Prior to design, we thoroughly survey your requirements and prepare a Needs Analysis document.

Needs Analysis

1) Determine type of spa and type of clientele:

• Day spa
• Hotel/resort spa
• Destination spa
• Salon spa

2) Determine budget

• Determine size of spa on square feet
• Who is architect and/or interior designer, what is their role and their experience with spa design
• Review types of services planned
• How many treatment rooms desired
• Discuss industry average costs for different types of spa and salon facilities, in cost per square foot
• Review special considerations in lease negotiation

a. Water line size
b. Sewer requirements
c. Gas and electricity requirements
d. HVAC requirements
e. Lease exhibits specifying responsibilities for landlord and client
f. Utilities
g. Days of free rent for construction
h. Construction allowance
i. Demising walls finished or not

The next step is to prepare either a Preliminary Design or Complete Design Package.

Preliminary Design Package
• Drawings showing traffic flow, equipment locations, and treatment rooms per Needs Analysis
• Quote for all required equipment
• Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) requirements for all equipment quoted
• Most of design fee applies to any equipment purchased

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Complete Design Package
• Everything in Preliminary Design Package
• Lighting design
• Color selection
• Wall and floor coverings
• Other interior finishes
• Fees do not apply toward purchase of equipment

 Here are some of the factors we will consider when approaching the design of your facility:

General Design Considerations

• What is most important element? Retail, specific treatment or treatments, desired ambiance?
• Once this is identified, we start with this element, design it first, then design everything else around it
• Critical factor is the treatments to be offered and how they are performed
• Determine supporting cabinetry
• Determine treatment room arrangement to minimize client movement
• Add-on design elements, like lighting or color selection

Specific Design Considerations

Reception Desk
• Can have more than just reception function
- Service center for bookings
- Coordination of client and attending technician
- Handle cash and credit card transactions
- Telephone communication with clients
- Retail sales center including wrapping packages
- Scheduling appointments
• Can be separate booking center
• Can be separate retail transactions area
• Can have technicians handle money transactions with client during service

Retail units
• Should stay out of the way, but enhance visibility of products offered for sale
• Design should be tastefully done but not steal spotlight from the products

Multipurpose treatment room
• ‘Garage door’ cabinet is good way to store and hide multi-function skin care unit
• For clean look, the cabinetry should be large enough to accommodate needed equipment and supplies, like:
- Hot towel cabinet
- Massage stone heater
- Paraffin heater
- Wax heater
- Sanitizer
- Sterilizer (if no spa dispensary)
-Towel storage
- Robe storage
- Facial products storage (if no spa dispensary)

Designing custom furniture
• Understand treatment(s) to be offered in an area, then determine required functionality of cabinetry
• Following function with form, develop cabinetry and other furniture consistent with design standards, with desired look and feel of the facility

The more expertise at your disposal during the very initial planning stages of your spa, the smoother the process will go, and you are much more likely to avoid very costly mistakes with when working with the level of industry expertise that SpaEquip offers.

For more information on the Design Center, please call us at (800) 332-0311 or email Brooke Christensen at brooke@spaequip.com.

103 Main Street • Allen, TX 75013 • (214 509-3770 • (214)383-6738 fax