Several factors go into refurbishing an office, and the whole process needs to be one step at a time. For example, communication, redesign, office renovations, and project management are essential for a successful office fit-out.

What you want to achieve: Blackwell Contracts will spend as much time as necessary to get to know you and your company, to understand your vision for what you want to achieve with your office refurbishment. When we have your vision and have finalised the new office layout, we will utilise our design team's experience to offer other office refurbishment ideas.
Constant communication will ensure we work out how best to help you achieve the final vision while ensuring we stay on budget.

Planning Issues: Typically, unless your office is in a listed building, planning permission is not usually necessary. Should your refurbishment require planning permission, for example, if you decide to make structural alterations or changes to the exterior of your building, you may then require planning. We would make you aware if it is necessary, and we work closely with several architects who have the relevant experience dealing with planning requirements.

Building Control Approvals: To ensure any Building Controls' compliance, we will take you through any possible issues to be fully aware and compliant.

Design: Our survey team will inspect the space and create a detailed CAD plan (computer-aided 3D design) of the area. Once this has met with your approval, the design team and project managers will create your vision within the design.

Delivery: Once those plans are in the hands of our talented office fitters, they will create and bring in the office refurbishment on time and on budget. We appreciate your office still has to function while we carry out the work. Work will continue in the space alongside your staff, with minimal disruption.

Finish: When we are confident the work is complete, the project managers ensure everything is to the highest standards. Once they are satisfied, they'll walk you through the entire office refurb to ensure you are thoroughly satisfied.

For the office refurb design to be a resounding success, the new layout and design must supplant the old. Leaving any part of the original interior in situ can have a detrimental effect on your new refurb. But with professional planning and design skills, our designers will have foreseen these issues in the initial design phase; therefore, the impact of retained elements will be minimal and cost-saving.

Blackwell Contracts have the background and know-how of working in protected structures and possess years of experience working in tandem with conservation architects and consultants to deliver the ultimate fit-out. For example, using intelligent ways to devise design features out of old structures that complement the new design style.

Professional project management is the cornerstone of any successful office refurbishment. The point person on your project will be responsible for keeping disruption to your office environment and your clients to the absolute minimum, and clients should not be aware of what's going on in the background.

We understand you still have a business to run during your office refurbishment, so it makes sense for there to be one person who will keep you updated on the project and answer any ongoing questions you will inevitably have.

We consider ourselves problem solvers capable of dealing with any and all unforeseen obstacles that can occur during the build process. Consistently ensuring we devise a suitable solution with the client to deliver the planned project effectively.