When your office lease expires, or expansion is necessary, opting to stay in place and upgrade your existing space can yield significant savings. Because of these savings, many clients decide to stay in their existing space and have it renovated. While it is easiest to renovate unoccupied floors, this is not always possible. Unless temporary space is available, office construction often consists of multiple phases in order to accommodate the client. This past year, ICG has completed many of these phased projects such as SMS Assist, Katten Muchin Rosenman, Encyclopædia Britannica, and Berlin Packaging.
ICG Superintendents work hard to ensure the client can stay in their space during construction, without losing productivity or feeling more inconvenienced than necessary. ICG has found situations like these require more communication and planning than a regular project. When talking to ICG Superintendents and our clients, there were many reoccurring themes regarding how to execute construction in an occupied space, however number one was communication. Regularly communicating with the client about daily scheduling, progress and planning allows the client to understand the project, and can relay this information to their staff. Informing the staff on what to expect for the day allows the client to continue business operations with as much normalcy as possible. Along with communication, flexibility and temporary protection are key. Work flow adjustments may be necessary to accommodate the client’s schedule and ICG utilizes air filters to create negative air pressure to assure dust and odors are not entering the occupied space.
A priority for ICG is to make the construction experience pleasant for the client. If you are interested about construction of an occupied space, contact ICG.