With this idea in mind, the two companies set about building a series of mobile walls. First, the local consultant and his team worked with Spacesaver to construct eight custom manual carriages that were 24” wide by 18’ long. The carriages sat on a
four individual 118’ L-rails with roller guides, which were mounted onto a concrete slab. Locking plates, installed in 5’ increments, allowed for each of the carriages to expand or contract as needed, and a key lock was installed on each end of the carriage to
lock the wall in place.
Using the carriages as a guide, Rapt was able to design an 800 lb. steel structure, which was mounted to the carriage system to create a wall base. Design and technological elements were
implemented into each individual wall, consisting of a full white board with a digital video conferencing camera, an HD fl at touchscreen, and an iPad, which controls climate, lighting, sounds, and video of each conference room “pod”—the term GE uses for the spaces created by the mobile walls. 
In addition to the carriages, Rapt also designed a floating glass Nano wall, which is a modular glass wall divided into 5’ sections with operable doors for each pod. The wall hangs on a track from a Unistrut.
There are no floor supports for the wall, and it can either be fully enabled along the 118’ length of the conference rooms, or tucked neatly behind the first and last carriage on each end. This allows for the privacy and further soundproofing of the pods.
The result of this collaboration between an architecture firm and Spacesaver storage consultants is a GE Think Tank space that is able to connect and inspire GE team members and customers alike, no matter where those people happen to be in the world. From the looks of it, these kinds of spaces are only the beginning—as more global companies such as GE begin to adopt a more agile approach to project management and product innovation, a need for these spaces, with an integration of analog and digital engagement, will become more common.
For the local consultant, this particular project was made successful by the integration of thinking between the architects at Rapt and the “space specialists” of Spacesaver's Distributor.
“What really makes this installation stand out is that we created a fairly simple engineered solution to the client’s needs—and the architects and designers were imagine and build something
pretty creative with the base we provided,” he says. 
“This is the kind of partnership with architects and designers that we really enjoy—when we both get to contribute our expertise and make an amazing space happen.”