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How Renovating Your Clinic Improves Health and Safety

Owning a medical office or clinic is a lot of responsibility. Not only does it go hand in hand with intense jobs which require a lot of study and practice, but you become a lot of people’s lifeline. When your clinic is the first place your patients go to for medical help, the building where they receive care is a huge facet of their health and safety. Because of that, our team at Heidan Construction wants to impress upon you how renovating your clinic improves that health and safety. There are a lot of valuable ways you and your patients can benefit from a renovation investment. Let’s look at just a few of them.

Replace Dangerous Materials

So, one of the most important reasons you should be renovating your clinic is if it’s been around a while. If you bought the building from an older practice, took over an existing practice, or have been pouring blood, sweat, and tears into it for many decades, it might carry some less than stellar secrets in its walls. Namely, old buildings can contain things like asbestos. In a perfect world, every old building would be remodeled as soon as a building material is found to be dangerous. However, we don’t live in a perfect world.

When renovating your clinic, it’s important to test for things like asbestos in the older parts of the building. Removing the dangerous materials used to build a structure in the early or mid 20th century is a tricky task. Having a renovation team that can help arrange for the safe removal of health hazards is paramount.

Banish Bacteria

Have you ever thought about how bacteria can be harbored by even the smallest crack or crevice? If you work in the healthcare field, you most certainly have. Now that you’re thinking of it, how many cracks, crevices, fractures, and so on have made themselves at home in your clinic? The answer is: probably more than desired. Even crackling paint can be a place for bacteria to hide.

Bacteria can lead to serious infections and illnesses. Therefore, a medical office necessarily needs to do its best to remove its footholds. Upgrading equipment, wall paint, flooring, counters, and anything else that contains bacteria-harboring gaps of any size is something every medical clinic should strive for. Renovating your clinic to be safer and healthier for patients can start as simple as repainting. Or, if you’re a go big or go home kind of person, it might be time to consider that full scale remodel that your clinic has been in desperate need of for years.

Rely on a Trusted Team

No matter how extensively you want your clinic renovated, you’ll want a team of experience professionals to get the job done right. Heidan Construction is the #1 choice for clinic renovations in Toronto. Don’t wait until an aging building leads to disaster. Provide your patients with an environment dedicated to their health and safety. Pick up the phone and give us a call. We look forward to working with you.

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What Is Design Build and Why Is It Important?

If you’re not familiar with design build, you will be soon! Design build is an incredibly important branch of the construction and architecture industries. Heidan Construction specializes in design build. Because it’s one of our strongest features as a company, we want to tell you all about it. So, what is design build? Why is design build important? Let’s take a look.

The Marriage of Two Trades

In short, design build is the combination of two incredibly important trades: architectural design and building construction. If you hadn’t already guessed what it was, you probably feel it’s pretty obvious now! After all, it’s right there in the name.

The way these two trades are combined is in the beginning to end process of creating a building. What makes this type of work unique from the traditional building process is that the same team does all parts of the process. Instead of trading off with another set of professionals, Heidan Construction creates a design for your home or office and then sees it through to the end.

Architectural Excellence

What makes this system so much different than the traditional structure of a building production team? Well, primarily, it’s in its efficiency and results. With a traditional team, it’s more likely that the design and construction teams are completely separate. Most likely, they’re not even part of the same company. While this traditional approach does mean each team is more “specialized,” it also means they’re disconnected.

Actually, if you take a closer look at that elusive “specialization,” you begin to see why it’s not so superior after all. A design team that only does design will be limited by their conceptual knowledge. A construction team that only does construction will be limited by their practical knowledge. When one of these teams hits a bump in the road of their designing or building process, they will use the knowledge hallmark to their specialty to solve it. That approach is not the most efficient, and can end with less than perfect results.

With design build, on the other hand, you have a team of people who specialize in both the conceptual and practical aspects of building. This fluency in both major steps of the building process means outside-the-box solutions and a finished building that goes above and beyond traditional standards. So, what is design build? Design build is how we achieve architectural excellence.

How Heidan Construction Does Design Build

When you entrust Heidan Construction with your design build project, there are some things you can look forward to.

  1. Our team has the knowledge and proficiency in both fields necessary to determine masterful solutions. That means, if something in the design begins to look inadequate during construction, they have the tools and knowledge necessary to adjust that on the spot. There’s no wait period while our team convenes with a design team on the side. They are the design team.
  2. The design and construction processes bleed into each other. There is no need to coordinate two teams to work together. Consult with us to create your design and then bring it to life, all from the same office and with the same familiar faces.
  3. The results of our design build team is unparalleled by traditional two-team construction systems. Check out our portfolio to see what could be your future if you give us a call today.

