A Complete Guide to Planning A Successful Office Renovation
Considering an office renovation is an exciting time for any business. It means a fresh start, a revitalized identity, and an updated aesthetic that’s sure to impress your clients, customers and guests. It’s often an easy decision to begin a much-needed office renovation, and our minds immediately conjure up imagery of chic and modern spaces […]
Biggest Benefits of Creating a Modern Workplace Environment
Upgrading the office to reflect a more modern and innovative working environment can have a multitude of benefits to a business. Improved layout, modern equipment, fresh colours and even position flexibility can all contribute to improved employee satisfaction and retention, added creativity and innovation, and even a boost to your property value. In this post, […]
5 Most Common Questions About Commercial Renovations
Whether you’re experienced in the process or not, every commercial renovation undertaking should be started by asking your prospective contractor a slew of questions. The purpose of asking these questions is to educate and prepare yourself, your team, and your space for the impending construction. Your contractor ultimately shapes the success of your renovation plans […]
How to Tell if a Contractor is Right for Your Commercial Renovation
A commercial renovation is an important aspect of a business’s growth, and important to the reinvention of the brand and the organization; a commercial reno is more than just a construction project you can trust anybody with. That’s why you need to be able to strategically gauge if a contractor is right for your commercial […]
3 Key Questions to Ask Before Starting a Commercial Renovation Project
Commercial renovations are very different beasts than their residential counterparts. A commercial renovation project must adhere to a similar organisational structure that helps the business or organisation at hand to maintain a certain level of operation – shutting down for a month or so isn’t usually an option. Further, there’s huge demand for a concrete […]
Important First Impressions in your Office Design
“It’s the first impression that will either open the door or close it. It’s that important, so don’t mess it up.” – Nicholas Sparks, author We’ve all heard the sentiment that you can never get a second chance at making a first impression; while this age old mentality is usually reserved for a social interactions, […]
Tips for Combining Office and Retail Space
In 2017, retail is quickly becoming more and more about lifestyle experiences and entertainment rather than your standard purchasing journey. In addition to this style of involvement, business is moving online – with Canada alone being home to 105 million online transactions back in 2012, and roughly 22.3 billion generated online. What’s further, well known […]
Designing A Space To Grow With Your Business
One of the things that makes the business world so intriguing is the sense of uncertainty it can bring. Uncertainty can breed excitement, so the growth of your company should always be on your mind; after all, you didn’t start your business to fail. Growth is coming, and those who are unprepared for it often […]
How to Find Leaks
Water damage and leaks can be hugely costly to you and your budget. Water can both create mold and other slower, ongoing issues associated with health, and bigger, faster problems with structural integrity, rot, and deterioration of property value. Finding a leak in your ceiling, foundation, or discovering the after-effects of a leak by way […]
The Benefits of Design & Build
At Fuhrmann Construction, the design-build mantra has always been the superior system when it comes to implementing a development process. Design-build is defined as a project delivery method in which both design and construction services are provided by the same firm, known as the design-builder. This process is vastly different from the traditional architect/contractor hire […]