TENANT BUILDOUT
INTERIOR FIT-OUTS
Commercial Tenant Build-Outs
Space planning, heavy metal stud framing, drywall, acoustic ceiling grids, and designer commercial flooring.
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COMMERCIAL GENERAL CONTRACTOR • DIV 01 / 02
FL CGC1517295 • CCC1329271
Commercial Flooring Installation in Fort Lauderdale
The right commercial floor handles your traffic, your operations, and your image. We install commercial flooring in Fort Lauderdale across every category — and we install it to last.
FBC & ADA Standards
Zero Violations
Direct Qualifier CGC
CGC1517295 • CCC1329271
100% In-House Supervision
Zero Subcontracting Gaps
FL STATE LICENSED
CGC1517295 • CCC1329271
100%
In-House Crews • Zero Brokers
COMMERCIAL GENERAL CONTRACTOR • SOUTH FLORIDA
Commercial Flooring That Performs and Lasts
Commercial flooring in Fort Lauderdale is one of the most visible and most abused interior finishes in any commercial space — because the floor carries every footstep, cart, chair wheel, spill, and cleaning cycle that the business inflicts on it, day after day. Selecting the wrong flooring product for a commercial application produces a floor that looks worn within months of installation. Selecting the right product for the traffic type, maintenance program, and aesthetic requirements of each space produces a floor that performs for its full intended service life. At Planet Construction FL, we install commercial flooring across the full product range with the substrate preparation standards that commercial flooring service life depends on.
Permit Expediting & Engineering
Direct coordination with municipal building officials, registered structural engineers, and life safety reviewers for accelerated approvals.
ADA & Life Safety Compliance
Full ADA Title III accessibility upgrades, fire barrier ratings, egress calculations, and zero-liability inspection sign-offs.
Dual State Licensing
Certified General Contractor (CGC1517295) and Certified Roofing Contractor (CCC1329271) under unified commercial accountability.
Commercial Risk Reality • Liability Exposure
Wrong Floor, Wrong Result
Choosing the wrong commercial flooring is one of the most expensive mistakes a property owner can make. Carpet that wears out in two years, vinyl that fails under traffic, epoxy that peels in a year, polished concrete done badly — every wrong choice means tearing it up and starting over. Most commercial flooring failures aren't the product; they're the wrong product for the use.
Mandatory Building Department Benchmark • FBC Standards
Engineered Protocol • Quality Assurance
Commercial Flooring Matched to Your Operation
We install commercial flooring in Fort Lauderdale across every category: polished concrete, epoxy, vinyl, carpet tile, ceramic, and specialty systems. Every install starts with understanding your space, your traffic, and your operations — and recommending the right product. Substrate prep is done properly, and every install is documented and warranted.
Fully documented for municipal building inspection file
COMMERCIAL • MULTI-TENANT • INDUSTRIAL
Commercial Flooring Options We Install
Planet Construction FL installs commercial flooring across the full range of products used in Fort Lauderdale's commercial market. Luxury vinyl plank (LVP) and luxury vinyl tile (LVT) — the most versatile commercial flooring choice, combining realistic wood and stone aesthetics with waterproof construction and excellent durability for light to medium commercial traffic. Carpet tile — preferred in office environments for its acoustic performance, individual tile replaceability, and access to sub-floor services in raised-access flooring applications. VCT (vinyl composition tile) — the durable, cost-effective workhorse of healthcare, retail, and institutional flooring applications. Ceramic and porcelain tile — for lobbies, restrooms, restaurant dining rooms, and commercial kitchen environments where durability and cleanability are the primary requirements. Polished concrete — for retail, restaurant, and office environments where a contemporary, low-maintenance aesthetic is the priority. Epoxy floor coating — for commercial kitchens, warehouses, and industrial environments requiring a seamless, chemical-resistant, easily cleaned floor surface. Hardwood and engineered hardwood — for law office, financial, and hospitality environments where a premium wood aesthetic is part of the brand statement.
TENANT BUILDOUT
ADA COMPLIANCE
ACCESSIBILITY
ADA Title III Renovations
Exterior concrete access ramps, handrails, door clearances, and turnkey ADA commercial restroom remodels.
