How we deliver it
Our strip-out photos come from office space: rooms cleared of millwork, a partition and ceiling grid being taken down along a corridor, and metal framing and debris gathered for removal. The end result is an empty room with the base building left alone.
The scope for a strip-out usually comes from the lease or the landlord's turnover standard. We work through it line by line: what comes out, what stays, and which base-building systems are not to be touched. Sprinkler lines, fire alarm devices and main electrical are left in place and handled by their own trades.
Access and timing are set by the building. In multi-tenant buildings, that often means using a set freight elevator or loading door, protecting common corridors and working at the times the property manager allows. We plan the debris route before we start.
Material is separated where the building's space allows. Metal studs and ceiling grid go to scrap, and carpet, ceiling tile and drywall are loaded separately.
Older buildings may contain asbestos in ceiling tiles, flooring or pipe insulation. The designated substance survey is required under section 30 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act before the work is tendered, and any asbestos is handled under O. Reg. 278/05.
Industrial units in Concord and Woodbridge add heavier items to the scope: pallet racking, mezzanines, equipment bases and washrooms built inside the warehouse. Racking is dismantled and can be kept for resale if the owner wants it, and mezzanines come down in a planned order because they carry load. We check the slab after strip-out and report anything that needs attention, like broken concrete or open pits.
Describe the components behind the handover label
A shell instruction should name the tenant components leaving and base-building elements remaining. A white-box request may also describe finishes or services to be supplied by subsequent contractors. A turnkey request concerns a finished fit-out beyond ordinary demolition. None of these labels has one universal removal meaning: the lease parties and design team establish the actual endpoint. List demolition, repair and new installation separately before requesting a commercial scope.
Plan the next use of this space
Facility changes
- Factory refurbishment: combine the building-removal packages without combining every trade
- Turning part of an industrial unit into a showroom: what needs to come out?
- Choosing demolition packages for a planned facility shutdown
- Building removals for an industrial equipment changeover
- Partial industrial-building demolition for an extension
- Changing refrigerated warehouse space: retain the chamber or clear its footprint?
Commercial interiors
- Staff-washroom refurbishment in an industrial facility: where does the room change end?
- Hotel conference-space renovation: define the interior removal package
- Retail property refurbishment: match the removal depth to the letting plan
- Restaurant changeover: which fit-out should remain?
- A major office refit inside a commercial or industrial property
- Food-court demolition before a new operator moves in
- Closed clinic renovation: ordinary demolition after specialist removals
- Salon and spa strip-out before a new business fit-out
- Gym and studio strip-out before refurbishment
- Condominium lobby and amenity refurbishment: define the removals
- Office partitions: retain, relocate or demolish?
- Automotive showroom refurbishment: the ordinary demolition package
- Grocery-store refurbishment after specialist equipment removal
- Commercial ceiling renewal inside a retained building
- Training-centre renovation: changing the classroom layout
- Demolition within a vacant childcare-premises renovation
- Commercial laundry refit: when does the building need demolition?
- Community-facility refurbishment: ordinary rooms and retained building features
Commercial services
- Warehouse racking removal for an agreed facility change
- Mezzanine removal for warehouse and commercial alterations
- Office strip-outs for commercial and industrial properties
- Retail strip-outs for property owners and fit-out contractors
- Restaurant strip-outs and ordinary interior removal
- Commercial floor-covering removal for refit contractors
Project responsibilities
Residential interiors
Building alterations
What to expect
- 01
Walk the unit
We review the space, the lease or turnover standard and the building's access rules.
- 02
Written scope
The scope lists what comes out and which base-building systems stay.
- 03
Survey and protection
The designated substance survey is reviewed and common areas are protected.
- 04
Strip out
Fit-out is removed and material separated for disposal.
- 05
Clean turnover
The unit is swept and ready for the landlord's inspection.
Photos from this work
Frequently asked questions
- Do you work within a landlord's building rules?
- Yes. We work to the building's access times, elevator bookings and protection requirements. Send us the rules with your request and we'll build them into the scope.
- Will you disconnect sprinklers or fire alarms?
- No. Life safety systems stay in place and are handled by licensed trades under the building's procedures.
- Do I need a permit for a commercial strip-out in Vaughan?
- Removing a tenant's finishes often doesn't need a building permit, but work that alters structure, exits or fire separations can. The landlord or the City of Vaughan's Building Standards department can confirm for your unit.
- Can you strip out an industrial unit in Concord?
- Yes. Industrial units often add racking, mezzanines and equipment bases to the scope, and we plan for heavier material and larger loads.
Related services
Questions to resolve before this work
- Concord industrial enquiry: a unit, an addition or the whole building?
- Warehouse racking or building structure: separate the removal lists
- Former process trenches in industrial floors: define the strip-out limit
- Keeping loading doors operational during commercial strip-out
- Removing an office enclosure inside a retained warehouse
- Industrial service branches: identify the branch before stripping the area
- An occupied warehouse: map movement zones before demolition
- Commercial strip-out: resolve exit arrangements with the design team
- Warehouse demolition plans: use stable bay and grid identifiers
- Commercial demolition hold points: name the decision before the date
Choose your project area
Start with Vaughan communities and planning, browse the GTA and surrounding area directory, or check a postal reference. Access, occupancy and the retained structure determine how this scope is assessed.
Planning this work?
Book a site visit and get a written scope for your project.