The building renovation process can usually, depending on the extents of the renovation, be broken down into several phases. 

• Project initiation – The beginning of the project that includes the hiring of construction and design teams, defining the scope of the work, creating a budget, and communicating the needs, expectations, and wants from both the client and building team.
• Existing conditions analysis – This includes measuring, drawing, and analyzing the structure to be renovated, and identifying any major issues with the project that could effect work to be done.
• Initial design – Beginning the design work by testing out concept ideas, designing multiple iterations of outcomes, communicating with the client, and receiving client feedback on the design to make changes.
• Finalizing design – Finalizing the design work by making sure the design is what the client wants, making sure the design works with existing conditions, creating a more detailed design (including specs and engineering), also could include the beginning of construction or demolition work while the design is being finalized.
• Construction and demolition – Starting the physical work by completing demolition needed, structural repairs needed, building new designed conditions, applying finishes, and trouble shooting any problems or unknown conditions that are brought to light during construction.
• Project finalization – The end of the project which includes turnover to the client, punch listing, walking through with the client, and verifying that project scope and expectations were met.