Project review
We walk the space and price the risk before you commit to clinic renovation contractor. Permits and services are the two that bite.

Richmond Construction
Renovating a working clinic means the practice keeps seeing patients throughout. Richmond is the one municipality in the region that publishes exactly what a commercial application has to contain before it will be accepted at all. That is useful, and it changes how we prepare a Richmond submission: the drawing set is assembled to their list first, because an incomplete package is not queued, it is refused.
Experience
Jas Oberoi has run Oberizon from its White Rock office since 2021. Work near Richmond runs through the same four stages.
We walk the space and price the risk before you commit to anything.
Drawings and permits go in while equipment and long-lead items are ordered.
One site lead holds the trades and calls you with progress every week.
Inspections cleared and the deficiency list closed before you take the keys.
Reviews
Working with Oberizon on our dental clinic was a great experience from start to finish. Jas Oberoi and his team were professional, responsive, and genuinely invested in getting the details right.
Very impressed with Oberizon Construction and the way they handled our dental clinic build. The team managed everything from planning to execution, and the final result was exactly what we envisioned.
We hired Oberizon to build out our dental clinic and they did an amazing job. The place looks so clean and modern, exactly the look we were going for.
Local planning
Richmond will not accept an incomplete commercial application — its own guidance states that applications require all documentation and drawings listed on the form, and that incomplete applications will not be accepted. The commercial set has to include a site plan showing the whole building and the tenant location, a dimensioned floor plan with exits and fire separations, and a plumbing layout sized to the current BC Plumbing Code. Where exterior alterations are involved and the property sits in a development permit area, a Development Permit may be required before the building permit.
Richmond's commercial space runs from the Brighouse city centre through the Ironwood and Bridgeport business parks out to the older Steveston village stock, and the mix is unusually varied for one municipality. A large share of the medical and dental tenancy sits in mid-rise professional buildings around No. 3 Road, while the business parks carry the light-industrial and lab-adjacent work. Much of the city is built on delta soil, which is why structural changes get engineering attention earlier here than in most Lower Mainland municipalities.
2026 range
$120–$240 per sq ft
turnkey — typically $240k–$480k for a 2,000 sq ft space
What that covers
What decides this build
Construction happens inside a live clinical environment, so infection control governs the site, not just the finished space. Barriers, negative air and route separation are part of the build, not the cleanup.
Hoardings, negative air machines and a separated construction route go in before demolition starts, and staff and patient circulation is agreed with the practice in writing. IPAC expectations apply to the site during the work, not only to the space at handover.
We walk the space and price the risk before you commit to clinic renovation contractor. Permits and services are the two that bite.
Hoardings and negative air go in first. IPAC expectations apply to the site during the work, not only to the finished space.
The construction route is agreed with the practice in writing before the first wall is opened.
Where to go next
Questions
Yes. We run clinic renovation contractor across the Lower Mainland from our White Rock head office, and that includes Richmond's commercial corridors and healthcare communities. Tell us the address and we will walk the space before you commit to anything.
The building permit is issued by City of Richmond — Building Approvals, reviewed against the BC Building Code and the city's own zoning. Commercial applications are submitted through the MyPermit portal and are assessed against a published document checklist. We confirm the current review window with the city at application rather than quoting one from a previous job.
$120–$240 per sq ft turnkey — typically $240k–$480k for a 2,000 sq ft space. Base-building condition and finish level move that number most. The full 2026 breakdown is in the cost guide at /cost.
Most conversations start around Brighouse, Steveston, and Cambie. We travel further when the scope justifies it.
The address, your lease stage and a target opening date. Drawings and a budget range help. The more we know early, the tighter the feasibility comes back.
Hoardings, negative air machines and a construction route separated from patient circulation go in before demolition. IPAC expectations apply to the site during the work, not only to the finished space.
Yes. The clinic is divided into zones and the disruptive work is scheduled outside clinical hours, with the route between them agreed with the practice in writing before the first barrier goes up.
Yes. A review finds the permit and service risks before you sign a lease or a design. That is the cheapest point to find them — a change after drawings are sealed costs weeks, not hours.
Before you commit to a space, drawings, a budget, or a construction timeline, book a consultation and we will tell you what has to be planned before construction starts.