Fitting Out a Sector 18 Office Floor in Glass, Gurgaon: The Sequence

Back-office and corporate buildings in Sector 18, beside Udyog Vihar and the Maruti Udyog campus, change tenants regularly. Each new tenant fits out a bare or stripped floor, and glass is one of several trades that have to come in at the right moment. Get the order wrong and the glass is measured to a ceiling that moves or a floor that is re-levelled later. This page sets out where office glass fits in a Sector 18 fit-out in Gurugram.

Where glass sits in the fit-out

1. Layout frozen. Cabins, meeting rooms and reception are fixed on the drawing; moving a wall after glass is ordered is costly, since toughened glass cannot be cut.
2. Services first. HVAC ducts, sprinkler drops and electrical conduits that cross partition lines are routed before glass.
3. False ceiling grid up. Glass runs to the ceiling or a bulkhead; the grid's final height is the top of the measurement.
4. Glass measured and produced, generally in 7 to 10 days, while flooring and painting continue elsewhere.
5. Glass installed, then final flooring and touch-up paint around it.

Choosing styles for each room

Office styles use 12mm Saint-Gobain toughened glass with SS304 fittings, and the floor machine on frameless doors carries a 2 year functional warranty. A row of four cabins with 60 ft of glass run at 9 ft high is 540 sq ft, about ₹2,16,000 at the starting rate. The office glass partition cost guide explains what moves it.

Door hardware

Frameless cabin doors usually swing on a floor spring sunk into the screed. On a raised or finished floor that cannot be cut, the door hangs on patch fittings with a hydraulic door closer above. Decide which before the flooring contractor finishes, since a floor spring box must be set into the screed.

Safety markings and privacy

Large clear panels need a visible band at eye level so nobody walks into them; frosted film strips or a printed logo band do both jobs. Meeting rooms often want more privacy; our glass cabin vs drywall partition guide compares glass with a solid wall when sound matters.

Building rules

Most Sector 18 buildings allow fit-out noise only in evenings or at weekends while other floors are occupied, and need gate passes and lift bookings for materials. The ₹99 visit, usually within 24 to 48 hours, is adjusted against the bill; the written quote follows within about two hours, valid for 3 days, and production starts after the 50% advance.

See the Sectors 17 and 18 page, office glass partitions in Gurgaon, the office glass catalogue and work for offices in Gurgaon. If panels buzz when doors shut, see glass partition rattling. Larger campuses in DLF Cyber City follow a similar sequence.