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Things to Consider When Renovating Your Restaurant

Running a restaurant is a tough business, and for many owners and managers, one of the hardest things about it is constantly attracting new customers while keeping old ones interested enough to come back. Renovating your space can be a great way to change and improve your image, but there are several things that owners and managers should be aware of before getting started on a project. […]

How to Determine the Cost of Your Restaurant Renovation

A restaurant renovation can represent a huge investment in your business, both in terms of the overall success of your restaurant and financially. That’s why it is so crucial to carefully plan your budget before you get started. Figuring out how much it will cost to make the changes you want to make, and how those costs can be increased or decreased, can be a bit tricky.

If you’re thinking about a restaurant renovation, consider how these factors can affect your overall budget. […]

Factors that Impact Your Restaurant Renovation Cost

One of the most important things you can do to continually attract customers to your restaurant is keeping your establishment up-to-date. For this reason, restaurant renovation should be considered just another cost of doing business. Every restaurant owner needs to budget for this expense.

Determining exactly how much to budget, however, can be tricky. While it’s […]

7 Tips to Help You Successfully Renovate Your Restaurant

A restaurant renovation can be a major change for a business, but it’s a necessary one. Keeping your business fresh and up-to-date is crucial to attracting new customers and to keep your old ones coming back. If you’re planning a renovation, make sure you follow these tips.
1. Don’t Wait Too Long
Customers will start to leave […]

How to Minimize Risks and Disruptions of Health Care Construction

Renovations are essential in every business that serves the public, but shutting down for weeks or months as the changes are made are out of the question for many companies. These facts are no different in the world of health care. In fact, it’s even harder for most clinics, doctors’ offices and hospitals to shut […]

Basic Elements of Health Care Design

With the growing demand for specialty health care treatment, it’s no wonder that many hospitals and clinics are adding new workspaces to their existing facilities. Adding a wing for cardiac care, pediatric procedures or physical rehabilitation equipment can expand your company’s ability to serve the community and its bottom line.

Before you jump feet first into […]

Integrating Flexibility Into Health Care Construction

Building medical facilities requires a different approach than is used for other types of commercial construction. The pace of technological advancement and the changing needs of an aging population require buildings that can flex and grow at the same pace as the medical industry.

This can pose a challenge to architects and construction companies. It is vitally important that medical construction projects are handled by companies that understand these unique challenges and are ready and able to respond accordingly. […]

Best Practices for Health Care Renovation and Construction

Should you build a new health care facility? Or should you renovate a current facility? That’s the billion dollar question.

You have to take into account the needs of the facility and the available options. If there’s not much physical space for expansion or if modernizing the facility isn’t cost-effective, it makes sense to start from scratch with a new facility.

But if a health care campus has a great existing location, is in good condition and has the space available to continue to grow, there’s no reason to pick up and start over. In these cases, the argument should be made for renovating. […]

Healing Hues: Choosing Paint Color for Health Care Offices

Color has power. It can define a space, elicit feelings of control and even bring peace to your patients and staff.

When designing a health care office or clinic, it is vital to choose the right color scheme. Otherwise, you could leave your patient’s feeling anxious or less than confident in your ability to care for them. […]

It’s Time to Take Another Look at Sustainable Design

A few years ago, sustainable design was all that anyone could talk about. Why is it then that the buzzword seems to have fallen by the wayside recently? Well, it could be that sustainable practices are now somewhat inherent in design, becoming more of an expectation than anything else. Plus, there’s always some new trend coming in and grabbing our attention.

But the importance of sustainable design is something that cannot be denied. That simple truth is one that is here to stay, so it’s about time we revisited the world of sustainable design. […]