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3 Features You Need for Dental Office Success

A dental office has some unique needs to take into account when designing or remodeling it. However, there are three key features that must be considered for dental office success. Let’s talk about the three most important features in a dental office and why they matter.

1. Privacy

One of the most important, and oft-overlooked, features needed for dental office success is privacy. Many dental offices just have lines of chairs with no more than 6 feet between them. This design is not patient friendly and has a terrible lack of privacy. If your dental office hasn’t been built yet, consider separate rooms for each patient. If you already have an office and are looking to remodel, we have just the thing: A frameless system.

Frameless systems are the interconnecting, glass walls and doors that help to divide an office space. These can be used in any type of office. What makes them different from standard office walls is that they’re completely glass and have no metal framing. That means there’s a seamless transition from one glass panel to the next. Cool, right?

A frameless system does more than just look nice. It offers patients confidentiality when talking with their dentist. This is important, not just for professionalism, but for legal confidentiality reasons. It also blocks out a significant amount of sound if installed floor to ceiling. What makes young or nervous patients more anxious than hearing the sound of a drill squealing away in the other room? Not much. Cut out the noise with a sound barrier.

2. Hygiene

Hygiene is another cornerstone of any type of medical practice. The thing is, the older a building is, without regular updates, the less hygienic it is. Old wood gathers dust and moisture, mildew grows under carpets people walk on with their shoes. The carpet also collects dust and allergens. Any dent, chip, or scratch in a counter or table can harbor bacteria that’s hard to remove.

Updating a dental office means improving hygiene, inherently. New paint on the walls kills bacteria, fills in places bacteria could hide, and makes walls easier to wipe down. New flooring means removing the built up germs and gunk from years of treating patients. Replacing windows and doors improves insulation, ensures pests have no way in, and bolsters the fight against outdoor germs.

3. Comfort

And, lastly, you’ll have a much higher level of dental office success if your office provides comfort. That means a layout that’s conducive to productivity for staff and leisure for guests. There should be enough room for all visitors to sit and wait without feeling cramped or uncomfortable. If not the waiting room, the treatment area should have large windows. This is a hallmark in dental offices for a reason. Taking in the outside world and focusing on nature makes it easier to cope with uncomfortable cleaning routines. Plus, the whole place feels bigger when there’s a whole wall missing – even if it is replaced by glass.

Remodel for Dental Office Success

If you want to succeed in the business of dentistry, you need a high quality construction team on your side. Heidan Construction is known across Toronto for our stylish, contemporary design styles. If you need your dental office remodeled, or a new one built, we’re here to help. Give your patients everything they need. A little design and construction expertise goes a long way. Give us a call if you’d like to schedule a consultation.

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Why Office Design Matters for Your Business

Design is more important than you may think. The design of the building you’re in changes everything from how you work, to how you feel, to how you move around the space. Heidan Construction is here today to talk about how office design matters for your business and its success.

Lighting Matters

One of the most important ways office design matters related to the lighting. Have you ever noticed how easy it is to feel sleepy in a room with dim, warm lighting? That’s because this subtle, warm lighting is similar to the hour before dusk. Our bodies equate it with the setting of the sun and the end of the day. It signals to us that it’s time to sleep.

However, bright, clear light does a great job waking us up. Have you ever sat outside when the sun rises? If you’ve ever gotten up at dawn to go to work, you might have noticed that the morning sunlight is bright and somewhat cold in color. That is the exact reason why bright lamps or overhead lights with cool color tones tend to wake us up. They aren’t very cozy, but they’re great at tricking our brains into staying awake.

The Importance of Color

Another thing that affects the behavior of employees and clients is color. Color is a surprisingly effective tool to alter people’s behavior. That doesn’t mean you can control people’s individual actions, but you can certainly influence their attitudes. That’s because color has a profound effect on the human brain. Our brains associate different colors with different needs and moods. If you take the effects of different colors into account when designing a workspace, you can optimize productivity.

Calming blues can help lower stress. Being stressed about work can actually make working harder. That’s why choosing calming blue tones for high-stress work environments can keep employees calmer, happier, and more productive. 

On the other hand, bright oranges boost energy levels. The same can be said of red. However, these colors can actually raise stress. If this is used sparingly, that raise in stress can be beneficial. These colors give the illusion of pressure – just enough that the brain kicks things into high gear.

Middle-tone greens can be a happy medium. Soft, earth greens help keep the balance between calm and productive. This is a great color for clinics, medical offices, and even home offices.

The Impact of Space

When it comes to ways that office design matters, space is one of the most important. The more space you have, the more room you have for employees to work comfortably. You can even expand your team if it’s not so cramped. If your office space is cramped, consider getting an expansion. Morale and productivity always goes up after a remodel. Plus, with more room, post-remodel is a great time to hire.

