Everything procurement heads, project managers, and admin teams ask before commissioning office fit-outs from IBS.
What is included in a turnkey office fit-out?+
A turnkey office fit-out includes civil works (RCC modifications, levelling, masonry), MEP installation (electrical, plumbing, HVAC, fire safety), false ceiling, flooring, partitions, custom furniture and joinery, IT cabling and low-voltage systems, doors and glazing, painting, brand integration, and snag-list closure with handover. With IBS, every discipline is executed in-house — including custom furniture from our Vasai East factory.
How long does an office fit-out take?+
A typical commercial office fit-out spans six to sixteen weeks for floor plates between 5,000 and 50,000 sq ft. Drivers include floor-plate size, design complexity, MEP load, joinery volume, and local approval timelines (in Mumbai, MCGM clearances). Larger or more complex engagements scale up from there; IBS provides an itemised timeline at proposal stage based on your specific scope.
How much does an office fit-out cost in India?+
Office fit-out cost per square foot depends on specification level — finishes, MEP scope, joinery quantity, design complexity, and floor-plate efficiency. There is no meaningful "per sq ft" answer without a site survey and BOQ. IBS provides a detailed itemised BOQ within seven to ten working days of the initial site visit, against the specific scope agreed at the briefing stage.
Does IBS work pan-India or only in Mumbai?+
IBS is headquartered in Mumbai with execution base in Mumbai and Pune, and delivers office fit-outs pan-India across Tier 1, 2, and 3 cities. Multi-city branch rollouts and corporate office portfolios are a routine engagement type — typically delivered with consistent spec and lead-time discipline across geographies.
Does IBS have its own furniture factory?+
Yes. IBS operates a furniture manufacturing factory near Vasai East on the Mumbai–Ahmedabad Highway. The factory produces workstations, reception desks, conference and boardroom tables, executive furniture, cabinetry, and custom case goods for office, hospitality, retail, BFSI, and education clients. Manufacturing in-house means IBS controls the spec, lead time, and warranty on every joinery and furniture line item.
Is IBS an approved vendor with major BFSI clients?+
Yes. IBS has held approved-vendor status at HDFC ERGO, HSBC, Godrej Finance, and other enterprise BFSI and corporate clients for many of the past 15 years. Onboarding at each enterprise involved financial vetting, statutory compliance, site safety audits, and reference checks. Already being on these panels accelerates onboarding for new BFSI and corporate enterprises with similar procurement standards.
Does IBS subcontract civil works or MEP?+
No. IBS does not subcontract the substructure. Civil works and MEP installation are both executed by in-house teams reporting to a single project lead. This is the single biggest quality and accountability lever in commercial interiors — removing the cross-vendor coordination gap that drives the most common delays and disputes in multi-vendor office fit-outs.
What's the difference between an office fit-out and an office renovation?+
An office fit-out typically refers to the full build-out of an unfinished or grey-shell space — civil through finishing. An office renovation refers to refurbishment or reconfiguration of an already-fitted space — replacing flooring, partitions, joinery, lighting, or refreshing brand graphics without altering the underlying civil or MEP backbone. IBS delivers both, with different scope envelopes and timelines.
Can IBS work with our existing architect or interior designer?+
Yes. IBS engages comfortably with client-appointed architects, interior designers, and Project Management Consultants (PMCs). When the design has been developed externally, IBS executes against the issued GFC drawings and BOQ. Alternatively, IBS's in-house design team can develop the design from brief to GFC if you do not have a separate design appointment.
What approvals does IBS handle for an office fit-out in Mumbai?+
For Mumbai office fit-outs, typical approvals include fire NOC from MCGM Fire Brigade, BMC trade clearances where applicable, society or building-owner permissions, labour licence registration, and gate pass / work-permit coordination with your facilities team. IBS handles statutory approvals coordination on the client's behalf as part of the project scope.
How does IBS coordinate MEP across multiple sub-disciplines?+
IBS's MEP team owns mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire safety as a single integrated discipline — not four separate vendor scopes. A single MEP coordinator manages routing, sequencing, and inter-discipline conflict resolution. This eliminates the most common cause of MEP delays on office fit-outs: the inter-vendor coordination meetings that consume weeks across electrical-vs-plumbing-vs-HVAC-vs-fire scope boundaries.
