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How a counter refit
was checked against the room
it had to fit into

TOUR
The property

A sandwich franchise — front counter, sandwich line and back of house.

Industry

Food service / Franchise

What runs on the twin

Counter refits, equipment fit, service routes

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About this building

Franchisees and their fit-out contractors planning a counter replacement in a trading store. This is a twin we built and keep, not an account we hold. Furnishing places equipment at true width, depth and height, so a clearance is measured rather than assumed. Switching the architectural layer off exposes the services running behind the counter.

The problem: the unit fits, the aisle does not

A replacement cold well is bought on its own dimensions. What it takes away is the working aisle behind it, and that only becomes obvious once the old one is out and the new one is in the doorway.

By then the store is closed, the trade is on site, and the options are all expensive.

What the twin holds

The sandwich unit, the sneeze guard, the cold well and the back counter as separate elements, with the services behind them on their own layer.

What came out of it

A working aisle measured on both sides at true size, and a layout changed before the unit was ordered rather than after it arrived.

Will the new cold well fit

USE CASE

A replacement unit placed at true size, with the working aisle measured on both sides. The restaurant twin opening on the front counter, with the sandwich unit, the sneeze guard and the cold well broken out as separate elements. A replacement unit is placed at its real width and the gap to the back counter is measured on both sides. The aisle behind the line comes back under a metre in one spot, which is the reason the layout is changed before the unit is ordered.

Services behind the line. Finishes switched off to reach the plumbing and power feeding the counter.

USE CASE

The cold well, the toaster and the walk in each hold their own temperature log and service calls. The twin says where it is, the record says how it has been treated.

  • Buying equipment that fits:
    Place the real dimensions in the room and measure the aisle that is left.

  • Planning a refit around trading:
    Work out what has to come out first, from the model rather than from memory.

  • Scoping the trades:
    Electrical and plumbing runs behind the line are visible with the finishes switched off.

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