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STRUCTURAL & MEP
TRADE COORDINATION
Commercial Framing & MEP
Turnkey management of commercial electrical panels, HVAC duct distribution, and plumbing rough-ins under single GC oversight.
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IMPACT STOREFRONTS
BUILDING ENVELOPE
Storefronts & Impact Glass
Heavy-gauge aluminum storefront framing, hurricane impact security glazing, panic push-bars, and ADA automatic doors.
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PERMIT REMEDIATION
MUNICIPAL RESOLUTION
Code Violation Remediation
Legalizing unpermitted work, clearing building department stop-work orders, and resolving expired permits with city officials.
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ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS
FACADE RESTORATION
Commercial Painting & Facades
High-build elastomeric waterproofing, airless spray coatings, and architectural stucco modernization for commercial buildings.
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Regulatory Code Standards • FBC & ADA Compliance
Flooring Selection by Business Type
The right commercial flooring choice differs significantly across Fort Lauderdale's commercial sectors. Office environments benefit from carpet tile — which absorbs sound, provides underfoot comfort for desk workers, and allows individual tile replacement when staining or damage occurs in a specific area. Retail environments need flooring that creates the right brand aesthetic, is easy to keep clean with routine retail cleaning operations, and is durable enough to handle shopping cart and customer traffic without visible wear patterns. Restaurant dining rooms need flooring that is attractive, slip-resistant when wet, and resistant to the food, beverage, and cleaning chemical contact that restaurant floors experience continuously. Medical and dental offices need seamless or tightly jointed flooring that can be disinfected without the grout joint contamination risk of standard tile. Planet Construction FL's flooring recommendations begin with the specific use case, not with the product most readily available or most profitable for our installation operations.
Licensed CGC1517295 • CCC1329271 Execution
Direct Municipal Building Department Inspections
Code Assurance Criteria
ENGINEERING PROTOCOL
Sealed Commercial Blueprints
Signed & sealed architectural, MEP, and structural engineering drawings for permit approval.
ADA TITLE III CRITERIA
FBC Chapter 11 Accessibility
1:12 ramp slope tolerances, 32-inch clear door swings, and compliant restroom grab-bar configurations.
FIRE & LIFE SAFETY
NFPA 101 Life Safety Standards
Fire-rated drywall partitions, panic exit hardware, and illuminated egress lighting paths.
THE DUAL-LICENSE DIFFERENCE
Why Hiring a Single-Source General Contractor Saves Projects
Commercial renovations intersect with electrical, mechanical, drywall, and municipal inspections. Dividing trades across brokers causes delays, finger-pointing, and inspection failures.
THE TRADITIONAL MODEL
Disjointed Subcontracting
Hiring separate framing crews, electricians, and finish painters leaves no single party accountable for schedule, safety, or final city inspection sign-offs.
Critical Risk: Multiple markups, inspection stop-work orders, and finger-pointing over punch-list defects.
★ SINGLE-SOURCE GC CONTROL
THE PLANET CONSTRUCTION STANDARD
Unified General Contractor Control
John Kraja directly manages every commercial project phase under dual state licenses (CGC1517295 & CCC1329271). In-house supervision, fast municipal turnaround, and complete trade accountability.
Guaranteed Result: One contract, dedicated site superintendents, zero middleman broker fees, and full warranty protection.
MUNICIPAL RAPIDITY
Accelerated Permit Milestones
We pull commercial master permits directly across Fort Lauderdale, Pompano Beach, Hollywood, Boca Raton, and Miami-Dade. Daily inspection scheduling ensures rapid Certificate of Occupancy.
Turnkey Efficiency: Faster tenant occupancy, reduced business downtime, and full Florida Building Code certification.
