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Will You Add? - Desperate Architects: Want to Know a Secret About Architectural Drafting?
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The work flew and Mike completed it before schedule. The customers were so happy that they promised Mike the design of the County Hospital as soon as the funding was in place.
Mike's firm now thrives on its outsourcing expertise. Also, Mike's getting known as “the county building specialist.” The smell of roses is all over his office.
So be seized of the secret: “Give yo
A factor is basically a financial institution that purchases accounts receivable from businesses. The factor normally bears the credit risks associated with the accounts receivable purchased by it. There are about twenty firms in the United States engaged solely in factoring. These firms raise their operating funds by issue of equity and debt capital.The factoring agreement governs the relationship between the factor and the business whose accounts rec
This time last year, the revenues of his practice were shrinking at an alarming 15% annual rate… he was trying everything in the book to pull those revenues out of tailspin, primary of which was outsourcing most of his CAD drafting offshore. That exercise failed miserably, and he couldn’t even start to figure out why.
He had been very diligent in selecting the service provider (who was based in India)… got custom samples done, and ramped up slowly to midsize assignments, to the point where the service provider successfully drafted a 120,000 square-foot, mixed-use project in Miami…
Bertie Spalding, Mike's Project Manager for the Miami job, was impressed with their work. He decided to move the service provider even further up the ladder of design complexity.
Mike had just been awarded the design of a 1,250-room luxury hotel in a major metropolis. He decided to ask the service provider to draft the lobby, restaurants and service areas. He put Henry Kluger, one of his middle-level architects, in charge of the outsourcing activity.
But the service provider kept doing it wrong; they couldn’t keep up with the schedules and Mike missed several important deadlines with the customer. He ended up hiring 18 temporary draftsmen at $40 an hour to finish the schematic drawings inhouse.
This set the project back by a whole month. The customer, justifiably angered, withdrew the design contract from Mike's firm, moved to one of their competitors and left Mike in a hole $32,000 deep.
Mike was surfing the net around that time looking for tips on refinancing his house when he saw an article on outsourcing CAD. “Give the service provider good tech support or perish”, it said. Hmmm… Mike thought he had given that support, but in any case decided he would ask the service provider their feedback.
The results were shocking… Henry Kluger had not responded to their questions in time and on some occasions not at all. The service provider had navigated a storm without instruments. “Give us good support and we can do anything,” they said.
Mike decided to give the service provider another chance. This time it was the County Civic Center, half a million square feet downtown. Mike asked the service provider to draft the atrium, the shopping mall and the auditorium. Bertie Spalding coordinated from Mike's end and Mike carefully watched over the communication with the service provider.
Bertie answered each of their questions in detail and on the same day. He talked to the service provider on the phone several of times a week. The service provider used collaboration software to show Bertie its monitor screens in real time. Mike's software technician took care of the mechanics of uploading and downloading.
The work flew and Mike completed it before schedule. The customers were so happy that they promised Mike the design of the County Hospital as soon as the funding was in place.
Mike's firm now thrives on its outsourcing expertise. Also, Mike's getting known as “the county building specialist.” The smell of roses is all over his office.
So be seized of the secret: “Give you
Recently a Think Tank questioned the steel used in the giant Chinese Dam Project. The massive project is clearly the largest in the World and a bold step for China. Yet some feel too many corners were cut and not enough new technologies were used, they are even questioning the quality of the steel inside the dam, type of concrete mix used and the over all strength in case of an Earthquake. Although the area or region is not known for Earthquakes it sure as heck
Bertie Spalding, Mike's Project Manager for the Miami job, was impressed with their work. He decided to move the service provider even further up the ladder of design complexity.
Mike had just been awarded the design of a 1,250-room luxury hotel in a major metropolis. He decided to ask the service provider to draft the lobby, restaurants and service areas. He put Henry Kluger, one of his middle-level architects, in charge of the outsourcing activity.
But the service provider kept doing it wrong; they couldn’t keep up with the schedules and Mike missed several important deadlines with the customer. He ended up hiring 18 temporary draftsmen at $40 an hour to finish the schematic drawings inhouse.
This set the project back by a whole month. The customer, justifiably angered, withdrew the design contract from Mike's firm, moved to one of their competitors and left Mike in a hole $32,000 deep.
Mike was surfing the net around that time looking for tips on refinancing his house when he saw an article on outsourcing CAD. “Give the service provider good tech support or perish”, it said. Hmmm… Mike thought he had given that support, but in any case decided he would ask the service provider their feedback.
