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Renovating an occupied building: lessons from embassy work

RER&K Editorial Team 2 min read
Renovating an occupied building: lessons from embassy work

Key takeaways

  • Agree work windows and access rules before mobilising.
  • Phase the works so every area stays usable.
  • Discretion about the premises is part of the contract.

Renovating a building that never closes, such as an embassy, an office or a school, depends on planning around the people inside it. Our work in the Diplomatic Enclave covered finishes, electrical works, external lighting, landscape and hardscape while the mission stayed in use.

Before work starts

  • Security clearance for every team member
  • Agreed working hours and quiet periods
  • Defined access routes, storage and waste removal
  • A single point of contact on each side

During the works

We phase the site so that entrances, offices and residences stay usable. Noisy or dusty work is scheduled into agreed windows, and each phase is cleaned and handed back before the next begins.

Landscaped fountain garden with new paving after renovation
Landscape and hardscape after renovation.

See the embassy renovation project or our renovation and fit-out service.

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R&K Editorial Team

R & K Enterprises, Islamabad

Articles written by the R&K team from our own experience on site: construction contracts, Islamic architecture, renovation and material supply.

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