The bar and lounge had to stay open. This is a working hospitality space, so the renovation could not shut it down, which meant the MEP work had to be staged and coordinated around a lobby that kept serving guests throughout construction. The space also needed system reliability that a hotel lobby depends on. A 3,000 SF room with a 28-foot ceiling carries real HVAC demand, and a guest-facing space cannot afford to lose conditioning if a single system goes down.