Work With A Commercial Design-Build Contractor To Create Building Plans And Construct Your Restaurant
Posted on: 22 March 2023
If you want to build a new restaurant, consider working with a commercial design-build contractor. This contractor handles designing your restaurant as well as building it so all the work is done by the same contractor. This streamlines everything and eliminates friction between your designer and builder. Here are some of the steps in the design-build process.
The Design Phase
The design phase may take several steps. The first meeting may be a discussion about how you envision your restaurant to look when it comes to the number of rooms, seating capacity, kitchen size, and architectural style. This gives the designer a general idea of how large your restaurant will be and how you want it to look.
A later meeting may get more specific and include smaller details about floor plans, building materials, electrical hookups, gas lines, overhead lighting, flooring, window requirements, and choice of building materials.
Small details help the design-build contractor come up with an accurate estimate of cost and give the architect ideas for drawing up the building plans. You'll approve the plans before the final blueprints are made that the building contractors will follow. The city code's office will need copies of the building plan too when the contractor pulls the permit.
Building Phase
Before construction begins, details are worked out for road access to the building, the orientation of the building, and the parking area so the builder knows the precise location to start building. If you're putting your new restaurant on undeveloped land, the land has to be cleared and graded.
You may need a land survey done if you didn't get one when you bought the land, and there may be additional paperwork requirements and details like having utility lines marked that must be attended to before construction begins.
A commercial design-build contractor is a general contractor who is responsible for all the work that goes into your new restaurant. They may have other contractors on staff, or they may subcontract plumbers, roofers, electricians, and other specialists. However, you don't need to oversee any of the other contractors since the design-build contractor supervises everyone.
Getting started on building your new restaurant can take a long time. A survey might take months, and you'll need to get permit approval too. Once construction starts, the work should progress at a steady pace until your building is ready.
The permit process will usually require many inspections by the city as your restaurant is going up. The design-build contractor works with the city and keeps you informed about the inspections so you know the work is going according to codes and everything is fine.
Contact a commercial design-build contractor to learn more.
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