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If you are interested in childcare design, please visit our Childcare Design blog.
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How to Develop Real Estate
Intro How Do I Develop My Own Property? When I think about all the books on real estate and property development, I realize that many of you are still looking for approaches that are grounded in practical steps and chronological tasks – methods that truly work. ...
Designing Your School: How to Pick the Best Architect
Intro How to Pick the Best ArchitectMany school programs need at some point for new construction, whether it is the simple addition to an existing classroom wing or a brand-new facility from the ground up. Directors of schools most often have limited experience with...
Choosing the Right Property for Your Commercial Building
Intro Location, Location, Location! You've heard it a thousand times. Location, location, location can help determine whether your business is successful or just breaks even. Finding a commercial property you want and can afford is a definite factor in determining...
Keeping Hands Clean
Intro How to Keep Hands Clean in a Public Restroom As a self-professed germ-a-phobe, I have always been careful in public areas and am always looking for ways to limit my exposure to germs. Travelling for work every month, in and out of multiple cities and...
Cost Comparison: Spray vs. Batt Insulation
Intro A Cost ComparisonWhich costs more; spray insulation or batt insulation? Spray insulation costs $22,500 to install. Batt insulation costs $9,000 to install. But when you compare ALL of the costs, spray insulation is actually cheaper. So what is Spray insulation?...
Goal Setting Dare to Dream
Intro Construction Secrets Our series of online real estate development courses, REAL ESTATE: DECIDING FASTER BUILDING DESIGN: SMARTER CHOICES CONSTRUCTION: INSIDER SECRETS will be opening for registration at www.SaveOnBuilding.com soon and we are excited to offer...
Tackle That Wait List
Intro Grow Your SchoolYou’ve been open for business for a few years now, and are really on a roll. Now your wait list is growing and it’s a shame you have to turn customers away. If that’s the case, now might be the just the perfect time for you to add on to your...
Rustic Style Indoor Pool
Intro Sure, We Can do That! You want us to make an indoor swimming pool look like a barn? Sure, we can do that! The rustic charm of an aged building is the inspiration for our newest Aquatic Center design that will be located in a rural horse farm environment. As...
State by State Guide to Child Care Licensing
Intro Every State Has it's Own LawsEvery state has it’s own nuances when it comes to laws and regulations, and child care licensing is no exception. Child care regulations and licensing procedures are governed and monitored by each individual state to meet that...
The Agile Architect
Intro How We've Increased Our Agility How we've become agile architects. Agile is a buzzword used in project management and software development to describe a flexible team. “The Agile Method is a particular approach to project management that is utilized in software...
School Design: Modern, Welcoming, and Secure
Intro Gone are the Days of Sacrificing SecurityGone are the days of sacrificing building security for a modern aesthetic or sacrificing a warm and welcoming environment in order to have a contemporary style that will appeal to your community. These characteristics...
Seasonal Building Maintenance
Intro This is the year we're building a childcare center..This was the mantra that Karen and Jeff told themselves as a New Year’s resolution. Karen had been successfully running an in-home childcare center for the past five years. Her parents loved her services so...
Simple Ways to Conserve Energy
Intro Building Design Can Conserve EnergyBeginning with the energy crisis of the 1970's, designers have been designing for energy conservation. Since then, “green” design has meant finding ways to conserve building energy using less water, avoiding waste, and creating...
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