Hotels, restaurants, schools, colleges and businesses all have differing catering needs. Whether for a school refectory, restaurant kitchen or factory canteen, DHC provide a complete kitchen design and planning service for your commercial kitchen.

Initial planning:

  • Design brief development
  • Initial space planning exercise
  • Agreement/advice on initial set- up/budgetary requirements
  • Advise other professionals (M & E consultants, architects, cost consultants etc.) on service requirements, space and costs

From agreement of space and budget we will develop the design, providing the following kitchen design services:

Initial planning:

  • Working with Clients ensure equipment and space match service provision and budget expectations
  • Produce AutoCAD layout drawings
  • Produce AutoCAD elevated drawings (if appropriate)
  • Preparation of full M & E services requirement schedules
  • Preparation of detailed equipment specification and tender documents
  • Produce mechanical and electrical services requirement drawings
  • Liaison with all other professionals throughout contract period
  • Advise on ‘best fit’ specialist catering equipment specialists and provide technical analysis of tender bids
  • Initial space planning exercise

From appointment of specialist contractor we will:

  • Liaise between Client, other professionals and specialist equipment contractor
  • Monitor contractor procurement and manufacture of equipment
  • Provide integrated project management as part of design team
  • Ensure specialist contractor supplies and installs equipment and services, on time and ‘snag free’
  • Oversee staff training by specialist contractor
  • Monitor contractor’s ‘after sales’ performance

IF YOU, THE CLIENT, HAVE NO APPOINTED CATERER AND ARE STARTING FRESH, WE CAN OFFER A FULL CATERING CONSULTANCY PACKAGE.

For smaller ‘turnkey’ projects we are able to offer a fully coordinated project management package.

Construction and Fit-out works:
We can offer to our clients a complete package that includes the construction and /or fit-out of your Hotels, restaurants, schools, colleges, businesses kitchens and office spaces via our sister company.