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Carpentry

The built-in joinery — wardrobes, kitchens, vanities, feature walls. Often the largest and most visible trade.

Carpentry is the built-in joinery that gives a fit-out its character: wardrobes, kitchen cabinetry, vanities, TV consoles, feature walls. On most residential and commercial interiors it's the largest trade by value and the one clients judge most closely.

What it covers​

  • Fabrication and installation of built-in cabinetry and shelving.
  • Kitchen and wardrobe carcasses, doors and internal fittings.
  • Feature walls, panelling and bespoke joinery.

Where it sits in the sequence​

After partition and tiling are in, so the joinery installs against finished surfaces at the right levels. It runs alongside or just before painting, and it sets out the carcasses that stone tops are later templated to.

What a PM watches for​

  • Site measure, don't assume. Carcasses are made off-site to measured dimensions. A wrong dimension means a remake — confirm the site measure before fabrication.
  • Provision for services. Cut-outs for sinks, hobs, sockets and lighting must be coordinated with plumbing and electrical before the carcass is built.
  • Stone interface. Where stone or solid-surface tops sit on carpentry, the carcass has to be in first for templating — sequence them together.

Generic Singapore fit-out guidance — confirm project specifics with a senior PM.