Commercial remodeling projects are not only budgetary but these are also hectic and daunting. Considering office renovation is like preparing to sign a business deal that may or may not end up well. For making office renovation profitable, you need expert’s advice as well as an understanding of how office remodeling can turn into a moneymaking business for good.

1.     Attracting New Hires

IT professionals want to work in organizations like Facebook and Google not only because of their services in IT but also because of their work environment. Google attracted more talent from all around the world after the release of ‘The Internship’. If you already use social media content marketing and social media recruitment techniques, then you can easily attract new hires with photos of your remodeled office.

2.     Demanding Higher Price for Services

Perception and first impression are the strongest power-players in a business deal. Your customers choose you above other businesses because they conceive your business to be ‘more premium’ and ‘efficient’ than others. Office remodeling completely changes the perception of your business in customer’s mindset. For the first-time buyers, a perfect professional environment is all you need to win at least 50% of the contract.

3.     Motivating Employees for Productivity

A majority of the companies include gym, gaming zone, and fresh colors for office renovation. These remodeling steps are not for making office ‘a fun place’ but to affect employee psychologies and motivate the employees for more productivity.  For example, neutral gray and white offices are now considered boring. Similarly, cubicles take more space in offices and decrease intra-organizational communication. Open space office desks reflect modern and more productive organizational infrastructure.

4.     Expanding Employee Base

If you are considering hiring new employees in your company or add up a department of IT or maintenance but lack enough space at workplace, then office remodeling has good solutions for you. For example, open space offices can easily make room for three to eight extra employees on a floor.

5.     Retaining Employees and Customers

Office remodeling is one of the most modern keys for employee and customer retention. It not only reduces new hire and training costs but also makes it easier for you to negotiate with your customers.

6.     Expanding Your Online Customer Base

Commercial companies like grocery item manufacturing companies use office remodeling as a tool to attract new customers. For example, if company A manufactures soft drinks, then the company may associate the concept of ‘Employee Care’ with their in-house services. Similarly, a women’s magazine may include gym and spa in office remodeling project and associate it with ‘Fit Women’ or ‘Women Power’ for corporate effectiveness.

The commercial property remodeling industry has increased by 3.3% and earned revenue of $59bn from 2010 to 2015, according to IBIS World. The report further reveals that high consumer spending on office remodeling, decrement in office rental vacancies, and bigger corporate profits will lead to robust increment in the industry of commercial office remodeling.

 

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Commercial interior designing is trickier than home remodeling. The focus of home renovation is on customer choices, preferences, and personality. However, the focus of commercial property remodeling is primarily on the business goals.

Some common trends are predicted to rule the sky of commercial property designing and remodeling. Have a look on the most popular commercial property design trends in 2016.

Use of Deep and Reflecting Tones

White is no longer an ideal color for commercial properties. However, you can make combinations of white with catchy and bright colors like red and orange.

Many offices prefer wide French windows for extracting the benefits of nature for the employees. If you want to blend natural attraction with work environment, then low and cooling tones like beige and brown in textured and patterned tiles would be a good choice.

 Eco-Friendly Buildings

The corporate sector is all set to embrace the pressure of meeting environmental obligations. Many organizations have already converted into eco-friendly infrastructure and some organizations are already in the process.

Some important eco-friendly commercial property remodeling trends include more use of glass in external frames, placement of air-cleaning plants in corridors and offices, installation of solar energy panels, and reduction in energy-consuming equipments like replacement of desktop computers with laptops.

Installation of photovoltaic glass is also a primary commercial property design trend in 2016. A photovoltaic glass is future-seeking material incorporated with next generation solar cells that make a building self-sufficient in energy production.

Collaborative Design

Modern organizations encourage intra-organizational communication and believe in the power of corporate unity. Collaborative commercial designs improve the flow of constant communication and interaction and allow the commercial space to operate as transparent panels. Full-scale refurbishments are not necessary for transforming into collaborative designs. Just a few alterations like replacement of cubicles with attached workstations are enough.

Quirky Designing

The commercial real estate has taken quirky designing as a gift from home remodeling, which has now shifted to classic European designing. Quirky designing involves including any attractive theme or design in office space that may or may not match the overall theme. However, it needs right professional knowledge to blend quirky designs with overall commercial theme.

Smart Buildings

Installation of WiFi is just one of the obvious facilities in work environment. Smart buildings or intelligent buildings are emerging technology that has taken almost a quarter of the century to come into physical form. These futuristic designs include an automatic fire and security system with amazing ease of data sharing and transferring. The smart buildings comprise of three key components including hardware, software, and network.

Luxury Services

The commercial real estate has become more flexible in recent years. Gym, spa, hotel, rest room, medical facility room, and other such facilities are not included in luxury corporate services in 2016.

The corporate sector has always talked about three key assets – cash, bonds, and stocks. Commercial real estate and office design is the fourth asset to demonstrate the capital sources, corporate transparency, and quality of services of an organization.

