HMH Construction — Masters of Renovation

Clinic Construction · Medical · Dental · GTA

Clinics Built for Patients, Staff and Inspectors

Exam and treatment rooms, dental operatories with their plumbing, vacuum and air lines, sterilization and lab space, accessible washrooms, reception and waiting — coordinated with your equipment suppliers and built to pass the inspections that stand between you and opening day.

Equipment-vendor rough-in drawings built into the schedule

Clinics We Fit Out

Family medicine and walk-in

Exam rooms with hand-hygiene sinks, a procedure room, reception and triage, records and staff space, and washrooms that meet accessibility requirements.

Dental and orthodontic

Operatories with the plumbing, vacuum, compressed air, electrical and data each chair needs; sterilization laid out dirty-to-clean; X-ray rooms built to your shielding report; a lab and a consult room.

Physiotherapy, chiropractic and allied health

Open treatment areas, private rooms, a gym or exercise space with the right floor, showers or change space where the practice needs them, and durable finishes throughout.

Every clinic is a heavy rough-in project: what runs in the walls and floor decides the schedule more than the finishes do.

How a Clinic Project Runs

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    Program, flow and equipment

    We start from the room list and how patients and staff move through it — public front, clinical middle, staff back — and from your equipment suppliers' rough-in drawings, because a dental chair or an X-ray unit dictates exactly where services have to land.

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    Permits, code and change of use

    A clinic in a space that was retail or office can be a change of use under the Ontario Building Code, which the municipality's building department rules on. The permit set covers barrier-free access and washrooms, plumbing to every exam room or operatory, mechanical ventilation, fire separations, and the specialty systems — medical gas, vacuum and compressed air are installed by licensed trades, and X-ray rooms are built to the shielding report from your radiation safety consultant.

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    Rough-in

    Plumbing, drains and vacuum lines set in the floor, dedicated electrical circuits and data to each room, ventilation and exhaust where the code and the equipment require it. This is the phase that has to be right, because everything after it covers it up.

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    Fit, finish and open

    Cleanable finishes — sheet flooring with coved base in clinical areas, solid-surface counters, wipeable wall finishes — casework, lighting and millwork; then equipment set and tested with your vendors, inspections closed and occupancy confirmed.

What We Build in Clinics

Exam and treatment rooms

Sized for the exam table or chair and the people around it, with a hand-hygiene sink, adequate lighting and the electrical and data the room needs.

Dental operatories

Chair utilities to the manufacturer's template, delivery-system connections, cabinetry and the room-to-room consistency that makes a multi-operatory clinic work.

Sterilization and lab

A dirty-to-clean flow with the counters, sinks, power and ventilation the equipment calls for.

X-ray and imaging rooms

Built to the shielding specification in your radiation safety report — wall, door and window construction as specified, before drywall goes on.

Accessible washrooms and reception

Barrier-free washrooms, an accessible route from the entrance, and a reception counter that meets code and works for staff.

Staff and records areas

Offices, lunchroom, lockers and secure records space, finished to last.

Clinic Construction Questions

Do you build dental operatories?

Yes. Each operatory is built to the chair manufacturer's rough-in template — the plumbing, drain, vacuum, compressed air, electrical and data positioned where the chair and delivery system need them. Medical gas, vacuum and air systems are installed by licensed specialty trades under our coordination; your equipment supplier installs the chair and delivery system once the room is ready, and we sequence that into the schedule.

Is turning a retail or office unit into a clinic a change of use?

It can be, and the municipality's building department decides. A change of use under the Ontario Building Code can bring additional requirements for fire separations, exits, washrooms and accessibility, so we raise the question at the first site visit rather than at permit review, and we prepare the application either way.

What about X-ray rooms?

You obtain a shielding report from a radiation safety consultant for the equipment you are installing; we build the walls, doors and any windows exactly to that specification, and the shielding is inspected before the room is closed in. We do not design shielding — we build to it.

What accessibility rules apply to a clinic?

The Ontario Building Code's barrier-free provisions: an accessible route from the entrance through reception to treatment, door widths and hardware, an accessible washroom, and reception details. Clinics are held to these closely because they are public-facing, and the drawings address them from the start.

Can you renovate a clinic that is operating?

Yes, in phases. Operatories or exam rooms are taken out of service in groups, the active construction zone is hoarded with negative air and infection-control measures, and the noisy work is scheduled around clinic hours. It is slower than an empty space, and we plan the phases with your office manager so bookings can be managed around them.

Who coordinates the equipment suppliers?

We do. Their rough-in drawings are incorporated into the permit set, their delivery and installation dates are built into the construction schedule, and we are on site when the equipment goes in so that anything that does not fit is dealt with by the people who built the room.

What if the space is in a leased building?

Then the landlord's consent, base-building standards and insurance requirements are the first items on the schedule, exactly as with an office fit-out. We prepare that package and build to the landlord's standards alongside the clinic's own requirements.

Get a Clinic Fit-Out Quote

Tell us the type of practice, the number of rooms or chairs, and the building. We will come out, walk the space and quote the whole fit-out.

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