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Space
An open commercial floor. Grid, structure and daylight are visible. Nothing has been claimed as a room yet.
Commercial office fit-out
From space
to workplace.
Commercial office fit-outs planned, coordinated and finished around the way your business needs to work.
Moduline Construction & Fit-Out Limited delivers commercial office fit-outs and workplace refurbishment projects from initial planning through coordinated construction and final completion.
PlanPartitionFloorCeilingFinishComplete
01 Space
02 Plan
03 Workplace
02 — Name
The Moduline.
A structured path from commercial space to completed workplace.
02
Plan
Setting-out lines describe rooms, partitions and dimensions. The workplace is still a drawing.
03
Scope
Zones are filled in. Work, meeting, focus, arrival and circulation are distinguished before materials are chosen.
04
Coordinate
Trade paths sit on the plan. Ceiling, floor, partition and specialist interfaces are sequenced rather than stacked by chance.
05
Build
Lines become planes. Partitions rise, the ceiling zone is established and the floor build-up begins.
06
Finish
Materials replace linework. Timber, glass, metal, textile and paint are decisions, not decoration added at the end.
07
Complete
The drawing recedes. What remains is a workplace that can be occupied for the way the business actually works.
03 — Layers
One project.
Multiple trades.
One coordinated delivery.
- 01 Partitioning Rooms, privacy and circulation are set out from the plan.
- 02 Ceilings The overhead plane, grid and lighting zone are coordinated with the rooms below.
- 03 Flooring The floor finish has to suit traffic, transitions and the substrate beneath it.
- 04 Decoration Wall preparation and decorative finish complete the enclosed room.
- 05 Joinery Reception features, storage and interior details where they are included in scope.
- 06 Specialist services where required Electrical, data, mechanical, fire or other regulated work is coordinated and undertaken by competent specialists where the scope requires it.
- 07 Final detail Trims, edges, junctions and the last adjustments before review.
Not every project includes every layer. The sequence is agreed when the scope is agreed.
04 — Plan
The office isn’t one space.
A commercial floor is a set of working conditions. The plan has to distinguish them before partitions, finishes or furniture are chosen.
Work
Primary desk and work area.
Illustrative workplace zoning
05 — Fit-out
From an empty or existing space to a working environment.
A commercial office fit-out is the sequence that turns available space into somewhere a business can work: requirements, layout, construction, materials, coordination, finishing and completion.
- 01 Understand how the office needs to operate.
- 02 Set out the layout before construction starts.
- 03 Coordinate partitions, ceilings, floors and finishes.
- 04 Complete against the scope that was agreed.
06 — Partition
A line on the plan becomes a wall in the space.
Conceptual partition study
Partitions describe how the office works: who is enclosed, who shares a floor, and how people move between them. Performance ratings are confirmed only where a project specification requires them.
Partitioning & layout07 — Material
The finish is built from material decisions.
These are categories for a specification conversation. They are not a live inventory and they are not products held by Moduline.
Conceptual material board
Wall
Painted, lined or panelled wall finishes. Preparation and substrate condition affect the final surface.
Conceptual material board
Floor
Carpet tile, commercial carpet, vinyl, resilient sheet, laminate or another specified commercial floor.
Conceptual material board
Ceiling
Suspended grid, replacement tile, or a decorative ceiling treatment coordinated with the services zone.
Conceptual material board
Glass
Glazed partitions and internal screens where the layout needs light and a degree of separation.
Conceptual material board
Timber
Joinery, trims and interior timber details where they are included in the agreed scope.
Conceptual material board
Metal
Frames, trims and metal details. Profiles are selected with the partition or joinery package.
Conceptual material board
Colour
A project palette agreed from samples. Colour on screen is not a physical specification.
Materials shown online are illustrative unless identified as part of an agreed project specification.
08 — Floor
The floor has to work as hard as the space above it.
Final materials and specifications are confirmed according to the individual project.
Conceptual flooring study
- Carpet tile
- Repeatable modules for open floors, with a joint that can follow the setting-out grid.
- Commercial carpet
- Broadloom or sheet carpet where a continuous surface is specified.
- Vinyl
- A resilient sheet or tile finish for areas that need a wipeable surface.
- Resilient flooring
- Rubber, safety or other resilient systems specified for the use of the room.
- Laminate
- A timber-look or decorative floor where the specification and substrate allow it.
- Specified systems
- Entrance matting, raised-access finishes or other systems named in the project specification.
09 — Arrival
The workplace starts before the desk.
Visitors meet the company at the door, not at a workstation. Reception is arrival, orientation and the standard of finish the rest of the floor is judged against.
- 01ArriveThe threshold, the desk and the first material a visitor touches.
- 02WaitSomewhere to pause that belongs to the office, not to a corridor.
- 03OrientA route that explains where meeting rooms and the working floor sit.
- 04ContinueCirculation back into the workplace without a second, accidental entrance.
Lighting, joinery and feature finishes are coordinated where they form part of the agreed scope. Moduline does not present this as a branding consultancy.
