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By Stephen Anderson The design and construction of church facilities may very well be one of the most important activities in your organization’s history. One of the many critical components of your building success is hiring the right architect. Your church should consider at least 3-4 architects or design/build firms who have a good reputation for building the type and style of structures you are considering and are familiar with designing within the budget range you can afford. General Background Questions 1. How long has the architect been in business? 2. What percentage of the firms business is designing church facilities? 3. How many people does the architects firm employ? 4. Does the architect have a valid license for the state in which you intend to build? 5. Does the architect commonly do church projects of the style, size and budget that you anticipate building? 6. Is the architect familiar with the nuances of your denomination and worship style and what this may mean in building design? 7. Does the architect have a specific design style and how well does their design style match what you are looking to build? 8. Does the architect intend to use consultants for this project and if so, how are they paid? 9. Does the architect carry insurance? 10. What are the policy limits for each type of insurance carried? 11. Will the architect provide proof of insurance should the church decide to hire the firm? 12. When and what was the architects most recent project? 13. When and where was the architects most current project like yours? 14. May the church see examples of the architects previous projects that are similar to your proposed project, including sketches, photos, plans and budgets? 15. Should the church decide to hire their firm, may the church get the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of the clients for these previous similar projects? 16. What services did the architect provide for those church clients during the design, bidding, and construction phases? 17. Who will provide each of these services for the church: the architect, the architects employees, or outside professionals? 18. What was the actual construction cost versus the architects estimated cost for each of these projects, and how do they account for the variance? 19. Who from the firm will the church be directly dealing with? Is it the same person who will be designing the project? If not, who will be designing it and what direct interaction will the church have with this person? 20. What is the proposed mediation process for resolving disputes and will the architect agree to binding arbitration? Proposed Project Questions 1. What are the most significant challenges of the proposed project and how does the architect anticipate dealing with them? 2. How well does the architect understand the churchs goals and constraints? (Ask the architect to reiterate back to you the overall goals, design and budget constraints and evaluate how well they understand them.) 3. How confident is the architect of meeting the churchs proposed schedule? 4. What experience does the architect have translating ministry needs into space requirements? 5. What is the objective process that the architect will use to gather information to help evaluate the needs & goals of the ministry to provide the optimum design solution? 6. What sort of information will the church need to provide, and when? 7. What services does the architect propose to provide during construction? 8. Which of the proposed services are optional? 9. What are the steps, or phases, in the design process and how long should each take? 10. What does the architect show to explain and present the project? (Models, computer 3D models, color renderings, line sketches, etc.) 11. What are the options and price differences for each option? 12. How viable does the architect believe your proposed project is with respect to timeline, budget and land constraints? Fees & Contractual Issues 1. How does the architect establish fees and when will payments be expected? 2. How does the architect tie fee payments to milestones or phases in the scope of work? 3. What are the architectural and engineering fees for each phase of this project? 4. What specific services do the fees cover? 5. How does the architect establish fees for additional services? 6. How does the architect establish fees for reimbursable expenses? 7. What additional costs (e.g. permit, impact and other governmental fees) or services (e.g. time spent obtaining permits and approvals) does the architect anticipate for your project in addition to architectural and engineering fees? 8. If consultants or engineers (civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, geotechnical, testing and inspection, etc.) are necessary, are their fees included in the architects quoted fee or are they separate services? 9. How might the church structure the contract so that the church has the ability to walk away from the agreement at the conclusion of any phase without additional cost or penalty? 10. How does the church insure they own and have the right to use the intellectual property (drawings, research findings, etc.) from each phase if they should decide to terminate their relationship with the architect? 11. What engineering work will the architect sub-contract, will it be sent out for bid and will the church be able to see these bids? 12. What is the architects markup on 3rd party services if they sub-contract out the work? 13. Will the architect provide construction cost estimates for the project? 14. What happens if the architects construction estimates are not in line with construction quotes? 15. Who is liable for the cost of redesign if it is necessary to meet the construction budget? 