GGB Fit-out
Converting a bare shell into a working restaurant: civil works, MEP, kitchen, joinery and finishes.
Fit-out is the full conversion of a leased shell into an operating venue, from demolition and MEP through kitchen installation, joinery and final finishes. It is usually the single largest capex line and the stage where budgets die quietly, through variations, approvals and scope drift. Authority approvals and landlord requirements belong in the programme from day one, not discovered mid-build.
Illustrative: a 150 square metre unit budgeted at AED 450,000 all-in works out to AED 3,000 per square metre. If scope drift adds 10% during the build, that is AED 45,000 gone, typically without a single visible upgrade to show for it.
Design and fit-out, governed