Before & after
Same viewpoint, photographed at shell and at handover. Drag the handle — this is the distance covered, and the programme it took.
How it was built
What the brief asked for, what the building demanded, and what was handed over.
The brief
A 150 m² commercial fit-out in Platinum Tower, JLT: design, fit-out and MEP, combining a customer-facing front with working space behind it.
The constraint
Twelve weeks in a building that never stopped trading. In Jumeirah Lakes Towers the fit-out route runs through DMCC as well as building management, and the tower sets the hours for noisy work, the lift bookings and the delivery windows.
Customer-facing space and working space have opposite requirements: one is specified for how it looks and how sound carries, the other for durability under daily traffic. Drawing them to one finish schedule is how commercial units look tired within a year.
The result
Handed over in December 2025. The shell-to-handover frames above are the same viewpoints before and after.
The rest of the room
Photographs from handover. Click any frame to open it full size.
What the work included
Offices in towers rarely stop trading during works. The programme is built around the neighbours: noisy trades in agreed windows, deliveries in booked slots, protection down before the first tool comes out.
Glazed and solid partitions, acoustic ratings where the lease demands them, suspended and exposed ceiling systems.
HVAC modification, power, lighting, structured cabling and containment — coordinated so the ceiling closes once.
Absorption where meetings happen, isolation where they must not be heard. Specified, not decorated.
Reception, storage walls, workstations and tea points built to drawing.
Building management submission, method statements, permits to work, lift and loading bookings.
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