Tenant Improvements

Markets

Reprogramming interior space.

DCI Engineers has partnered with architects and interior designers by providing structural engineering support for numerous tenant improvement (TI) projects, including offices, retail shops, and restaurants. Our TI engineering group fulfill end-user requirements by anticipating needs and program changes to built environments. The result is designing adaptive structures which support floor layout flexibility with less impact to budgets and schedules.

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Whatever the scope of work, DCI can engineer efficient framing, anchoring, reinforcement, and wall or floor systems to accomplish the specific TI function. We’ve provided layout support for cash wraps and storefronts, partitioned workspaces, electrical rooms, curtain walls, employee break areas, and main feature stairwells - to name a few examples. Our team’s attention to interior details and constructability brings a branded look, function, and layout requested by our clients of various industries.

Key Considerations

Interior design intent
Assessment of existing building conditions
If the project involves a multi-level building, can the project team access the floors below/above the TI level?
Determine if a new framing system is needed
Does the project involve a basement level?
Floor and wall penetrations for stairwell/skylight/MEP system
Infill openings
How to maximize usable space
Project requirements to keep business/service/school open during renovation
Partition/moveable walls
Relocation of bearing walls
Ceiling features
Suspended pedestrian bridge
Anchoring new rooftop units or MEP systems
Fiber wrap solution
Decipher demolition plan
Conduct floor vibration performance
ADA compliance
Retrofitting an elevator

Featured project

Lloyd Center Remodel

The Lloyd Center, located in downtown Portland, is the city’s oldest shopping mall. Upon opening in 1960, it was also the largest in the country. The Lloyd Center recently underwent a $50 million transformation that included reshaping and moving the iconic ground-floor ice skate rink and opening the above two levels by removing the pedestrian bridges that crossed the central concourse area.

Design included centrally-suspended stairs at the grand entrance that span three floors, along with renovations to the elevator, pedestrian bridge and Lloyd Center Creative Office.

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