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Why It’s Time to Upgrade Your Dental Office

If you have a dental office, it might just be time to consider an upgrade. Why is it time to upgrade your dental office? The short answer is: everyone loves an upgrade. However, there is a longer answer. You might be interested to know the legitimate reasons why an upgrade can benefit your business. Therefore, let’s break down the long answer into something you can say to staff and management for your office. After all, the long answer does sound more convincing, even if you didn’t need it to persuade you.

Upgrades Improve Office Appeal

The most obvious benefit when you upgrade your dental office is the improvement in appeal. Expanding, replacing fixtures, updating counters, and improving your filing system is all well and good. However, even a fresh coat of paint can bring new attention to your office.

Something simple like painting the interior can make the whole place feel more welcoming. Painting the exterior with a soft, but noticeable, color can catch the attention of those driving by. Many people may drive by your office every day and never knew it was there. This is often the case with buildings painted white. They don’t stand out. Just adding some color may suddenly catch the attention of those people passing you by every day.

Actually going the extra mile and having all of those more extensive changes made can improve things functionally as well. Everyone knows a more functional space is more appealing, both to clients and staff. Speaking of clients and staff…

More Room Means More People

When you upgrade your dental office with an expansion, you’re opening your business to expansion. More room means the ability for more people to fit comfortably inside. That doesn’t mean you need to change your workload. If you hire more staff, you can take on more clients. If you get more clients, you can afford more staff. Get started in whichever way is easiest for you and the rest will follow naturally.

Let’s not forget that expansions are also outwardly noticeable. Construction draws the attention of passers by the entire time it’s in progress. That makes it easy for people to suddenly notice your dental office for the first time. Plus, those who knew it was there and weren’t impressed by its curb appeal may finally give it a try. After all, everyone loves to see the results of a new remodel or expansion. Human curiosity is a great thing.

Prevent Building Aging

Aside from aesthetic changes and expansions, we also must consider the longevity of your building. When you upgrade a building, you create a huge roadblock for deterioration. After all, if you’ve had the same paint job for ten years, a new coat of paint sets the timer on paint peeling and cracking back by ten years. It resets the clock and your office never has to reach that point of looking aged. That’s great news, since an aged building is a great way to make clients go elsewhere and deter those considering your office for future appointments.

Paint is only a small example. Consider the bigger fixtures as well. Ensuring the entire inside of your office is spick and span does great things for functionality and appearance. The morale of everyone working or visiting the building is instantly boosted.

Heidan Construction in Toronto

When you’re ready to upgrade your dental office, Heidan Construction is the solution. We have many years of experience building, remodeling, and renovating dental offices. We know exactly what dental offices need to be successful and we can use that to give you what you need. Give us a call to schedule a consultation and we can talk about allowing your office to meet its full potential.

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What Makes Design Build the Best Choice for a New Company HQ?

Are you ready to grow past your old company headquarters? That’s a huge step! Finally reaching a point in your company’s expansion to where you feel comfortable constructing a new and improved HQ is a massive achievement. Congratulations! However, the next step is finding a company you feel you can trust to do the building justice. From designing it to constructing it, there’s a lot to consider. We, at Heidan Construction, strongly suggest design build. What is design build? Why is it the right choice for your new company HQ? Let’s take a look.

What Is Design Build?

The first thing you’re probably wondering is, what is design build? It’s surprisingly straightforward and as simple as it sounds. Design build contractors both design and build your new company HQ. There are many benefits to this, but the most obvious one is that you don’t have to coordinate with two different companies. Following that, it’s better for the fluidity of the whole interaction and process.

Creating a Vision

The design part of design build is great for your new company HQ because we can sit down together and create a vision. You want your new company HQ to represent your business as a whole, right? A company with a lot of experience designing unique, modern, and luxury buildings is the perfect company for the job.

One of the great things about design build contractors doing both the designing and building is that they know their strengths. When a design build team makes a design, they can give you everything you want while leaning toward the things they do best. This gives you everything you want in a design as well as ensuring you get the best of their service.

Producing that Vision

One of the most important parts of design build contractors doing both parts of creating your new company HQ is the ability to produce the vision you created together. When you have one company design a building and another construct it, the vision sometimes gets lost in translation. Even if you sat down with your designer and worked all of your needs into the design, giving it to a team who never heard your needs, exactly as you said them, may fall short in constructing it.

Quality Construction

Another benefit of design build is the quality construction produced. When a team is fluent in both building design and construction, you know they’re passionate about both the vision and the process. This can lead to some truly extraordinary results. We know you want nothing less than extraordinary for your new company HQ. After all, you’ll be spending a lot of time in it. Seeing the fruits of your labor every workday is a lot more satisfying when it’s everything you wanted it to be.

