Planning, communication and setting a budget are among the essential ingredients to executing and managing a successful commercial office fitout.
Here are some tips to consider before you get started.
Start with a strong design team
A strong design team with a good project manager or architect is key, according to John Carleton, a chartered quantity surveyor and operations managing director of Linesight Australia & New Zealand.
He said this was where a budget could be set and agreed, with an architect creating a design to match.
“The design of commercial space is very important to keep your staff engaged and hold staff turnover. And keep your staff happy, and also keep your business profitable in the long term,” he said.
Get employees involved
CBRE NSW project management director Bernardette Chovan said in order for a new fitout to enhance employee experience, the project or fitout strategy must be well-planned and communicated from the senior team and project director from the very beginning so expectations were set.
For example, if the new fitout will result in new ways of working that need to be communicated to employees at the outset, she said.
“Their (employee) participation in the journey is started at the beginning of the process. So by the time they get the fitout they love it because they have been involved,” she said.
Law firm Thynne and Macartney’s fitout of their new Brisbane offices. Photo: Apollo Property Group
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