Reception & front-of-house10 — Together
Spaces for how people actually work together.
Mode 01
Boardroom
A formal room for decisions, with a table, enclosure and a finish appropriate to who uses it.
Mode 02
Meeting
Enclosed or semi-enclosed rooms for scheduled conversation, sized to the groups that actually book them.
Mode 03
Focus
Smaller rooms for concentrated work, calls and work that should not happen at a desk.
Mode 04
Collaborate
Open or lightly enclosed settings where a team works on the same task without a formal room booking.
Mode 05
Breakout
Informal space that gives people somewhere to step away from the workstation.
11 — Existing
Improve the space you already have.
- Existing
- Reconfigure
- Refinish
- Reuse
- Complete
Refurbishment starts from a workplace that already exists. The useful question is what should change, not how to pretend the floor is a shell.
- Outdated finishes and tired decoration
- A team structure the current rooms no longer match
- Additional meeting space or a new reception
- Breakout, floor replacement, ceiling improvements
- Partition changes where the plan needs them
Retention is a project decision. Not every existing element can, or should, stay.
Office refurbishment12 — Occupation
The project may need to work around the business.
Depending on the project and agreed programme, work may need to consider occupied areas, access, delivery periods, noise-sensitive activities, sequencing, restricted working windows and phased completion.
13 — Sequence
From the requirement to the completed workplace.
01
Understand
The workplace requirement comes before the drawing. Headcount, meeting use, privacy, arrival and how teams sit together set the brief.
- How the office is used
- What must change
- What can remain
02
Survey / review
Existing conditions and the project context are reviewed. A measured survey is included only where it forms part of the agreed scope.
- Existing layout
- Condition of finishes
- Access and constraints
03
Plan
Rooms, circulation and work settings are set out so the plan matches the way the business needs to operate.
- Work areas
- Meeting rooms
- Circulation
04
Scope
Included and excluded works are identified before construction begins, including finishes, joinery and any specialist trades.
- Inclusions
- Exclusions
- Interfaces
05
Coordinate
Partitions, ceilings, floors, decoration, joinery and specialist works are sequenced so one trade does not block the next.
- Trade order
- Material timing
- Site access
06
Build
Internal construction proceeds against the agreed layout: partitions, ceilings, flooring and the associated preparation.
- Partition setting-out
- Ceiling and floor build-up
- Protection of existing areas
07
Finish
Surfaces, details and joinery complete the room. The finish is the result of earlier decisions, not a separate decoration exercise.
- Decoration
- Floor finish
- Interior details
08
Review
Completed work is reviewed against the agreed scope. Outstanding items are identified before completion is confirmed.
- Scope check
- Snagging items
- Agreed adjustments
09
Complete
The workplace is handed over in line with the completion activity agreed for that project.
- Agreed completion
- Area release
- Record of the brief
14 — Coordination
The detail between trades is where fit-out projects are won or lost.
A fit-out contains interdependent works. Sequencing matters. Access matters. Material timing matters. Specialist trades may depend on preceding work.
- 01 Partition
- 02 Ceiling interface
- 03 Services interface
- 04 Decoration
- 05 Floor
- 06 Joinery
- 07 Final detail
15 — Environments
Workplaces are different because businesses are different.
Type 01
Professional services
Offices that need a clear arrival, confidential meeting rooms and a working floor that can host clients without feeling like a public lobby.
Type 02
Technology
Workplaces with a mix of desk space, project rooms and informal collaboration, planned around how product and technical teams actually sit.
Type 03
Creative
Studios and commercial creative floors where material, light and layout carry the character of the work.
Type 04
Property
Property and advisory offices where the reception and meeting suite are part of how the business receives people.
Type 05
Corporate
Established commercial floors with a formal front-of-house, boardroom and a consistent standard of finish.
Type 06
Growing business
Companies whose headcount or team structure has moved on from the layout they currently occupy.
Type 07
Commercial office
A general commercial workplace: work areas, meeting rooms, support space and a legible route through the floor.
Type 08
Multi-team workplace
Floors shared by more than one team, where adjacency, privacy and circulation need an explicit plan.
Environment examples describe the types of commercial workplaces Moduline may support and do not represent client relationships.
Commercial environments16 — Responsibility
Commercial fit-out is more than the finish.
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Scope
Works are those clearly agreed. An image on this website is not an inclusion.
02
Existing conditions
Existing building conditions may affect scope, programme and the way finishes can be applied.
03
Specialist trades
Appropriately competent specialists may be needed for regulated or specialist work.
04
Site access
Programming depends on access, deliveries, occupied areas and site logistics.
05
Materials
Specifications and availability are confirmed per project. Lead times sit inside the programme.
06
Approvals
Landlord, building-control, fire, planning or other approvals may apply depending on the works.
Conceptual construction atmosphere
17 — Enquiry
What should
the space
become?
Tell us about the office, current condition, required layout, finishes, project timing and commercial objectives.