Focused upgrade
Target a defined part of the property while retaining suitable existing elements.
- Typical focus
- A specific room, finish or system
- What to resolve
- Condition of retained work and installation interfaces
A useful budget begins with a clear scope.
Understand what shapes the cost of office design & fit-out before comparing proposals. Every final quotation follows the property, measured scope and agreed specification.
Complete transformation
Coordinate a full room, property or commercial space as a connected project.
- Typical focus
- Design, removal, specialist works and finishes
- What to resolve
- Complete specifications and a clear work sequence
Bespoke project
Develop a tailored design with custom details and specialist coordination.
- Typical focus
- Original design, fabrication and carefully selected materials
- What to resolve
- Design development, prototypes or samples and procurement
THE COST DRIVERSLook beyond
Look beyond
the area rate.
A square-metre or square-foot rate is only useful when it identifies the measured area, specification and inclusions. It cannot replace a review of your actual property.
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Shell condition and workplace density
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Meeting rooms and acoustic requirements
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Furniture, IT and AV responsibilities
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Phasing and move-in constraints
What your proposal
should make clear.
Request a scoped review- Measured scope and specification
- Included supply and installation responsibilities
- Allowances, exclusions and unresolved conditions
- Design, approval and procurement responsibilities
- Programme, payment milestones and change process
- Handover information and warranty responsibilities
We do not publish a generic starting price as a substitute for a project scope. Share your working budget and priorities so the proposal can be developed around useful choices.
BUILD A COMPARABLE SCOPE
Make the assumptions visible.
Price the same work before comparing totals. The following information helps connect your Forma brief to an itemised proposal.
Information that supports the quotation
- Current and anticipated occupancy
- Activities that need privacy or concentration
- Meeting and collaboration patterns
- IT, AV and security requirements
- Furniture to retain or replace
- Move-in date and business-continuity constraints
Questions for the commercial review
- Which design, supply and installation tasks are included?
- Which quantities and products are confirmed, and which remain allowances?
- Who provides retained-condition investigations or specialist reviews?
- What protection, delivery, removal and making-good work is included?
- How are changes priced and approved before proceeding?
- What documents and completion criteria support the payment stages?
Acoustic finishes
Distinguish sound absorption within a room from sound isolation between rooms; ask for a coordinated specification.
Include the ongoing requirement: Keep product and cleaning information, including any replacement requirements.
Modular furniture
Review dimensions, adjustability, cable management and the intended furniture layout.
Include the ongoing requirement: Retain assembly, adjustment and service instructions.
Glass and solid partitions
Check the complete wall, door, junction and services design rather than judging only the panel.
Include the ongoing requirement: Record door hardware and access requirements.
Website concepts and general guidance are not quotations. Scope, product choices, applicable charges and commercial terms belong in the written proposal.
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