In addition to staffing capabilities, an expansion will also give you a new pitch to draw in customers. Advertise about your new expanded business and draw interest from potential clients. After all, an expansion and remodel is a great sign that a business is flourishing and is, therefore, reliable.

Design Build Contractors

Heidan Construction is the leading choice for business office remodeling and design build. There’s a good reason for that. Because we provide design build services, we can both design your new office or remodel and also build it. Don’t force yourself to juggle multiple teams. By giving us full control over your remodeling process, we can ensure the end results are of the highest quality possible.

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Use Heidan for Your Newest Clubhouse Design Build

For sprawling, residential apartment complexes, having a clubhouse is a must. This is where you can keep your office, where tenants can meet with you for the first time, and where amenities can remain accessible to your residents. When a new complex is being built, opting for clubhouse design build is the first step to success. Here’s how Heidan Construction can help.

What is Design Build?

If you’ve never heard the term before, design build is when your new building is designed and built by the same people. In the past, a team of architectural designers would help design a building and create a blueprint. That blueprint would then be passed on to a different construction team.

The problem with the traditional approach is that so much can be lost in translation when a blueprint moves from one team to another. With design build, you can sit down with us and help us make the best design for your needs. Then, with all of our experience talking with you, we can build your vision from the ground up.

Why Does Design Build Matter?

Design build truly is the future of architecture. Being able to trust that your construction team knows exactly what you had in mind is paramount. After all, following instructions for someone else’s design is possible, but it raises the chance of something going wrong or turning out different than expected. 

With your designers doing the constructing, we can make spur of the moment improvements where necessary. We can consult with each other on elements that may need adjustment. You wouldn’t get that kind of consideration and on-the-go improvement from a team that knows nothing about the design part of construction.

Clubhouse Design Build

Clubhouse design build comes with a specific set of needs. Moreover, designing a clubhouse isn’t like designing a home or an office. It combines the needs of many different buildings and brings them together into something cohesive.

For your clubhouse design build needs, Heidan Construction is the best choice for the job. We’ve got nearly two decades working as a team and creating some of the most stunning buildings in Toronto. And, after all, what makes someone want to move into an apartment complex more than a visit to a stunning clubhouse? Your clubhouse will be the face of your entire complex, and we intend to treat it with exactly the care and precision it deserves.

If you’re interested in hiring Heidan Construction to work on your clubhouse design build, give us a call. We would love to hear from you so we can get started on planning your design as soon as possible.

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Where to Look for Modern Home Design Build

Modern home design is advertised all over the place. Every construction team wants to try their hand at modern home building. The thing is, not every team has the experience they need to be considered experts at modern home design build. At Heidan, we’re proud of our over 18 years of experience working together to make the best modern homes in Toronto. It’s where we shine brightest. So, if you want a modern custom home or luxury custom home, check out these ways we can make that happen.

Trusting Locals

When it comes to getting a custom home, one might find themselves wondering where to look. The answer is simple: look locally. It can be easy to recall big brand names and immediately look to them for construction help, but it’s not always the right choice.

Hiring a local team means building a foundation of trust, as neighbors. When locals all over Toronto hire Heidan Construction, they strengthen that foundation. That foundation is where we build our reputation.

Because we’re local, you know we’ll be here for you if you have any future needs. We don’t swoop in to build and then leave without a trace, like big companies do. We’re here for you the entire time and will still be here when your home is built. That makes future renovations, remodels, additions, and more easy to explore.

Modern Home Design Build

Modern home design build is something really special. You know what design is, and you know what building is, so put the two together and you get design build. Our team does both parts of the building process all from one place. Your home will be designed and constructed entirely by us. That means there’s no need to juggle multiple teams to get your home built.

Luxury Custom Homes

Modern home design and luxury home design look great when combined. The style of a modern home and the elegance of luxury features means a home that will age beautifully and support your needs for as long as you live there.

What do luxury custom homes come with? The sky is the limit, really. Luxury custom homes come with any electronics you need, built right in to the home. Lights, blinds, locks, temperature, and alarms can be controlled from a smart device. There’s a TV wherever you need one. If you want your floors heated, they’ll be heated. If you’ve been dreaming of a fancy bidet in a sprawling on-suite, we’ll make it happen. Luxury is all about you and your needs coming first in all regards.

High Quality Outcomes

No matter what kind of home you want for us to design build, you can count on high quality outcomes. We excel at modern design and luxury, but we can make it sleek, cozy, traditional, or a vision of the future. It’s all dependent on what you want for your personal space. Therefore, we’ll model it entirely after your needs and provide you with the quality you expect in a custom home.

