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How to Find Designers, |
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The best place to start looking for professional assistance with your project is with your peers. Take every opportunity to ask for recommendations. |
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Professional help for your project comes in many shapes and
sizes. You might find a management consultant who will subcontract design and
construction. In other cases, some cabinetry and optical display suppliers
offer office design as part of their package. Office designers sometimes
specialize in interior only. Some are linked with contractors. And other
designers offer pre-design planning, exterior and/or interior design, project
liaison and marketing.
Ask independent practice management consultants for office design
recommendations. Good consultants see a variety of projects around the country
and can have excellent unbiased information.
Visit practices that have completed expansion projects. You will have an outstanding
opportunity to look for new ideas, interview staff and doctors about the
process as well as the outcome. Be sure to ask the tough questions about
working with the group they chose, and the results in terms of practice growth
and return on investment.
We recommend that in addition to talking to your peers, talk to two or three
different design groups. It is important to have good communication with the
designer and therefore a genuine comfort with the group that will have such an
impact on your future well-being.