Office flooring is the carpet tile, luxury vinyl and hard-floor package installed across open-plan workspace, meeting rooms, reception and breakout areas in a commercial office. Premrest Flooring installs office flooring for head contractors, project managers and corporate property teams on new fit-outs and occupied refurbishments across Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
On a new fit-out, flooring lands late in the program and has to hold the practical completion date while joinery, partitions and services finish around it. On an occupied refurbishment, the tenant keeps working and the floor is replaced in stages after-hours. Both call for a contractor that programs flooring as critical-path work, tests the slab before committing to a system and has the crew depth to turn a floor plate over a weekend.
Part of our national commercial flooring coverage. See projects and programs or contact the projects team.
Who we work with
- Head contractors delivering multi-level workplace fit-outs
- Project managers acting for corporate tenants and landlords
- Corporate property and workplace teams programming refurbishments
- Facility managers replacing worn carpet in occupied buildings
- Interior designers and specifiers coordinating a floor-finish schedule
Constraints we plan around
Occupied floors
Staff stay on site. Work is staged after-hours or on weekends with rolling furniture lift so each zone is back in use the next morning.
Raised access floors
Many CBD towers run on raised access flooring. Panels are checked, re-seated and levelled before carpet tile goes down so joints do not telegraph through.
Program pressure
Flooring is often the last trade before defects and handover. Crews scale up for a weekend push so the practical completion date holds.
Acoustics and comfort
Open-plan workspace needs acoustic underlay or cushion-backed carpet tile to manage noise, while breakout and reception zones move to LVT or timber.
Office flooring systems
Carpet tile
Modular carpet tile for open-plan workspace, meeting rooms and quiet zones. Replaceable tile by tile and installed to the specifier's product schedule.
Read more →Luxury vinyl tile and plank
LVT for reception, breakout, kitchens and circulation, giving a timber or stone look with a commercial wear layer.
Read more →Engineered timber and hard floors
Engineered timber, laminate and rubber for feature areas, town halls and end-of-trip facilities.
Subfloor preparation
Moisture testing to AS 1884, grinding, patching and self-levelling before any system is installed.
Read more →From site walk to handover
Site walk and slab testing
We walk the floor plate, check raised floor condition or slab moisture, and confirm access hours, lift windows and dock bookings.
Staging plan
A written staging plan sets out zones, shifts, furniture lift and protection so the tenant and building manager know exactly what happens when.
Staged install
Uplift, prep and install run zone by zone, with old flooring removed for diversion where a pathway exists.
Handover and reporting
Each zone is cleaned and inspected before it is released, and per-project waste diversion is reported for Green Star and NABERS submissions.
Office flooring projects and programs
CBD tower fit-outs
Multi-level workplace fit-outs in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane towers, including 101 Collins Street, delivered floor by floor to the head contractor's program.
Melbourne Quarter precinct workplaces
Workplace floor plates in the Melbourne Quarter precinct at Docklands, delivered under Lendlease programs and coordinated with joinery and partitions.
Corporate refurbishments
Staged after-hours carpet replacement in occupied workplaces for property teams including JLL and Medibank.
Office flooring in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane
Office flooring Melbourne
Melbourne CBD, Docklands, Southbank and suburban business parks, from premium-grade towers to campus refurbishments.
Commercial flooring Melbourne →Office flooring Sydney
Sydney CBD, Barangaroo, North Sydney, Parramatta and Macquarie Park workplace fit-outs and refurbishments.
Commercial flooring Sydney →Office flooring Brisbane
Brisbane CBD, Fortitude Valley and South East Queensland corporate offices and government tenancies.
Commercial flooring Brisbane →Office flooring questions
Can you replace office flooring while staff keep working?
Yes. Most office refurbishments are staged after-hours or over weekends. Furniture is lifted, the zone is uplifted and re-laid, and the area is cleaned and back in use before staff arrive.
How much does office flooring cost?
As a guide, commercial carpet tile supply and install ranges from $65 to $130 per square metre and LVT from $90 to $170 per square metre. Subfloor preparation and after-hours loading are priced separately once the slab or raised floor has been inspected.
Do you install to the designer's specification?
Yes. We install to the specifier's product schedule and can offer equivalent alternatives if lead times or budget require them.
How quickly can a floor plate be turned over?
A typical 1,000 to 1,500 square metre floor plate can be uplifted and re-laid in carpet tile over a weekend with the right crew numbers, subject to furniture and access.
Office flooring project?
Let's talk.
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