16. Will there be additional charges for changes required by the building department or other government agency? If so, how are these charges calculated? 17. How are additional charges computed for design changes requested by the church after working drawings are already completed? 18. How are additional charges computed for design changes requested by the contractor? 19. Who is financially responsible for correcting errors and omissions in design and bids? 20. Will the architect provide a fixed price agreement for each phase instead of a percentage based fee? (Fixed price is usually better.) Making the Final Decision Dont go by your feelings, check the references! Call or visit each reference that each architect gives you and ask and evaluate the answers to the following questions: 1. How well did the architect adhere to schedules? 2. How well did the architect live up to the expectation they set during the sales phase? 3. Did the project complete within budget? If not, why not? 4. Were you pleased with the architects services and your working relationship with the architect? (Compare to the architects explanation to the same question) 5. Did the architect listen to your concerns and attempt to resolve them to your satisfaction? 6. Would you hire the architect again? Why or why not? 7. What problems surfaced during the project? 8. What were the architects strong points? 9. What were the architects weak points? 10. What would you do different the next time? 11. Ask each reference about other projects they know the architect was involved with. This will give you some additional references to check. Remember no one will knowingly hand out references that wont give a glowing report. Seeking out other off list references may give you a more balanced viewpoint. Subjective Issues To Evaluate And Consider When Hiring An Architect These are questions that you may not always directly ask, but may evaluate from the responses to other questions and actions. 1. How interested is the architect in your project? 2. How much time and effort has the architect put into winning your business and earning your confidence? 3. How busy is the architect? 4. What do you feel sets this architect apart from the rest? 5. How well does the architect respond to being asked why you should hire them over someone else? 6. How well do your thoughts on why this architect may be the best fit for your church line up with their answer on why you should hire them? 7. How well has the architect performed in bringing projects to completion within the proposed budget on other projects? 8. How well does the architect understand your goals, priorities and constraints? 9. How good of a personality fit do you feel you have with the architect? 10. Does the architect have an all or nothing attitude towards the proposed services, or are they willing to offer services a la carte to help you meet your budget? 11. Are the agreements and pricing for services straightforward and easy to understand? 12. How well has the architect responded to your questions and communications in a timely and accurate fashion? It is recommended you create a form (or several) with all the questions allowing each person on the evaluation team to rank each respondents response on a scale of 1-10. If possible, visit the projects the architect has used as references for their services. This will provide an objective valuation for each applicant that should weigh heavily in the final decision and help eliminate personal feelings and preferences. As you may notice, many of the questions assume you have a good idea of what you want to build, why you need to build and what you can afford. 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By Daniel Wadleigh All industries evolve from the same sequence of events. This includes: Engineering, because the product must be designed; Product, which components interface with which applications; (Beta test) Distribution, how to get that wonderful product out there; (they’re 14 ways) Marketing, how can we help those dealers sell more, or, get the public to buy; Service, what follow-up or soft trades go along with a new profit center. Once a company has defined exactly what it is, management should set goals based upon the amount of business that can be done with existing resources. A two-person operation might be able to sell, install and service two sales per week. Whatever the resources, plan your business goals realistically. Settle on a plan that utilizes 80% of maximum possible business based upon existing resources. Expansion should be delayed until some consistency is reached in sales, lead generation and seasonal adaptability.(Otherwise known as predictability) Plan the market approach according to the ability to generate leads and close sales during peak seasons and carry through in off-seasons. For example, for retailers, January is not usually as good for sales as December; spring and fall are usually better than summer. An important element of goal-setting is making sure that there is a realistic way to reach the goals. This way, the goals will become reality. The old axiom, “Plan your act and then act your plan” is a formula for success. Whether the acquisition of the skills is paid for or rented, the business must be allowed to operate according to a master plan. This plan must include marketing and sales. The key to operation in an orderly manner is discipline. According to Jon Jorgenson, International Marketing Director for Digital, “It’s both discipline that gets you there and discipline that keeps you there.” Too many companies and institutions get fat and waste away from abundance misused. The responsibilities of mature planning and executing are demanding, but fulfilling. Daniel Wadleigh is a nationally published marketing consultant and has programs for start-up and existing businesses including effective web sites, e-mail/database, other non-internet ways to drive them to your website, and low cost ways to get more new customers. Go to: http://www.more-new-customers.com to get free copy of “Marketing to Men vs. Women- the 8 different responses” and a Free copy of “Market Research- 7 Questions to Ask to Start-up and 7 to Ask to Improve Any Business.” Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Daniel_Wadleigh http://EzineArticles.com/?Market-Research-Applied&id=140627 medical debt consolidation jacksonville bad credit used car loan bad credit loan companies unsecured personal loans bad credit