Commercial Asset Managers • Property Directors
Installation Process & Timeline
Commercial flooring installation schedules in Fort Lauderdale are typically driven by construction sequence within a build-out — flooring goes in after painting, millwork, and ceiling work is complete, and before furniture delivery and equipment installation. This sequencing window is often shorter than ideal, particularly in commercial build-outs running tight to a lease commencement date. Planet Construction FL's flooring installation crews are staffed and sequenced to complete commercial flooring on the construction schedule timeline — not on a flooring-subcontractor schedule that extends the overall build-out timeline. For large commercial projects, we may overlap flooring installation with painting or millwork in different zones to compress the total schedule.
Multi-Tenant Commercial Facility Support
Phased construction logistics, off-hours night shifts, tenant coordination, and rapid permit closeouts.
Detailed Commercial Bids with Trade-Itemized Material & Labor Cost Breakdown
Zero-Disruption Execution Schedules for High-Traffic Retail & Medical Facilities
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Direct Qualifier CGC1517295 • On-Site Consultations
RECENT REGIONAL PERFORMANCE • VERIFIED SITES
Documented Commercial Projects • South Florida Portfolio
Engineering-compliant tenant build-outs, ADA accessibility upgrades, and commercial facade modernizations across Broward and Palm Beach counties.
WESTON • RETAIL SHOWROOM
Weston Retail Showroom Build-Out
Custom display wall partitions, polished concrete flooring, exposed ceiling MEP painting, and architectural track lighting.
FORT LAUDERDALE • CORPORATE
Commercial ADA Restroom Modernization
Full Title III accessibility upgrade: structural grab bars, porcelain wall tiles, touchless commercial fixtures, and widened doorway.
POMPANO BEACH • COMMERCIAL PLAZA
Commercial Plaza Facade Restoration
Stucco remediation, expansion joint caulking, boom-lift airless elastomeric coating, and high-visibility tenant parapet refresh.
COMMERCIAL EXPERTISE • CLARITY FOR TENANTS & OWNERS
Frequently Asked Questions • Commercial Construction
Direct answers regarding project schedules, building permits, off-hours execution, and Florida Building Code standards.
What commercial flooring is best for South Florida's humidity?
Fort Lauderdale's humidity makes moisture resistance a critical criterion in commercial flooring selection. LVP and LVT (100% waterproof) are the most humidity-tolerant commercial flooring options. Polished concrete is also excellent — properly sealed concrete is impervious to moisture from above. Carpet tile performs well when the subfloor moisture vapor emission rate is managed with a vapor barrier or moisture-tolerant adhesive. Traditional hardwood flooring expands and contracts with humidity cycling in Florida's climate and requires careful specification and acclimation — engineered hardwood performs better than solid hardwood in Fort Lauderdale's humidity environment.
How long does commercial flooring installation take?
Commercial carpet tile installation for a 3,000–5,000 square foot office typically takes 2–3 days. LVP installation for the same size space takes 2–4 days depending on subfloor preparation requirements. Tile installation for a commercial restroom or restaurant dining room takes 3–7 days for the tile work plus the full mortar cure period before grouting and use. Polished concrete requires 3–5 days of progressive grinding and honing steps for a typical commercial area. We provide specific timelines at the proposal stage for each project.
Do commercial flooring projects require permits?
Standard commercial flooring installation — replacing or installing flooring on an existing concrete substrate — typically doesn't require a permit. Flooring work that is part of a larger permitted build-out is included in the overall project permit. Structural modifications to the floor system — leveling compounds over 1 inch thick, floor system reinforcement — may require structural review. We confirm permit requirements for each flooring project at the assessment stage.
Can you install flooring while the business is partially operational?
In some cases, yes — particularly for large commercial spaces where flooring can be installed in sections, with one section complete and in use while the adjacent section is being installed. This phased approach works best with flooring types that don't require full-space adhesive off-gassing and cure — LVP and carpet tile are the most practical options for phased occupied-space installation. Strong-smelling adhesives and coating products used in commercial flooring applications are better scheduled for after-hours or weekend installation in occupied buildings.
DIRECT GENERAL CONTRACTOR ACCESS
Schedule a Commercial Consultation & Site Assessment
Discuss your commercial project directly with Qualifying General Contractor John Kraja. We provide site inspections, blueprint reviews, and detailed commercial cost estimates across Broward, Palm Beach, and Miami-Dade counties.