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Veterinary clinics, built for the mess and the noise.

Treatment rooms, surgical suites and kennels built around drainage, wash-down finishes and the acoustic separation animal care actually needs.

What we build

A veterinary build is a drainage problem before it is a finishes one.

Every kennel run, wet table and prep sink needs a floor drain, a fall to reach it, and a finish that survives being hosed twice a day. Get the fall wrong and it is not a snag, it is standing water in a room that has to be sterile.

So we start from the drainage layout and your cage and table supplier's drawings, not from a generic floor plan. Before we price the work we sit down with those, the landlord's base building drawings and your own list of what has to be in the space, and we resolve the conflicts on paper — while they are still free to fix.

The rest is what you would expect from a commercial general contractor: permits, trades, inspections, a single supervisor on site and a weekly update you can forward to your partners. What is different is that the whole schedule is built backwards from the day you have told clients you open.

Typical duration
8–12 weeks A three-to-five room clinic with kennels, in a shell or an existing unit, from hoarding to handover.
Largest we have built
9 exam rooms Including two surgical suites, an isolation ward and a separate boarding wing.
Where
ON · AB · BC Head office in Mississauga. We travel for work that suits us — ask about your location.
How we are paid
Fixed price One number, with the assumptions behind it written down, so you can see exactly which one moved if something changes.

Scope

What the work actually involves.

Not every project needs all of this. It is here so you can see what a complete veterinary fit-out contains before you are asked to approve a price for it — and so you can tell whether a quote you have been given is missing something.

  • Exam & treatment rooms

    Built to the table and cabinetry drawings, with the drainage and the wash-down finishes set out before framing starts.

    • Drawings resolved directly with your equipment supplier
    • Floor drains and fall set out per room
    • Sealed, coved, wash-down wall and floor finishes
    • Table power, data and imaging circuits
    • Task and ambient lighting on separate switching
    • Cabinetry and lift tables set out from the supplier drawings

  • Surgery & imaging

    Surgical suites finished to scrub-down standard, and lead-lined construction sized to the shielding report for your machine.

    • Lead-lined partitions, doors and view panels
    • Scrub sink, gas lines and scavenging where anaesthetic is used
    • Surgical suite sized to the table and lighting envelope
    • Shielding coordinated with the physicist's report

  • Kennels, wards & isolation

    The part that decides whether the clinic is pleasant to work in: drainage, air changes and enough separation that barking does not carry into a consult.

    • Trench or point drainage with a fall that actually clears
    • Isolation ward on its own air path, not shared return
    • Acoustic separation between kennels and consult rooms
    • Scrubbable, sealed, chemical-resistant surfaces throughout

  • Drainage, mechanical & electrical

    Under-slab drainage and air handling are where a veterinary fit-out is won or lost, and they are the first things an inexperienced quote underestimates.

    • Under-slab drainage, traps and grease or solids interception
    • HVAC zoning and air changes so odour does not reach reception
    • Service upgrade and panel work where the load needs it
    • Data cabling and practice-management network

  • Reception & waiting

    Where anxious animals and their owners wait, and the part most likely to be value-engineered away if the budget slips.

    • Reception desk and millwork
    • Separated dog and cat waiting where the plan allows
    • Barrier-free washroom and accessible route
    • Signage, glazing and film

  • Permits & paperwork

    We pull the permits and manage the inspections. You get the closeout package, not a box of loose paper.

    • Building permit and landlord approvals
    • Inspection scheduling and sign-off
    • Finishes selected to suit IPAC cleaning protocols
    • As-builts, warranties and equipment manuals at handover

Six areas of work — drag or use the arrows.

How it runs

From first walkthrough to first patient.

  1. Step 01

    Walk the unit

    We see the space before we quote it. Ceiling height, existing services, what the landlord is actually giving you.

  2. Step 02

    Resolve the drawings

    Your drainage layout and equipment drawings against the base building. Conflicts get found here, on paper, where they cost nothing.

  3. Step 03

    Price and permit

    One fixed number with its assumptions listed. Permit goes in while long-lead items are ordered.

  4. Step 04

    Build

    One supervisor on site. A weekly update you can forward straight to your partners or your lender.

  5. Step 05

    Equipment and handover

    We hold the site for your cage and table installers, walk the deficiencies with you, and hand over the closeout package.

Worth knowing early

Four things that move veterinary dates.

  • Equipment lead times

    Cages, wet tables, surgical lighting and imaging are frequently the longest item on the programme — longer than the construction itself. We ask for your order dates at the quote stage, because a build that finishes two weeks before the kennels arrive has not finished.

  • The landlord, not the city

    Base building work, after-hours access rules and what the landlord will let you do to the slab are usually a bigger constraint than the building permit. We read the lease exhibits before pricing.

  • Drainage means opening the slab

    Kennel and prep drainage almost always needs the floor cut, and below-grade or post-tension slabs limit where that is allowed. It can change the whole ward layout, so it is a question we ask at the walkthrough — not at framing.

  • Working in an occupied building

    Most clinics sit in a plaza that stays open. Noise windows, dust control and the route your trades take through the building all affect the schedule and belong in the price — and barking neighbours are a real complaint, so acoustics get priced too.

Questions

What clinics usually ask us.

Often, yes — phased so you keep a working set of exam rooms while we build the rest. It costs more than an empty unit and it takes longer, because the noisy work moves to evenings and weekends.

We will tell you honestly which is cheaper for you overall. Closing for three weeks is sometimes less expensive than eight weeks of phased work with reduced chair time.

We prefer to. Your rep has the rough-in drawings and the delivery dates, and both of those drive the build. We bring them into the conversation before we price, not after.

If you have not chosen a supplier yet, that is fine — we will price the shell work and hold the utility positions until the equipment is confirmed.

We do — building permit, landlord approvals and inspection scheduling. You are told when an inspection is booked and what the result was.

Drawings normally come from your architect or designer. If you do not have one, we can bring one in.

Normally the veterinary equipment itself, the practice-management software and IT hardware, and anything the landlord is contractually responsible for. Design fees depend on who you engage.

All of it is written down in the assumptions attached to the price, so you are never guessing about what is included.

Firm enough that we will tell you at the walkthrough if the date you want is not achievable, rather than agreeing to it and explaining later.

The risks we cannot control are permit turnaround, landlord approvals and equipment delivery. Those are named in the schedule from day one so nobody is surprised by them in month three.