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Trade show organizers have been woefully behind the curve when it comes to exploiting the internets potential for market research. As the Online Expo becomes more and more of an industry presence, it is imperative that show organizers incorporate web-based elements into traditional shows to accommodate exhibitor needs, especially as they pertain to market research. The transition to a more virtual society has creating an expectation of instantaneous, accurate information — an expectation that we need to meet if we are going to survive. Here are five techniques you can use to meet this expectation: - Constantly Gather Information: Market research is not a once-a-year phenemeon. The dynamic nature of the marketplace means that new exhibitors are constantly setting up shop, while other companies that have exhibited with you for years may run into financial difficulty. Use Google or other new-alert programs to e-mail you when any of your exhibitors make news — their prosperity (or lack thereof!) may affect your show. At the same time, monitor news related to your shows location, the demographics related to likely attendees, and other items of interest. Make a commitment to reach out to your exhibitors at least quarterly via your website or targeted e-mails. Invite recipients to participate in a poll, answer a survey, or give feedback. Many will, especially if the poll, survey, or feedback form is quick and easy to navigate. This gives you a steady stream of data throughout the year. - Invite Open Communication: Exhibitors and potential exhibitors should always know how to reach you. An easily navigable website is a must for all businesses, but imperative for show organizers. Consider having direct links to frequently asked questions, easily found contact options, and even live help via e-mail chat for the crunch time just before the show. - Create Discussion Forums: Discussion forums, whether theyre constructed as a bulletin board or group format, offer a great opportunity to invite feedback, ask your exhibitors questions, and brainstorm new show features. Any group should be constructed with an RSS and XML feed so that it can be easily picked up by news aggregators, ensuring the widest possible audience is invited to participate in the discussion. Youll need an employee to monitor the group on a regular basis, which includes filtering out spam and inappropriate messages, but the data gathered will be well worth the result. - Explore Other Communities: Youre in the exhibiting business, but your customers arent. Take the time to visit their internet hangouts — industry specific bulliten boards, discussion groups, and e-mail lists. 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By Fred Davis Did I hear you correctly? You’re just “starting out” in the rewarding (and often exhausting) hobby of gardening? Think you’d like to grow your own vegetables, instead of limiting your choices to that natural-looking, neatly-arranged assortment of mostly foreign grown produce in the supermarket? Are you concerned that, in all likelihood, most supermarket vegetable offerings may contain substances (additives, pesticides, and other chemicals used in their production) over which you have absolutely no control, and that you’d prefer not to serve to your family? Then you’re among a growing number of consumers with a yearning to take control over the quality and content of at least some of the food consumed, and have made a firm decision to grow their own. Below are some helpful tips for the health-conscious neophyte veggie gardener. . .tips not cast in stone, but ones that will improve your chances of success and satisfaction. First, your new garden’s location. Most vegetables grow and mature best in full, uninterrupted sunlight. You’ve probably noticed that the big, profitable market-growers don’t have too many trees in and around their production fields. Eight to ten mid-summer hours is preferable, but that may be a bit difficult for many home-gardeners. Try for an absolute minimum of six full hours of direct sunshine during the brightest part of the day. Save the shady spot in your yard for the hammock. For the beginning vegetable grower, 650 to 1,000 square feet of space is manageable. Be careful not to bite off more than you can comfortably chew! If you find you need more space, you can always expand the following year. If your new garden space is currently lawn or weeds, here’s a word or two of caution: tilled into the soil, crabgrass, Bermuda grass, dandelions, and many other aggressive weed species will re-grow from the tiniest fragment and quickly return to haunt any gardener. Take the time to remove all weeds — leaf, stem and root — before starting the garden. Most experts correctly recommend that you “peel” off the top two or three inches of turf before you begin preparing the soil to receive valuable seeds or transplants. And you should know that rototilling a patch of lawn is probably the most common and tragic mistake made