sizes and types – including overhead bins, pedestals, lateral files and workstations towers

Aesthetic Flexibility
Answer solutions give you the freedom to create spaces as unique as you are, with the flexibility to update that look when it’s time for a change.

  • Broad range of aesthetic options on panel skins and trims – including fabrics, paints, wood, glass, markerboard and slatwall
  • Removable skins can be monolithic, segmented or a combination of both
  • Worksurfaces available in laminate or wood; storage available in painted or wood
  • Three edge profiles available on worksurfaces and five pull styles available on storage fronts

Workstyle Flexibility
Everyone needs different levels of privacy or collaboration. Answer helps you negotiate those differences by providing a flexible workplace solution that can be adapted to a variety of needs.

  • All Answer panels are stackable – for maximum privacy, stack up to 90" high
  • Off-module connections tailor workspaces to the needs to the users without defacing panels
  • Duo Storage connects to Answer to create more open, collaborative spaces

Technology Flexibility
Answer solutions seamlessly weave together the building’s infrastructure and technology with your furniture, to create a wired workplace designed for change.

  • Power and data can be located and accessed in panels every 12" vertically
  • Move or add powerkits and cable trays within the panels as needs change
  • Lay-in cabling at the top of the panel and the base supports easy adds and changes
  • Power and data infeed from the floor, the ceiling or the wall

Applications
Answer works with Duo StorageElective Elements 6Pathways Post and BeamPathways Technology WallUniversal WorksurfacesUniversal StorageUnison and Kick systems furniture components.

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