In the commercial interior world, fit-out refers to the process of turning an empty shell into a fully functional space that supports its occupants’ needs. Managing and building fit-outs requires several services, including design, specification, development, programming, procurement, installation, and post-project support.
As the owner or manager of a commercial space, you can obtain each service from a collection of companies or consolidate services to simplify the process. A commercial fit-out company in Los Angeles like Pacific Office Interiors can help to eliminate the headaches and miscommunications that go along with coordinating multiple vendors.
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In the commercial interior world, fit-out refers to the process of turning an empty shell into a fully functional space that supports its occupants’ needs. Managing and building fit-outs requires several services, including design, specification, development, programming, procurement, installation, and post-project support.
As the owner or manager of a commercial space, you can obtain each service from a collection of companies or consolidate services to simplify the process. A commercial fit-out company in Los Angeles like Pacific Office Interiors can help to eliminate the headaches and miscommunications that go along with coordinating multiple vendors.
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Unfinished space with construction equipment
Sourcing Your Commercial Fit-Out Services
Project management, design, procurement, and logistics are four cornerstones of every project implementation. Some of our clients have limited experience with commercial fit-outs and have a full workload to manage, in addition to their occasional interior design related projects. For clients like these, working with a company that provides all four services greatly simplifies their involvement in the project, which is precisely why our clients choose to work with Pacific Office Interiors. We have a proven ability to manage every aspect of commercial fit-outs in Los Angeles, Ventura County and surrounding areas.
Sourcing Your Commercial Fit-Out Services
Unfinished space with construction equipment
Project management, design, procurement, and logistics are four cornerstones of every project implementation. Some of our clients have limited experience with commercial fit-outs and have a full workload to manage, in addition to their occasional interior design related projects. For clients like these, working with a company that provides all four services greatly simplifies their involvement in the project, which is precisely why our clients choose to work with Pacific Office Interiors. We have a proven ability to manage every aspect of commercial fit-outs in Los Angeles, Ventura County and surrounding areas.
Fit-Out Programming – Deciding What Goes into Your Space
Commercial Fit Outs can create some beautiful workspaces
Deciding what goes into your space may sound simple at the outset. Among the spaces you may need are:
- Executive and Staff Offices
- Workstations
- Open Areas and Collaborative Spaces
- Conference and Presentation Rooms
- Privacy Booths
- Training Rooms and Classrooms
- Cafe and Dining Facilities
- Reception, Lobby and Waiting Areas
- Work From Anywhere Areas
- Specialty Spaces (Medical Examination Rooms, Laboratories, Manufacturing, R&D)
- Indoor and Outdoor Spaces
Visualizing, designing and planning these spaces may be straight-forward if you have staff dedicated to these types of tasks. However, for many of our clients, they want our team of designers to design a space that works extremely well, rather than a space that merely works.
- We are particularly skilled at designing spaces with improved adjacencies so all shared resources are located optimally.
- We focus on designing with adaptability in mind, so the space is scalable and built with multiple uses in mind.
- We leverage technology to allow for changing work modes, such as allowing for internal and external stakeholders to collaborate in real time, regardless of where they’re located.
- We design with integrated materials to create a consistent aesthetic throughout the space.
Whether you’re looking for the most efficient and cost-effective transaction, the most consultative and turn-key experience — or a combination of the two — Pacific Office Interiors is your commercial fit-out team in Los Angeles and surrounding areas.
Outdoor spaces need Commercial Fit-Out services, too.
Fit-Out Design and Specification
Fit-Out Programming provides the details of what goes where, how much space each use requires, and so on — it’s the rough cut phase of design.
During design, you and your design team consider color, finishes, functionality, ergonomics, flexibility, and all the elements required for walls, floors,ceilings, products and accessories. Once solidified, your team should develop a detailed specification outlining suppliers, parts, quantities, finishes, and pricing. This information informs a detailed logistics plan that includes schedules, layouts, receiving, inspection, delivery and installation instructions.
