Shopfitting
There is no single expression that encompasses what shopfitters
include in their sphere of operation, and there is an interesting
range of activities in which they engage.
What first comes to mind is the fitting out,
or refitting, of shops and stores from the small corner shop
to a store of the size of Harrods. The shopfitter surveys
and measures the structural carcass of the area in which he
is going to work and prepares design drawings for submission
to the client or, in some cases, the client presents his own
designs. The shopfitter will then tender for the work and,
if successful, will proceed to carry it out to completion,
leaving the retailer to come in at the end, bring in his stock,
his till, and his sales staff, and open the doors to the public
and begin business.
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Meanwhile, the shopfitter
will have prepared working drawings from the designs agreed,
machined, assembled and finished the joinery part of the work,
scheduled deliveries to the site, instructed various sub-contractors
who will perform other work such as plastering, floor laying,
suspended ceilings, sprinklers, ventilation, heating and lighting,
alarms, telephones, decorating and carpets, and installed
his own shopfront and interior fittings that he has manufactured.
Apart from shops and stores, shopfitters also manufacture,
contract, fit and refit in other areas that might not be
quite so obvious, but the pattern and manner of progress
is just the same, whether working directly with a client
with the shopfitter providing a full design and contract
management service, or whether through an architect or design
house again either for the client, or for a main contractor.
Such activity areas include:
• Restaurants
• Hotels
• Offices and Boardrooms
• Banks and Building Societies
• Airports
• Court Buildings
• Town Halls
• Government Buildings
• Museums and Art Galleries
• Libraries
• Stately Homes
• Castles
• And anywhere else that high quality joinery or metalwork
is needed at home and abroad.
That’s shopfitting
it is not mass production, it’s good quality
work and work in which you can be proud of having been involved
and a career choice that will be of credit to you, wherever
you go and whoever you meet.
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