What materials and brands does IBS specify?+
Material specification is set at GFC stage and locked to the BOQ. Typical brand references include Schneider / Siemens / Legrand (electrical), Polycab / Havells / Finolex (cabling), Daikin / Voltas / Hitachi (HVAC), Armstrong / USG Boral / Saint-Gobain Gyproc (ceiling), Interface / Welspun (carpet tiles), Kajaria / Somany (vitrified tiles), Asian Paints / Berger (paint), and Hettich / Hafele (joinery hardware). Substitutions are agreed in writing only.
How is the site survey and feasibility study conducted?+
The initial site visit is a 60–90 minute walk-through with your project lead, IBS's project lead, and our civil and MEP coordinators. We capture slab condition, column grid, services entry points, available headroom, and structural constraints. The output is a written observation report informing the proposal and design brief. The visit is free of charge and free of obligation.
What kind of warranty does IBS provide?+
Warranty terms vary by discipline. Civil and MEP installation typically carry twelve months of workmanship warranty from handover; joinery and factory-built furniture eighteen to twenty-four months; painting and brand integration six to twelve months. Equipment manufacturer warranties are passed through separately. Warranty cards and as-built documentation form part of the project handover packet.
Does the price include GST?+
GST is shown on a separate line in every IBS invoice at the applicable rate per the prevailing GST Council notification — not bundled into the line-item price. Tax invoices and tax certificates are issued for every billing event. Input tax credit availability — where applicable to your business — applies as standard.
Can IBS execute branch rollouts across multiple cities?+
Yes. Branch rollouts are a routine engagement type for IBS — particularly for BFSI clients (HDFC ERGO, HSBC, Godrej Finance, and others). Multi-city rollouts are delivered with consistent spec and lead-time discipline across geographies. Centralised project management, standardised BOQs, and factory-built joinery from Vasai East ensure same-spec, same-quality delivery regardless of city.
How is the BOQ structured?+
The BOQ itemises every scope discipline line-by-line: civil, MEP (split by mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire), false ceiling, flooring, partitions, joinery (with quantities), IT cabling, doors and glazing, finishing, and brand integration. Material brand, finish reference, quantity, unit rate, and total are shown per line. The BOQ is the contractual reference for execution — no surprises mid-project.
What happens if scope changes mid-execution?+
Scope changes — whether client-driven or RFI-driven — are tracked through a written change-order log. The cost and timeline impact of every change is documented and approved before execution. This prevents the silent scope creep that is the most common source of commercial disputes in office fit-outs and protects both the client's budget and the IBS team's accountability.
Does IBS handle brand integration and signage on the same project?+
Yes. IBS's in-house print branding division produces wall graphics, glass manifestation, lobby signage, way-finding, and external signage — coordinated with the fit-out on the same drawing register and the same project timeline. This eliminates the material and timeline mismatches that typically occur when fit-out and brand integration come from two different contractors.
What does the handover packet include?+
The handover packet contains as-built drawings, MEP test certificates (insulation resistance, hydrotest, sprinkler pressure), fire NOC and OC documents, asset register (every fixed asset with serial number and warranty), warranty cards, vendor and material brand contact list, and a training session for the client's facilities team. Project closure is formally acknowledged once the snag list reaches zero.
Is a factory visit available for clients during procurement?+
Yes. IBS welcomes factory visits to the Vasai East furniture facility as part of the procurement-stage due-diligence process. Procurement and projects teams from prospective and existing clients are routinely walked through the manufacturing floor — workstation production, custom joinery, finishing, and dispatch staging. The visit demonstrates lead-time control, spec consistency, and the in-house moat in a tangible way.
What sets IBS apart from a regular interior designer or contractor?+
IBS is not an interior designer or a single-discipline contractor — it is a vertically integrated execution company. Civil, MEP, ceiling, partitions, custom joinery, factory-built furniture, IT cabling, finishing, and brand integration all execute through in-house teams reporting to a single project lead. This single-point accountability removes the inter-vendor coordination problems that drive the most common cost and timeline overruns in multi-vendor office fit-outs.