Office strip-outs: partitions, data and retained systems

List desks, loose storage, fitted joinery, glazed partitions, doors, floor coverings and ceilings. Identify items to relocate or retain, and nominate the party responsible for confidential documents and data-bearing equipment. A demolition contractor should not be left to decide what office contents can be discarded.

Use the plan to mark the limits between the tenant area, common corridor and service rooms. If only part of a suite is being stripped, show the occupied side and any routes that remain shared.

Ask the building manager and relevant specialists to identify circuits, data cabling, alarms, security devices and mechanical services. A cable that appears unused in one room may serve another. Agree which party confirms redundancy and handles isolation or relocation.

Suspended ceilings and raised or covered floors can conceal additional systems. Define whether removal stops at finishes or includes specified redundant installations. Fire-protection and other essential systems need a coordinated plan; their presence is not permission for the demolition crew to alter them.

Ask the landlord or fit-out contractor to describe the required floor, ceiling and partition condition at handover. Include access windows and loading procedures without treating them as a guaranteed work schedule. Give YAK the marked scope, system responsibilities and occupied-area constraints so the removal assessment reflects the actual office and its dependencies.