 

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To most outsiders, a construction manager has the easiest job in the world who just has to order people around to get work done. A construction manager is an experienced person whose main task is to ensure that all activities at the work site get completed in time and there is no shortfall of materials during the construction. Construction management requires skill and experience which is learnt on the job as both material management and people management skills have to be adopted to get work done. Construction projects require a large investment of money, materials and manpower. And to ensure that the end results meet expectations set during the planning and envisioning stage, they have to follow certain essential guidelines.

Project planning and approval

Before beginning work a project framework has to be determined that will determine time based schedules for each activity and resources for them. All necessary permits and approvals from local authorities have to be in place before beginning any form of construction activity to avoid litigation and undue delay. Any delay in project completion timeline can lead to cost overruns so each phase has to be duly planned and completed as per the schedule.

Cost Management

Every phase of a construction project should be planned to the smallest details like materials and manpower followed by contingencies that are likely to arise during this phase. All commercial and industrial construction activities must have details of cost outlay in every phase to limit wastage and ensure proper utilization of resources. Cost management involves paying close attention to budgets and project guidelines and measuring progress through every stage to ensure adherence to original plan.

Resource management

Construction management involves a high degree of risk as the manager has to manage several vendors, people and materials together and coordinate them. He has to protect the workers against risks related to construction activity and also ensure that all safety regulations are followed while mentally preparing themselves for all kinds of disasters that may happen. Experienced construction managers know how to manage resource to keep operating costs at a low level.

Maintaining quality and project guidelines

Every construction activity is fraught with risks and a manager has to deal with multiple situations and challenges every day to ensure that work gets completed in time. As there are regulatory guidelines for each activity he has to oversee that workers comply with them and also maintain safety principles to protect themselves. A construction supervisor’s alertness and cordial relationship with vendors and workers at the site will help to maintain quality and meet project deadlines.

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There has been balanced growth in the commercial construction industry as has been witnessed in the beginning of 2015. Looking at the recent past trend, one can predict successfully that similar growth trends will continue for the rest of the year. This is indeed a good piece of news for all the commercial contractors who will definitely reap rewards because of a rapid increase in the number of commercial construction projects.

But the real worry is something else. With the increase in number of such projects, can these contractors get their hands on successful completion of the projects? This is because the real issue is how to manage the commercial projects in the most effective manner as sometimes the ill-equipped contractors can face problems. Effective management of a commercial construction project can be a tough task but at the same it is not rocket science at all. Effective management of your project will ensure that your business enjoys a competitive edge.

Here are some great tips for managing your commercial project effectively:

1. Project goal definition plays an important role: You must outline the specific objectives of your commercial project in clear terms. Mapping all the teams that will be involved in your project with defining the responsibilities and roles of each team member is also a good idea.

2. Systematic planning through brainstorming sessions: Organized and comprehensive planning is one of the most critical factors in the success of any commercial projection, and planning, brainstorming sessions can be conducted with different department so that a clear picture of the deliverables of your project emerges. Eventually, you get a fair idea about how to achieve them. Creative solutions and innovative ideas can also come out from these sessions.

3. Try to achieve project deliverables on time: You just cannot devote your entire time for only one commercial project. One of the most important aspects of a commercial project management is to make sure that all the project deliverables are achieved by the teams without any delays. To achieve this important goal, a complex process has to be broken down into a sequence of simple steps. This was you can evaluate the speed of the project in an effective manner.

4. Successful team coordination: If there is proper coordination between the team members as well as among the team members, there will be a superior construction strategy and the goals can be also achieved within the stipulated time frame.

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This government regulation is specifically made for constructions that are made on a new piece of ground in an area designated as commercial zone. As the construction is being done from the ground up with new foundation the company making the building will have to get a special building permit for starting the procedure. If you are planning to demolish a building in commercial zoning area then a building permit application is required. When granting permission for constructing ground up buildings in a commercial area, the authorities provide guidelines about size of building based on the zoning district and height limits of buildings in that area.

Understanding construction permits

All new construction in commercial districts is regulated by the local district authorities who    maintain the planning code. To maintain appearance and symmetry in every area geographical area of a city it is divided into different districts and a planning code is given which states details about what buildings are allowed and not allowed in a particular area. Before drawing up plans to start construction in any district you need to understand the zoning district limitations to support the project you are planning.

Site planning 

When carrying out construction from ground up with a fresh foundation and base pillars you need to plan the basic infrastructure in such a manner that its base stands strong and powerful for several years and meets norms set by local authorities. A new building that is being constructed from ground up requires a building permit, so that the builder understands local construction codes and ordinances. These projects have to be presented with complete blue prints for foundation and each phase of construction with inputs by sustainability experts to get approval by local authorities.

List of documents for ground up construction permit

1. Completed Building Permit Application issued by residential zoning district which will have the completed description of project i.e., details about whether it is residential or commercial.
2. Neighborhood notification.
3. Detailed drawings about plat plan, floor plan with elevation details, both mechanical and electrical diagrams.
4. Structural and engineering calculations of new building.
5. Waste management plan.
6. Verification certificate to determine if construction is being done in a flood zone.
7. Land use authorization which states that the land which has been identified is available for the construction that has been planned for it.

It is very critical to describe complete details of construction project else the inspection and review team will have no idea about building under construction and the permit can get delayed or canceled.

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