Great pics. Quite a blast from the past. I did building & grounds maintenance at a nursing home for six years and the building layout was about the same. I guess form follows function.
It seems like there's never enough time with everything on a tight schedule. If you had the chance the prep tables and sinks in the kitchen are probably a decent stainless steel. They might have had a walk in cooler and freezer. There could be some copper & stainless in there. The building probably had a heating & air conditioning system of some kind. The HVAC units have copper in them. They draw a lot of electricity so there was some heavy gauge wire feeding them.
There was probably a commercial sized backup generator somewhere. They're tens of thousands of dollars to buy new. Those ones have pretty good resale value if they're not too old.
The exterior doors of the building are commercial grade. That stuff is crazy expensive to buy new.
When you're pressed for time you have to go for the quickest and most profitable thing first. If there's a little time left over afterward you might be able to squeeze a little more money out of the project with some of the odds n ends.
ETA: I was always a Milwaukee guy because they held up so well but the quality isn't what it used to be. I shifted over to Dewalt about 10- 15 years ago. Was wondering .... the Milwaukees have that orbital blade motion feature. That makes a big difference. They cut a lot faster. Maybe that's what made the difference between the Dewalt sawzall and the Milwaukee ?
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