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Why You Need a Retirement Remodel for Your Home

Retirement comes with a lot of perks! There’s more time for sleeping in, visiting grandkids, and exploring hobbies. However, with retirement usually comes spending a lot more time at home. That can be really great, or really stifling. It comes down to how well-suited your home is to your needs. For many folks who’ve just retired, there is the realization that their home is not. Let’s talk about why you might want to consider a retirement remodel.

Let Your Home Grow with You

The first thing we need to consider is how your home may have become stuck in the past. Most married couples who buy a home together will stay in the same home for the entire duration of their kids’ upbringing. While there are exceptions in single adults, and those who underestimated their family’s space needs, remaining in one home is the norm. People grow attached to their homes and moving is a huge burden on one’s mental energy and finances.

The problem is, when you buy a house with the intention of housing a family, you’re looking at the needs of the present. By the time you retire, those are the needs of the past. The things you needed when planning to have kids are now hindering your retired life. The kids have moved out and it’s time to update your home. Let your home grow with you, instead of starting over somewhere unfamiliar.

Save Money on Meeting Your Needs

Many people’s first instinct when their home is no longer cutting it is to simply move. The thing is, moving is not always the best, or even cheapest, option. When you add up the amount of money required to not only upgrade your house, but also pay movers, truck expenses, realtors, and so on, it’s often much more economical to remodel. Not to mention, remodeling can end up taking significantly less of a toll on your mental health.

Many people are put off by remodeling because the sound of many thousands of dollars intimidates them. The thing is, this is usually only intimidating because of people’s perspective on remodeling versus moving. When people think of a new house, many thousands of dollars in expenses doesn’t seem so bad. This is because we view a whole house as the prize. When we think of remodeling, we view changes as the prize. Not to mention, many people aren’t aware that they can apply for a loan for their remodel, just like a mortgage.

Improve Your Quality of Life

When you remodel your home, you’re doing more than just changing what’s there. You’re adding more and improving what’s there. When you do that, it feels, not only like new, but like what you’ve been needing this whole time. You get all the benefits of a new home (updated appliances, fixtures, new paint, and a home that fits your needs) without the downsides of moving (adjusting to a new location, the stress of packing and moving belongings, and finding new problems in your unfamiliar home environment).

A retirement remodel means expanding your on-suite. You can expand your kitchen and update your laminate countertops and cheap vinyl flooring to something that feels luxurious. You know that back porch you always wanted? We can make it happen. Quit waiting for tomorrow to give yourself what you’ve been waiting your entire life for. Get the retirement remodel you deserve while you still have the time and opportunity to. Let the professionals from Heidan Construction do the honors.

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Office Remodel VS. Office Expansion – Which Is Better?

If you own an office that’s seen better days, you might be considering making some improvements. However, there are two different broad directions you can go in when improving an office. Should you get an office remodel or opt for an office expansion instead? Which of these options is better? Well, the answer isn’t so cut and dry. It really depends on what your goals are for your office and business. So, let’s dig into the specifics of what each office improvement is good for.

Consistent Size

The first thing you need to ask yourself when determining how to best improve your office is, what are your plans for the business size? Has your company maintained its size for a long time? Have you kept on the same amount of employees for decades? If you don’t seek to make the company grow in size, you’re better off doing an office remodel.

If everyone has enough space to continue working successfully in your existing office building, an office remodel is a great idea. Remodeling will bring in updated cabinets, refreshing new coats of paint, and even new flooring. This kind of update seeks to make the existing space feel like new again, without all of the expenses of changing the building structure. Remodels improve business visibility, employee morale, and the property value.

Cramped Quarters

The exception for businesses that have maintained their size are those with extremely cramped quarters. While your company may have kept its average employee count the same for years, if they’re working on top of each other, that just won’t do.

Getting a small office expansion will offer employees more space to work. By adding a separate space for your filing system or some new built-in offices for high-level employees, the rest of the existing space can better accommodate cubicles or desks.

Office expansions can go hand in hand with a remodel. That means you can add on to the building while also improving the existing space. More room to breath as well as flooring that isn’t stained carpet from the 70s is a great way to make employees happier working for you.

Expanding the Business

Even if your employees have plenty of room as it is, there’s a lot of great reason to do an office expansion. The main reason is expanding your business. If your company is doing well and could easily grow with some allowance, an expansion is the place to start.

With this kind of office expansion, you’ll probably want to add a significant amount of space. Rather than just adding a few rooms, you’ll want to consider doubling your space. This is easy to do within property size constraints by adding a second floor. 

When you expand your office significantly, you create space for new employees. New employees mean additional labor, and additional labor means taking on more work and growing professionally.

Office Remodel and Office Expansion Professionals

If you’re looking for an office remodel or office expansion in the GTA, Heidan Construction is here to help. We have a great track record with office buildings. We specialize in modern design build and look forward to making your office stand out from the crowd. Give us a call if you’re looking for renovation professionals.