Phased Work In an Occupied Building Without Losing the Tenants

The demolition is the easy part. Keeping a building operating through it is where projects succeed or generate complaints for a year.

Sequence Around the Building, Not the Trades

The efficient trade sequence and the tolerable occupant sequence are rarely the same. Pay the small premium for the second one and skip the daily escalations.

Noise Has a Schedule Too

Core drilling before nine and after four sounds like a minor concession until you price the alternative in tenant credits.

• Publish the loud work calendar two weeks out
• Name one contact for complaints
• Protect the path people actually walk, not the one on the plan
• Reset the site every Friday afternoon

Dust Control Is a Contract Item

Negative air, sealed partitions and daily filter checks belong in the specification with a number attached. Otherwise they become the first thing trimmed.