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Office Build-Outs from Shell to Occupancy
An office build-out is judged on two things nobody sees in the drawings: whether the mechanical system can actually condition the layout your architect drew, and whether it is finished in time for the move you have already scheduled.
Send a floor plan, a lease exhibit, or a landlord work letter. We come back with a real number and the assumptions behind it.
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Florida counties Romco Builders is licensed to build in.
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Home counties on this desk: Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach.
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Why this matters
What it costs to do nothing
The common South Florida failure is a floor plan with more private offices and conference rooms than the base-building VAV distribution was designed to serve. It passes design review, gets built, and then the corner conference room runs eight degrees warm with twelve people in it. Fixing that after turnover means opening a finished ceiling in an occupied office.
Why clients choose us for office build-outs
- We check the base-building mechanical capacity against the proposed layout in preconstruction, before the drawings are stamped and priced.
- Long-lead items — glass front systems, switchgear, custom millwork, some lighting packages — get identified and released early, because in this market they, not labour, set the schedule.
- We build to the landlord’s construction rules: approved subcontractors where required, insurance certificates, dock scheduling, and the close-out package the property manager needs before they release your space.
- Our leadership has delivered multiple corporate floor fit-outs in Manhattan, where the tolerance for a missed move-in date is zero.
The practical answer
Scope typically covers demolition, metal stud framing and drywall, glass front office systems, ceiling grid and acoustic treatment, HVAC distribution and controls, power and low-voltage rough-in for data and AV, lighting and controls to meet the Florida energy code, doors and hardware, flooring, paint and millwork. Budget shape depends most on the ratio of private offices to open plan, the glazing package, and whether you are reusing the existing ceiling and sprinkler layout. We schedule backwards from your move date and tell you the last honest day to make each finish selection.
FAQ
Common questions
- How early should we bring you in?
- Before the lease is signed if possible, and no later than the design development stage. Every week of early involvement buys back constructability decisions that are expensive to reverse once drawings are stamped.
- Can you coordinate our IT and AV vendors?
- Yes. We coordinate their rough-in, pathways and power, and we hold them to the same schedule as our trades. They usually stay under your contract for the equipment itself, which keeps your warranty relationship direct.
- Do you handle furniture?
- We coordinate the furniture installer’s access, power and data locations, and delivery window, but the furniture contract is normally yours. We will tell you where the drawings and the furniture plan disagree — that mismatch is one of the most common late problems on an office job.
Serving Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach
Next step
Ready to price your project?
Send a floor plan, a lease exhibit, or a landlord work letter. We come back with a real number and the assumptions behind it.