How disruptive is an occupied refurbishment?

Less than most occupiers expect, provided the phasing is planned with the business. The disruption that people remember usually comes from unplanned isolations and noise outside the agreed windows.

Who communicates with staff?

The occupier does, using the weekly look-ahead we issue. It states what is happening where, when, and what will be noisy, so facilities teams are not answering questions we could have answered in advance.

What do you need before you can programme the works?

The building and floor, the approximate area, the scope you expect us to hold, the current occupancy and the date the business has to be in. Everything else can be developed with you.

Live workplaces

Refurbishment while the business keeps working.

Working in an occupied office is a logistics discipline. The construction is ordinary; the planning around it is not.

We deliver phased refurbishment inside operating workplaces, with a decant plan, protected routes, agreed noise windows and a weekly look-ahead the occupier can circulate to staff.

Discuss an office project Send a brief or drawings

Ceiling void works being carried out within an existing building

Scope

What the package covers.

Planning

Zone-by-zone phasing plan
Decant sequence and swing space
Protected access, lift and route allocation
Noise, dust and odour control measures
Permitted working hours by activity
Weekly look-ahead and staff communication

Live building controls

Services isolations agreed and witnessed
Fire detection isolation and reinstatement
Maintaining escape routes at all times
Security, passes and escorted access
Waste removal outside business hours
Daily clean-down and handback of shared areas

Delivery

Demolition and strip-out in contained zones
Partitions, ceilings, finishes and lighting
Services modification and recommissioning
Joinery and furniture installation
Snagging closed before the zone reopens
Documentation issued zone by zone

Control

Where the risk actually sits.

The occupier signs the phasing plan

Nothing starts until the facilities team has agreed the zone sequence, the working hours and the isolation dates in writing.

One zone at a time, finished

Each zone is completed, cleaned and handed back before the next opens, which limits disruption and stops defects accumulating.

Escape routes are never negotiable

Fire strategy compliance during the works is planned with the building manager and checked daily, whatever the programme pressure.

Before pricing

What we need to see.

Send what exists today. We will tell you what is still required rather than price around the gaps.

Existing plans and occupied areas
Business calendar and dates that cannot be touched
Available swing space
Permitted working hours and access rules
Landlord and building manager requirements
Target completion for each phase

Evidence

Projects from the register.

Architectural visual of the redeveloped Al Maktoum Hospital atrium with its galleria bridges and timber reception volume — Al Maktoum Hospital Redevelopment
Dubai, UAE
Fit-out + GRP/GRG architectural elements

American Hospital Dubai main entrance and arrival fountain, the hospital whose extension Método delivered fit-out and FF&E for — American Hospital Extension
Dubai, UAE
Fit-out & FF&E

Deira City Centre mall interior in Dubai — Deira City Centre
Dubai, UAE
MEP and interior works within the mall programme

Questions

What clients ask about this scope.

Where to go next.

Discuss an office project

Tell us about the floorplate and the date.

Tell us the building, the area, the scope you expect to hold and the date the business needs to move. We will set out how the programme would run and what has to be resolved first.