CleanEatz

Challenges Faced:

The biggest challenge we faced was the time frame for this renovation. The owner had a hard deadline for opening the restaurant which was the first week of September. Due to permitting and abatement issues, we ended up losing a month of work from the schedule. Even though it was a franchise, it was the owner’s desire to add personal touches to his restaurant and give it a feel of its own.

Solution to Challenges

Although we had an exasperated schedule by working overtime and adding four of K2’s finest tradesmen, we were able to make up two weeks and turned the project over by the second week of September in 2018. In the end, because the parent company was so pleased with our design ideas, the owner was able to include his desires for the finishes and bring his visions to life. In fact, the parent company now incorporates our collective design into their standard floor plan. Overall, the client was thrilled with our ingenuity, quality, and overall designs.

End Results

The owner was able to include some ideas that he had into the finishes, that were different than what the franchise called for. The use of iron pipe shelving is now standard in these restaurants. The owner was also able to select solid wood slabs for the main service counter and front counter. We incorporated hardwood flooring remnants on the partition walls and also used tin-roofing as an accent on the main service counter wall.

Any other Special Details

The project required extensive demolition for the redesign. We had to cut, trench, excavate, and patch large areas. The entire floor area needed to be grounded due to asbestos that was found in the initial flooring adhesive which then required asbestos abatement. We also had roof leaks to overcome and subsequent mold issues on the walls, also requiring abatement.

The owner served as point person for all the restaurant equipment. In turn, we helped with all the unloading, un-crating, and final set up. This included helping to assemble a large walk-in refrigerator while the other construction was still happening.