Restaurant Construction
CMIC engages customers by building comfortable, code-compliant restaurant spaces using experienced national restaurant builders.
Extensive Restaurant Construction
Our experience as a national restaurant general contractor ranges from specialty, fine dining establishments to quick-serve and fast-food franchises. From large and national to small and local, our project portfolio includes custom family-owned cafes, franchise remodels, and corporate rebranding.
Scope like this is usually priced alongside our Design-Build team, so estimating, permitting and field work all stay under one contract with one accountable point of contact.
Scope Of Work
What Is Included
Every line below is handled in house or by a pre-qualified trade partner under our contract, so nothing falls between scopes and nothing shows up later as an unexplained change order.
- Franchises & Chains
- Fast Food Establishments
- Fine Dining
- Bars & Bistros
- Buffets
- Bakeries
- Cafes & Diners
- Coffee Shops
- Food Courts
- Commercial Kitchens
- Patios & Outdoor Dining
- Drive-Thru Additions
Our Approach
When the drawings still need work at this stage, our Architectural Services group resolves it before the budget is locked, which is the last point where a change is still free to make.
Bringing Your Restaurant Designs to Life
Our top priority is ensuring the project accurately reflects your vision, whether you only have an idea of what you want or have completed designs ready to build. Our design-build construction services take you from the ground up, build out your rental space, or execute updates and upgrades smoothly.
- Ground-up restaurant construction and rental space build-outs
- Commercial kitchens, plumbing, and electrical coordinated by our team
- Ceilings, flooring, paint, signage, lighting, and ADA upgrades
Handling All Aspects of Restaurant Construction
Our team of architects, builders, and contractors has experience with every aspect of restaurant construction and knows the regulations restaurants must meet. From walk-in refrigerators to the color of the bathroom, our professionals ensure every portion of your build complies with the necessary codes.
- Architectural services, site surveys, and client representation
- Health department, fire, and ADA code compliance verified in the field
- Program management and project scheduling through opening day
Kitchen and Equipment Coordination
Restaurant schedules live or die on equipment. We coordinate hood systems, walk-in coolers, grease interceptors, and gas service with your equipment vendor and the local health department so rough-in is right the first time and inspections are not repeated.
- Hood, fire suppression, and make-up air installed to code the first time
- Walk-in coolers, grease interceptors, and gas service coordinated early
- Vendor equipment deliveries sequenced with our field superintendent
Opening on Schedule
A missed opening date costs more than construction ever will. We build a phased schedule around staff training, inspections, and your soft opening so the space is finished, inspected, and stocked when your team walks in.
- Milestones set around staff training and your planned soft opening
- Punch list walked with your operator before the space is handed over
- Closeout, warranty, and equipment manuals delivered at turnover
National Restaurant Builders
Whether you're in the planning stages or ready to start building, you can count on CMIC. Contact us today to schedule a construction consultation and learn more about our design, contracting, and management services.
If you want a single team carrying the project from concept through closeout, start with Construction Management and we will build the rest of the package around it.
Projects We Have Delivered
A sample of completed restaurant construction work from our field teams, from structure through final finishes, handed over ready to open.
View Full PortfolioFrequently Asked Questions
These are the questions owners, developers and facility teams ask most often before awarding restaurant construction work. If your question is not covered here, our project team will answer it directly against your drawings, site conditions and target opening date.
What Makes Restaurant Construction Different?
Kitchens. Hood and make up air, grease interlocks, refrigeration, gas, plumbing and health department requirements all have to coordinate tightly, and every one of them can hold up an opening.
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and Schedule
Tell Us The Site, The Square Footage And The Opening Date You Are Working Toward. A CMIC Project Lead Will Walk You Through Scope, Permitting, Cost Drivers And A Realistic Construction Schedule.