The results were shocking… Henry Kluger had not responded to their questions in time and on some occasions not at all. The service provider had navigated a storm without instruments. “Give us good support and we can do anything,” they said.
Mike decided to give the service provider another chance. This time it was the County Civic Center, half a million square feet downtown. Mike asked the service provider to draft the atrium, the shopping mall and the auditorium. Bertie Spalding coordinated from Mike's end and Mike carefully watched over the communication with the service provider.
Bertie answered each of their questions in detail and on the same day. He talked to the service provider on the phone several of times a week. The service provider used collaboration software to show Bertie its monitor screens in real time. Mike's software technician took care of the mechanics of uploading and downloading.
The work flew and Mike completed it before schedule. The customers were so happy that they promised Mike the design of the County Hospital as soon as the funding was in place.
Mike's firm now thrives on its outsourcing expertise. Also, Mike's getting known as “the county building specialist.” The smell of roses is all over his office.
So be seized of the secret: “Give yo
Interestingly enough the majority of people who ask me whether their sales letter is too long have missed the boat somewhat.You see, their mind is focused on the length of their sales letter rather than the job the sales letter has to do, and when they do that it is impossible to write in a manner that will convince the reader to take action and buy their product.No, your main focus when writing a sales letter must be on the job it has to do and t
This set the project back by a whole month. The customer, justifiably angered, withdrew the design contract from Mike's firm, moved to one of their competitors and left Mike in a hole $32,000 deep.
Mike was surfing the net around that time looking for tips on refinancing his house when he saw an article on outsourcing CAD. “Give the service provider good tech support or perish”, it said. Hmmm… Mike thought he had given that support, but in any case decided he would ask the service provider their feedback.
The results were shocking… Henry Kluger had not responded to their questions in time and on some occasions not at all. The service provider had navigated a storm without instruments. “Give us good support and we can do anything,” they said.
Mike decided to give the service provider another chance. This time it was the County Civic Center, half a million square feet downtown. Mike asked the service provider to draft the atrium, the shopping mall and the auditorium. Bertie Spalding coordinated from Mike's end and Mike carefully watched over the communication with the service provider.
Bertie answered each of their questions in detail and on the same day. He talked to the service provider on the phone several of times a week. The service provider used collaboration software to show Bertie its monitor screens in real time. Mike's software technician took care of the mechanics of uploading and downloading.
The work flew and Mike completed it before schedule. The customers were so happy that they promised Mike the design of the County Hospital as soon as the funding was in place.
Mike's firm now thrives on its outsourcing expertise. Also, Mike's getting known as “the county building specialist.” The smell of roses is all over his office.
So be seized of the secret: “Give yo
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The results were shocking… Henry Kluger had not responded to their questions in time and on some occasions not at all. The service provider had navigated a storm without instruments. “Give us good support and we can do anything,” they said.
Mike decided to give the service provider another chance. This time it was the County Civic Center, half a million square feet downtown. Mike asked the service provider to draft the atrium, the shopping mall and the auditorium. Bertie Spalding coordinated from Mike's end and Mike carefully watched over the communication with the service provider.
Bertie answered each of their questions in detail and on the same day. He talked to the service provider on the phone several of times a week. The service provider used collaboration software to show Bertie its monitor screens in real time. Mike's software technician took care of the mechanics of uploading and downloading.
The work flew and Mike completed it before schedule. The customers were so happy that they promised Mike the design of the County Hospital as soon as the funding was in place.
Mike's firm now thrives on its outsourcing expertise. Also, Mike's getting known as “the county building specialist.” The smell of roses is all over his office.
So be seized of the secret: “Give yo
When it comes to writing brochures for medical products and services, many companies get non-writers involved in the process for the sake of their expertise. Brochures are very costly products for companies: it takes a lot of time, effort, talent, and energy (not to mention money) to produce a decent brochure. But all too often, the end product falls flat. Even worse, the participants in the brochure creation process are at a loss to explain the results. Custom
The work flew and Mike completed it before schedule. The customers were so happy that they promised Mike the design of the County Hospital as soon as the funding was in place.
Mike's firm now thrives on its outsourcing expertise. Also, Mike's getting known as “the county building specialist.” The smell of roses is all over his office.
So be seized of the secret: “Give your architectural drafting service provider good tech support and good communication if you want the relationship to stay meaningful and effective”.
Good luck and have a blast!
(This story is based on a true incident; names have been changed to protect the privacy of people and firms as well as the confidentiality of projects.)
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