What we build · Cardio & Machines
Power, Air and Sight Lines
The largest floor area and the least structurally demanding, with its own power and cooling requirements.
Before you sign. Tell us the programming and we will tell you whether the space can carry it.
Impact
A dropped weight is a load event, not a static one
Structure
Noise travels through the slab, not around it
Pre-lease
We will look at a space before you sign it
Licensed
General contractor, licensed in the state of Florida
Cooling is underestimated every time
A room full of people exercising generates a great deal of heat and moisture, and in Florida that is on top of an already substantial cooling load. Mechanical systems sized on ordinary occupancy figures leave a gym that is uncomfortable at peak, which is exactly when members are judging it.
What drives it
- Cooling load from occupancy, which is far above office figures.
- Ventilation, which controls both temperature and smell.
- Power and data at every cardio position.
- Floor outlets or feeds, so cables do not cross walkways.
- Sight lines to screens and to the rest of the floor.
How we handle it
- 01Size cooling for peak occupancy, not for average.
- 02Provide ventilation adequate for the actual use.
- 03Feed cardio positions properly, not from wall outlets.
- 04Lay out for sight lines and circulation.
- 05Coordinate equipment layout before electrical rough-in.
Size the mechanical for peak, not average, occupancy. A gym at six o'clock on a January evening is the moment members form their opinion of it, and a system sized on an averaged figure is uncomfortable at exactly that hour.
Said plainly
Where we stop
If the existing mechanical capacity will not support gym occupancy, that is a landlord conversation before signing. Adding capacity afterwards is the tenant's cost.
FAQ
Common questions
- Why is cooling underestimated?
- Gym occupancy generates far more heat and moisture than office figures assume.
- Should cooling be sized for peak?
- Yes. Peak is when members judge the facility.
- How should cardio be fed?
- Floor outlets or dedicated feeds, so cables do not cross walkways.
- What if the base building cannot cope?
- That is a landlord conversation before signing.
The constraints
The Structure
Whether the floor is a slab on grade or a suspended structure is the single most important fact about a gym space.
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The Neighbors
Gyms are asked to leave buildings over noise. Who occupies the surrounding space is a pre-lease question, not an operational one.
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Mechanical Capacity
The base building mechanical was almost certainly sized for a different use, and a gym imposes far more load.
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The Lease
The work letter describes what the landlord provides, and that description is where most gym budget surprises originate.
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Operating Hours
A facility open around the clock has security, access control and building-systems requirements a nine-to-five one does not.
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More what we build
Free Weights & Platforms
Platforms, racks and heavy free weights. The zone that determines whether a space can be a gym at all.
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Studios
Group fitness, cycling and yoga studios. Each has a different sound problem and a different floor requirement.
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Functional & Turf
Turf lanes, rigs, sleds and open training space. The zone most constrained by ceiling height.
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Next step
Find out what is actually wrong with it.
An inspection, photographs of what we found, and a written scope. If the honest answer is that it can wait another season, that is the answer you will get.