Old Salt service / Architects, designers, contractors, and owners

    Lépine Apartments / The Cristina

    Millwork for the public side of a room.

    Reception desks, service counters, feature walls, workplace storage, retail fixtures, and hospitality pieces made for daily contact.

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    Ottawa / designed, fabricated, and fitted

    A useful distinction

    Public-facing millwork has two audiences: the people who use it, and the people who have to maintain, service, and build around it.

    01 / Read the package01 / 03

    A clear scope saves work later.

    We start by looking closely at the drawings, schedules, finish intent, site access, and the responsibilities of adjacent trades. That first read surfaces the decisions a shop drawing will need to answer.

    • Millwork scope and drawing review
    • Materials, hardware, and finish intent
    • Site access and installation conditions
    02 / Design for contact02 / 03

    The public side gets used hard.

    Counters, desks, storage, and feature elements need to look right while handling repeated contact. We consider the visible experience and the practical access behind it together.

    • Service and transaction points
    • Accessible storage and staff access
    • Replaceable or serviceable components
    03 / Sequence the install03 / 03

    A live site needs a real plan.

    Commercial work shares a site with other people, trades, deliveries, and decisions. Fabrication and installation are planned around that sequence so the work can arrive ready to be fitted.

    • Delivery, staging, and protection
    • Coordination with site conditions
    • Installation and completion review

    What the work includes

    Early review of scope, drawings, materials, access, and coordination.

    Durability and serviceability considered alongside the visual brief.

    Fabrication and installation planned around a live site and a real sequence.

    Before the first conversation

    Questions, answered.

    Do you work with tender or permit drawings?

    Yes. We can review a package and identify what needs to be resolved for a clear millwork scope and shop drawing process.

    What project information is most useful?

    Drawings, schedules, finish intent, site access, installation timing, and the responsibilities of adjacent trades give us a useful first read.

    Submit through the Trade Desk

    Review preliminary cost ranges