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Brain surgeons need to keep their patients on life support and anesthesia during a highly invasive procedure. Similarly, health club owners must keep their facilities open for business and running smoothly during construction at their club. Renovations, expansions and remodeling are highly invasive procedures that require their own form of life support for the facility and pain management for the membership.
No club owner can afford to close club operations and refund membership dues while making significant capital investments in facility improvements. Therefore, major renovation on active club facilities must use construction staging strategies that account for the inconveniences that construction can cause, including any extra time it may take, the added cost, the inherent loss of efficiency and the upset members. Consider implementing the following strategies to offset the burden of construction:
Plan construction staging. In addition to the space under renovation, construction requires support space for storing materials, administrative functions, waste...