by overly-enthusiastic novice gardeners. Soil preparation is next. Don’t begin until the ground is drained well enough that a handful of soil squeezed into a lump breaks apart when dropped from about chin-high. Resist the temptation to disturb soil that’s gooey and sticks together. I’ve always preferred to prepare a new garden soil with a spade. . .and I like to drive that spade completely to the “hilt” and turn my soil upside-down — literally. That’s ten to twelve inches deep. Homeowner-size rototillers rarely have the ability to cultivate any deeper than four to six inches. Not enough! Having said that, Ive never been a fan or proponent of double-digging to the oft-proclaimed depth of 16 to 24 inches. Realistically, root systems of the overwhelming majority of common vegetables perform admirably in improved soils cultivated to a depth of a foot or so. Exhausting — and frequently discouraging — double-digging is not for me! Soil that’s been lawn or field weeds, and hasn’t been cultivated for several years, is probably dirt-poor, so to speak. As you turn your new food-growing plot upside-down, mix in organic material such as compost or sterilized cow or horse manure to make it rich, deep and loamy. Three or four inches worked in deeply would be great! Peat moss can be used to break up heavy clay soils but should not be relied upon to add nutrition or beneficial biology to your soil. Peat moss is quite literally nutritionally and biologically dead and adds nothing of any lasting benefit to the soil. Now’s the time for a soil test. A mailer and complete instructions are available at your local Cooperative Extension Service office. Cost for a test is in the range of about $12. . .good insurance for improving your chances of success right from the start! While at the Extension, ask about their selection of very helpful publications to help you get off on the right foot. Most are free. Select your seeds, sets, transplants, and roots carefully and, based on your preferences, availability and quality. At nurseries or garden centers, never settle for tall, spindly vegetable transplants that are root bound, or appear to have been neglected in their tiny containers, or ones that have already begun to bloom or have set fruit. Those are “dead-end” — and the furthest thing from a bargain. Make your purchases early enough in the season to ensure strong, stocky plants that have a solid, healthy appearance and color. Reject any transplants that have excessively curled leaves, and those showing signs of nutritional deficiency (bronzing or yellowing of lower leaves, for example). And never accept young veggie plants from displays infested with aphids or small, winged, “gnats” or moths. Most nurseries and garden centers will carry one or more lines of acceptable quality packaged seeds. Personally, I get my seeds from well-known and reliable local sources when possible, and I always stay away from the bargain racks at markets and those high-volume, high-traffic big-box stores. I like my seed fresh, and I take comfort in the assurance of optimal, carefully controlled storage conditions. Johnnys Selected Seeds of Winslow, Maine (http://www.johnnyseeds.com) is, in my opinion, a good place to start. Fertilizer is, of course, an important consideration. I prefer to avoid use of bagged, granular, non-natural mixtures for use in soil intended for producing my food. Yes, you can use the recommended 10-10-10 (a “balanced” commercial plant food), but for me, the jury is still out on the long-term health consequences of non-natural fertilizers and plant food. In my mind, a safer choice would be an organic mixture of naturally-occurring plant nutritional elements available at most large farm-’n-gardens and garden centers. Always follow directions printed on the package and the recommendations included in the results of your soil test. You’ll have a better grasp of just how much fertilizer and lime to apply once you have those results in-hand. Get the recommended fertilizer and any other suggested amendments thoroughly tilled-in a few days before you actually sow your seeds or plunk in your transplants. There is actually more to achieving real success in the home vegetable patch. But now you have a basis from which to begin. You might like to read an 8-part series on vegetable gardening beginning at http://www.HillGardens.com/veggie-1.htm. So, as soon as spring arrives, off you go! Enjoy your new garden — and keep a stiff upper lip, a smile on your face and a song in your heart! One final thought: don’t be afraid to ask questions. A successful neighborhood gardener is a tremendous resource. So also is the local library. And your state’s Cooperative Extension Service can put you in touch with a Master Gardener or two for some first-rate and accurate local gardening assistance. While you’re at it, why not consider becoming a Master Gardener yourself? The Extension offers courses; the price is right; times are convenient; instruction is by top-notch professionals; and then you’ll be the expert — and successful! Hey!…what’s wrong with that? Fred Davis is a Master Gardener, Master Composter, correspondent, lecturer, owner/operator of a popular 18-year-old perennial nursery in south-central Maine, and author of “Keys To The Garden Gate…Saying Some Things That Need To Be Said.” He and Linda, his wife of 44 years, reside in Palermo, Maine and may be contacted by visiting http://www.HillGardens.com Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Fred_Davis http://EzineArticles.com/?The-First-Time-Vegetable-Gardener—-Some-Pathways-to-Success&id=71819 ambien pharmacology info on zolpidem urine secretion better sleeping pills other than ambien ambien side effects neck pain

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