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Why The Right Architect Is Essential for Franchisees: Maximizing ROI Through Strategic Design
When opening a franchise, every decision impacts your bottom line – and one if the hidden decisions that impacts your long-term profitability is hiring the right pre-construction design team. For franchisees, hiring an architect isn’t just a step in the process; it’s one of the most important investments you can make to maximize return on
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Design Concepts – Daylighting Part 1
What is Daylighting? The simplest definition is – the light that comes from the sun. In this post we will examine a very basic overview of daylighting. In other posts we will take a more in depth look at design strategies and building case studies to develop a greater understanding of why daylighting is so
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Sound Control – Part 1 – STC and NRC
Introduction Today we are going to discuss the technical factors to consider when thinking about sound control. When thinking about acoustics, we want to focus on two major ways that sound moves – how sound travels within a space, and how sound travels from space to space. Once we understand how sound travels we can
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Navigating the Building Code – Part 4 (Occupant Load)
This installment of Navigating the Building Code examines Occupant Load, how to calculate the Occupant Load, and how that calculation can affect the building design. What is Occupant Load? Occupant Load is defined by the International Building Code as “the number of persons for which the means of egress of a building or portion thereof
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Navigating the Building Code – Part 3 (Required Plumbing Fixtures)
This installment of Navigating the Building Code examines pluming fixtures and the role they play in planning and space layouts. Required plumbing fixture counts are the number of each fixture that the code prescribes as necessary. The number of fixtures directly relates to the size and square footage allocated to restrooms and the plumbing systems. In the