Commercial renovations
Commercial renovations in Calgary
Commercial work runs to different rules than a house: occupancy classifications, fire separations, barrier-free requirements, and a landlord with opinions about all of them. Most tenants are also paying rent on a space they cannot use, which makes the schedule money in a way residential rarely is.
What we build
Space that has to open on a date.
Office and tenant space
Demising walls, ceilings, lighting, HVAC distribution and data rough-in to a drawn layout.
Retail and hospitality
Front of house built to the brand standard, back of house built to the health and fire requirements.
Clinics and professional suites
Rooms with their own servicing, privacy and accessibility rules attached to them.
Make-good and reinstatement
Handing a space back in the condition the lease says, scoped honestly rather than discovered at exit.
The lease decides more than the drawings do.
We work from the lease and the landlord's design criteria before anything is drawn, and coordinate access, elevator bookings and after-hours work with building management. It is unglamorous, and it is the difference between a fit-out that opens on time and one that waits three weeks for a permit to load in.
How a fit-out runs
From lease review to occupancy.
Lease and criteria review
What the lease obliges you to, what the landlord's design criteria require, and which of the two is stricter.
Drawings and permit
Layout drawn to the occupancy classification, then building and trade permits submitted with the landlord's approval attached.
Demolition and rough-in
Demising walls, ceilings, mechanical and electrical distribution, data rough-in — all inspected before anything closes.
Finish and occupancy
Ceilings, flooring, glazing and joinery, then final inspections sequenced to get you an occupancy permit as early as they allow.
Handled
The approvals nobody enjoys.
Building and trade permits
Landlord approvals and sign-off
Occupancy classification
Fire separation and alarm tie-in
Barrier-free requirements
Inspections booked around trades
Send us the lease and the drawings. We'll price the fit-out.
Or just call. Nothing here has to start with a form.