How to Lay Out Ceiling Grid in a Tenant Improvement Project

Ceiling grid layout can make a tenant improvement look organized or rushed. The drawings may show a clean reflected ceiling plan, but the field usually has sprinkler heads, diffusers, light fixtures, cameras, speakers, access points, and columns all competing for the same two-by-two tile. If the grid is started from the wrong control line, every trade after that has to work around it. I start by…