Inside a six-week bank floor transformation

Most fit-out delays are not construction problems. They are accountability problems — five contractors, one missed dependency, and a programme that quietly slips a week at a time.

When we took on a recent banking floor, we began where we always do: with the promise. One document stating the scope, the budget and the handover date, signed before the first partition moved.

Six weeks later the floor opened on the promised morning. This article walks through the phasing, the weekend migrations and the daily supervision rhythm that made it routine rather than remarkable.