A hotel renovation is measured in rooms out of service, and every night a floor stays closed is revenue the property never gets back. That is the number we manage first. Our project manager sets the floor-by-floor sequence with your general manager and is the person you call when the brand inspector adds something to the list.
What we do for hotels
Most of our hotel work is renovation driven by a Property Improvement Plan: guest rooms, corridors, lobbies, breakfast areas, fitness rooms and exteriors brought up to the brand’s current standard while the property keeps selling rooms. We also install the FF&E package with our own crews, receive and stage it, and punch it, so the room that was finished on Tuesday is furnished and photographed by Friday instead of waiting on a separate installer. Full-property renovations, select service through full service, get the same team from the first floor through the brand’s opening inspection.
How the job runs
Before a hammer swings we walk the PIP with you line by line and turn it into a room-by-room scope, a floor sequence and a list of long-lead items (case goods, tile, lighting, storefront) with order dates. Floors are taken out of service in blocks, finished, furnished and returned before the next block closes. Guest paths, elevators, back-of-house and the breakfast operation are protected every day, and our crews work the hours the property allows, including nights in corridors when that is what the guest experience needs.
What moves the number and the calendar
The brand’s current standard sets the finish package, and the gap between it and what is in the rooms today decides most of the cost. Model room approval is the second driver: a model room finished and signed off early lets the rest of the floors run without surprises, and a late one holds everything. FF&E lead times regularly exceed the construction schedule, which is why we order early and keep our own install crew ready. Keeping the property open lengthens the calendar compared with a closed building; it also keeps the revenue, and we plan the phasing with that trade-off in the open.
Why one contractor for construction and FF&E matters here
On most hotel jobs the finish trades and the furniture install belong to two companies, and a finished room sits empty while the second one finds a date. Ours are the same crews: the people who set the tile and built the headboard wall also receive, stage and install the case goods, so a floor reopens the week it is finished instead of the week the next vendor can get there.
We are licensed and insured, with more than twenty years of combined experience among our principals, and we carry the finish trades and the FF&E installation ourselves so a hotel reopens its rooms on the date the ownership group planned around.