Heidan Construction

If you want design build and extraordinary results, you want Heidan Construction. One of Toronto’s most successful construction companies, we can truly deliver. Give us a call when you’re ready to schedule your first consultation and we can begin the process of making your new company HQ a reality.

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Renovate Your Medical Office for Improved Performance

If you own a medical office in Toronto, you may just want to check in with Heidan Construction about renovation opportunities. A medical office, especially one that’s been around for a while, can always do with a facelift. Plus, to renovate your medical office is to invest in improved performance overall. Not sure how a renovation means improved performance? Here’s why renovations matter.

The Importance of Appearance

People value appearance a lot. Appearance, especially in a building, is what gives people their first impression of the company’s quality. After all, if the people in charge care about their clients, they’ll pull out all the stops, right? While medical office appearance doesn’t have to be a representation of the quality of care, people will continue to see it that way. There are many reasons for this, but one of those reasons is comfort.

Client Comfort

Clients who visit your medical office consider part of the overall care you provide to be the comfort of the office itself. Therefore, if you neglect the building their medical care is in, they will feel as if you are neglecting them, in a sense. After all, who wants to sit in a dingey, dark room on a hard, plastic chair while they wait their turn? No one enjoys that – especially not if they’re paying a lot of money to be there.

Better Business

When you renovate your medical office, improving the appearance and comfort – specifically of its interior – you get better business. People are much more likely to recommend a medical professional if they feel comfortable and welcomed when at their office. Plus, existing clients who enjoy their visits to your office are more confident and more likely to come back whenever the need arises. They won’t avoid scheduling another appointment if they know it will lead to a positive experience.

Boost Morale

Plus, the experience of a waiting room isn’t the only thing affected when you renovate your medical office. Medical office renovation also boosts the morale of employees. After all, your team of healthcare professionals don’t enjoy sitting in an outdated and depressing office all day either. Plus, employees are there a lot more than clients are.

Happier Employees

When your employees are more comfortable spending each shift in a newly renovated office, they become happier at work. A naturally more positive attitude is always noticeably different than a forced smile. Clients will be more comfortable interacting with employees who they can tell are really happy to be there.

Better Service

With the boost in employee morale and the improvement in the waiting experience, you can see how renovations lead to better service. Everyone is feeling better about being there. It leads to a better job being done by staff and clients feeling better all around about their visit. Better service leads to better business. Better business in healthcare leads to healthier locals. Improve your medical office today by giving us a call at Heidan Construction. 

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Expand Your Home Without Changing Its Curb Appeal

If your home has some really incredible curb appeal, changing the way it looks from the street can be a bad decision. This is true whether you’re selling the house or even if you just like the way it looks and don’t want it to change. However, when you’re struggling with the space limitations of your house, you might consider expanding. The issue with expansion is that it’s bound to alter the curb appeal of your home in one way or another… Or is it? Is it possible to expand your home without changing its curb appeal? When you hire Heidan Construction, the answer is yes.

Making More Space

People need more space for all kinds of reasons. You may be planning to have more children, give yourself a home office or studio, or allow elderly parents to move in full time. No matter what your reason for needing more space, it’s important that you get it.

Home expansions allow you to add more bedrooms, a living room, a dining room, and so much more. While extensive renovations of the existing space may allow you to change where the space is placed, it doesn’t add any space. That’s where expansions reign superior. 

The Importance of Curb Appeal

The issue with expansions is that they can destroy curb appeal – or at least take it down a notch. Having a new section of the house that’s visible from the street can cause all kinds of issues. For instance, if your home is made of stone, the addition might have stone of a slightly different color. Paint may be slightly different in color or could be a different brand. Different brands of paints can be made with different ingredients, which affects aging and mold growth. Therefore, the new addition might age at a different rate than the rest of the house.

The reason curb appeal matters so much is for two reasons.

  1. The way your home matters to you. If you’re happy with the way your house looks from the front, the idea of changing it might just sound unappealing.
  2. The way your home looks from the street is really important if you plan on selling it. While more space is always a plus in real estate, changing curb appeal that’s already at 100% will only leave room for devaluation.

Expand Your Home with a Rear Addition

The solution is actually rather simple: expand your home with a rear addition. Rear additions are built directly off the back of the house. This allows you more space without changing the front view of the house. While it will make the house longer, no one is likely to notice from the street unless the home is at an angle. Home’s that are angled from the street may even be able to have an addition that comes off the corner furthest from the street. While this may not be a typical rear addition, it serves the same function of adding space where people won’t see it.

Hire Heidan Construction in Toronto

If you want a rear addition for your home and you want it done right, Heidan Construction is the answer. We serve the entire GTA and look forward to making the homeowners of Toronto happier, one home at a time. Give us a call if you have questions or want to schedule an appointment today.