Ongoing
Extension of Existing Buildings
Utawala, Nairobi County 2026
Commercial Construction
On a commercial project the programme is the product. Rent starts, tenants move, stock arrives — and a building handed over three months late costs far more than the construction saving that caused the delay. We plan commercial work backwards from your date.
Programme first
Before we start we agree the critical path, the long-lead items and the dates that cannot move. Steel, lifts, switchgear and specialist cladding are ordered against that programme rather than when they become urgent. You get a progress report against the baseline, so slippage is visible while there is still time to recover it.
Fit-out that anticipates the tenant
Commercial shells get re-cut for whoever takes the space. We build in that flexibility from the start — service routes with capacity to spare, sensible riser and duct provision, and floor plates that can be partitioned without structural work. It costs little at construction stage and saves a great deal at first letting.
Working next to a trading business
Where we extend or refurbish premises that are still trading, we phase the works to keep the business open: hoarding, out-of-hours operations for anything noisy or dusty, and maintained access for customers and deliveries throughout.
What this includes
- Office buildings and business premises
- Retail units and shopping developments
- Warehousing, godowns and light industrial buildings
- Mixed-use residential and commercial developments
- Commercial fit-out and partitioning
- Structural extensions and additional floors to existing buildings
- Car parking, cabro hardstanding and service yards
Proof of work
Commercial Construction projects we have completed
Real projects from our portfolio, not illustrations.
Successfully Completed
Exterior Works
Ridgeways and New Rain, Nairobi county 2023
Answers
Commercial Construction: common questions
Yes, and we will tell you honestly at tender stage whether your date is achievable. Where it is tight we will set out what it would take — additional shifts, earlier procurement, a phased handover — and what that costs, so you can decide.
Yes. We phase the works, hoard the construction zone, maintain customer and delivery access, and schedule disruptive operations outside your trading hours. This is the same approach we use on occupied school and hospital sites.
Jossie Construction Limited holds three National Construction Authority registrations — NCA Category 3 for building works, NCA Category 4 for water works and NCA Category 4 for civil works. If your project value sits above the ceiling for the relevant category we will tell you at enquiry stage rather than at tender — it is a straightforward eligibility question and it is better answered early.
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