Top 5.5 Consultants You Should Hire For Your Office Buildout
Congratulations, you’ve signed your new office lease and now you’re ready to begin thinking about the design of your new space. But before the ink…
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When Real Estate Brokers Poo Poo Project Management, Find a New Broker
Tenant Rep Brokers, like Project Managers/Owner’s Reps, position themselves as client advocates who only represent the tenant/end-user during the real estate acquisition process. They cast…
Why Can I Hear People Through My Office Wall?
Following months of planning your new office build out and relocation, your long-awaited post-move has occurred. You sit back into your office or cubicle, gaze…
5.5 Quick Tips to Prepare Your Computer for an Office Move
Computers, monitors and peripherals are essential for businesses to operate after a commercial relocation. Following a few simple steps will help protect your equipment from damage…
Tenants and Scope Creep, Is Change Good?
Change is good, if managed properly. Tenants relocate on average once every ten years and a project manager’s role is to guide and manage expectations…
Real Estate and Fit Out Tips For Doctors
When choosing which space is best for a medical practice, physicians can have unique needs when compared to general office tenants. Physicians are oftentimes more…
Tips for Punch List and Tenant Expectations
The punch list is the final determination of tasks needed at substantial completion of a construction project. What expectations have you set for a punch…
When Should A Tenant Project Manager Get Involved? From The Very Beginning.
How do you convince the Owner/Tenant to bring on the project manager early? The Tenant Rep Project Manager or Owner’s Rep brings many things to the…
What Was Behind That Wall? Construction Photos Uncover Hidden Conditions
Most companies use photographs and video to show off finished projects and populating their web pages with beautiful images. But using photography at major milestones during construction gives…
Should Tenants Handle Construction and Relocation Themselves?
Design and construction of a new office space, no matter the size, is a complex process. It is very time consuming and can be a full-time job…
Post Move Water Cooler Conversations – Ooops, Did You Remember to Move the Water Cooler?
By Chris Cooks, contributing columnist It may not be a core business activity, but probably one of THE most emotive subjects in the new office…
Avoid Office Renovation Disasters: Ensure all Trades Work from the “Same Page”
When architects send revised construction drawings to the general contractor in the field, the GC is responsible for distributing the revised plans to the various…
Why you need a Project Manager to help with your office move.
Companies often lack the experience and time to manage the overwhelming challenges and short timelines associated with site selection, build out and relocation. A Project Manager, aka…
Landlord or Tenant Build-Out, Which is Right for You?
When negotiating your commercial office lease, the Tenant Improvement Work Letter (TI) covers the design and construction work required to build and fit out the…
Avoid Costly Change Orders By Planning Your New Office Electrical and Data Outlets
Architectural floor plans are just as important for the commercial tenant to review and approve as it is for the trades to build the space…