Commercial Build-Outs

What We Handle

• Demolition of existing improvements
• Framing, drywall and ceilings including grid and acoustic tile
• Coordination of mechanical, electrical and plumbing to the permitted plan
• Storefront, interior glass and doors
• Flooring, paint and finish carpentry
• ADA items: restrooms, clearances, hardware, thresholds and signage
• Restaurant and medical specifics including grease interceptors, exhaust hoods and hand sinks
• Punch list, inspections and certificate of occupancy coordination

Where They Stall

1. Permitting. DFW municipalities move at very different speeds on commercial plan review, and this is usually the longest single item
2. Landlord approval of plans, insurance certificates and contractor. Starting that late costs weeks
3. Long lead equipment. Rooftop units, switchgear, walk-in coolers and hoods can exceed the whole construction schedule, so those get ordered first
4. Inspection sequencing, because a failed rough inspection is dead time
5. Health department review for food service, which runs on its own track

Read your work letter before scoping. It defines what the landlord delivers and what falls to you, and discovering that the HVAC capacity you assumed is not in the base building is an expensive surprise mid project.

Roof Coordination

Build-outs almost always involve the roof: new curbs, exhaust penetrations, conduit and sometimes structural reinforcement. Every one is a hole in a warranted roof. Because we do commercial roofing, penetrations get detailed correctly and, where the roof is under warranty, we work within it instead of voiding it. Uncoordinated penetrations by a mechanical sub are a common way tenants inherit a voided warranty.