Working around an operating business
We start by agreeing what has to stay open and what can be closed. That decides staging, and staging decides the schedule.
Customer entrances stay clear during trading hours, dust barriers separate work areas from occupied space, and deliveries and bin swaps get scheduled early morning where a business trades all day.
For multi unit residential we give tenants notice before noisy stages and keep shared entries and corridors clean, because a restoration that annoys every tenant creates problems for the owner long after we leave.
Typical commercial restoration scopes
Water and fire damage rebuilds are the most common, and they run the same way as residential work with more documentation and tighter scheduling.
Beyond that it is envelope work: facade restoration, masonry repair, roofing, window replacement and the flashing details that were letting water in.
Interior scopes cover partitions, ceilings, washroom upgrades, flooring and finishes. Those run through our general contractor service with the same single point of contact.
Documentation owners and insurers actually want
A one line quote saying repair water damage rarely gets approved without questions, and it gives a property owner nothing to file.
We provide photo documentation of the affected areas, note the visible cause, and break the scope into stages with pricing attached, so an adjuster or an owner can review it line by line.
What a commercial restoration scope includes
- Staging plan: what stays open, what closes, and when.
- Hours agreement: including evening and weekend work where needed.
- Tenant communication: notice before noisy or disruptive stages.
- Permits and inspections: applied for and coordinated by us.
- Protection: dust barriers, floor protection and secure storage.
- Reporting: photo records and staged pricing for owners and insurers.
Where commercial building restoration sits in the bigger job
This work is part of our building restoration service service, so it can run on its own or as one stage inside a larger project. When it is part of a bigger renovation we sequence it with the other trades rather than treating it as a standalone visit.
Clients booking this often pair it with water damage restoration, fire damage restoration, historic building restoration or facade restoration. One contract covers whichever combination you need, with a single schedule and one point of contact.
Commercial Building Restoration across the Ottawa area
We take this work on throughout the greater Ottawa area. Recent jobs have run through Nepean, Merivale, South Keys, Kanata and the surrounding neighbourhoods. The consultation is free wherever you are in the city.