Conceptual Design: Test the Space Before You Commit to It
Does the concept work in this unit?
A test fit answers the first real question about a space. VEST produces conceptual layouts for restaurants, QSR and retail that respect the building, the code and the brand standard at the same time, so what you approve at this stage is what gets built.
What we do
Test-fit floor plans on the landlord's base-building drawings. Kitchen and cooking-line layout around your equipment list. Seating counts, queue and pickup flow, drive-thru and third-party delivery pickup where they apply. Preliminary mechanical and electrical loads so the equipment list and the building's services are reconciled early. 3D views of the front of house when a landlord or franchise committee needs to see it.
Why an engineer draws it
Most concept drawings get redrawn once the engineer sees them. Ours are drawn by the same team that will produce the permit set, so the hood location, the exhaust route, the panel location and the washroom clearances are right from the first sketch. That removes a full revision cycle from the schedule.
Multi-site programs
For franchisors, we build the concept as a repeatable prototype: a standard kitchen module, a standard equipment schedule and a set of rules for adapting it to each unit. Every new location then starts from a proven plan instead of a blank sheet.
What you get
A dimensioned concept plan, an equipment layout with preliminary loads, and a short note on the items that will drive cost or permit time. Fixed fee, quoted before we start.
Have a unit in mind?
Send the landlord's drawings and your equipment list and we'll tell you if it fits. Email info@vestengineering.ca.