Fit-Out Design and Specification
Fit-Out Programming provides the details of what goes where, how much space each use requires, and so on — it’s the rough cut phase of design.
Outdoor spaces need Commercial Fit-Out services, too.
During design, you and your design team consider color, finishes, functionality, ergonomics, flexibility, and all the elements required for walls, floors,ceilings, products and accessories. Once solidified, your team should develop a detailed specification outlining suppliers, parts, quantities, finishes, and pricing. This information informs a detailed logistics plan that includes schedules, layouts, receiving, inspection, delivery and installation instructions.
Commercial Fit Out services create beautiful interiors for corporate offices and more
Commercial Fit-Out Procurement
Here’s another seemingly simple step: ordering the furnishings, accessories, and related materials as per the specification. But it’s not as simple as you might think.
Placing orders with manufacturers requires skilled and experienced professionals who understand how to place them correctly with all the details necessary to enable the manufacturer to build and ship products that meet the specifications. Incomplete or confusing orders cause delays as you and the vendor work out the miscommunication.
While delays are bad, receiving the wrong product is worse. Given the extended lead times and supply chain issues in the furniture industry today, ordering the wrong product can be a schedule killer. If it’s a critical product, it could delay the completion of the entire project.
Commercial Fit-Out Procurement
Here’s another seemingly simple step: ordering the furnishings, accessories, and related materials as per the specification. But it’s not as simple as you might think.
Commercial Fit Outs services create beautiful interiors for corporate offices and more
Placing orders with manufacturers requires skilled and experienced professionals who understand how to place them correctly with all the details necessary to enable the manufacturer to build and ship products that meet the specifications. Incomplete or confusing orders cause delays as you and the vendor work out the miscommunication.
While delays are bad, receiving the wrong product is worse. Given the extended lead times and supply chain issues in the furniture industry today, ordering the wrong product can be a schedule killer. If it’s a critical product, it could delay the completion of the entire project.
Government offices use Commercial Fit Outs to create offices that work well.
Commercial Fit-Out Logistics and Installation
After placing the order, your commercial fit-out service provider must track it, make accommodations for interim storage or onsite delivery, and check every delivery for accuracy, completeness, and potential damage. Damaged or missing parts and pieces need immediate attention to file the appropriate claims, receive replacements, and keep the project on schedule.
Smaller Commercial and Contract Furniture dealers typically have small warehouses or no warehouses at all. Some trust your valuable furniture to rented trucks, and even outsourced day-labor installers. That’s not how things work at Pacific Office Interiors. At POI, we maintain control over every aspect of your commercial fit-out using our company-owned furniture warehousing, delivery vehicles and trained company installers. It’s how we ensure we get everything properly assembled, installed, configured and applied, creating a finished space you’ll love.
Commercial Fit-Out Logistics and Installation
After placing the order, your commercial fit-out service provider must track it, make accommodations for interim storage or onsite delivery, and check every delivery for accuracy, completeness,
Government offices use Commercial Fit Outs to create offices that work well.
and potential damage. Damaged or missing parts and pieces need immediate attention to file the appropriate claims, receive replacements, and keep the project on schedule.
Smaller Commercial and Contract Furniture dealers typically have small warehouses or no warehouses at all. Some trust your valuable furniture to rented trucks, and even outsourced day-labor installers. That’s not how things work at Pacific Office Interiors. At POI, we maintain control over every aspect of your commercial fit-out using our company-owned furniture warehousing, delivery vehicles and trained company installers. It’s how we ensure we get everything properly assembled, installed, configured and applied, creating a finished space you’ll love.
Commercial Fit-Out in Los Angeles
Independent service providers for commercial fit-out in Los Angeles abound, including interior designers, FF&E vendors, project management firms and installation companies. You can build your own commercial fit-out team from a collection of independent vendors, or you can turn to Pacific Office Interiors. We combine our design-first approach with a comprehensive set of services allowing us to be your one-stop commercial fit-out partner. Contact us today to learn more.
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