Back in the day when I was designing buildings instead of managing projects, I really enjoyed the task of getting light into the building. Most of the time this was just a form of decoration. But when i could make it more integral to the design, that was especially gratifying.

I found a number of ways to make windows more than just a 'punched' opening - although there was plenty of that, too. Here are some examples to show what I mean.

I am a fan of a marketing tactic that you probably could use. Surveys. I have mentioned this before. Here is the link. 

There are things that you can learn from a survey that just aren't available as quickly or cheaply. Things that are valuable. Here are some things that you can accomplish with a survey.

• Asking for help is a well-recognized way of building rapport.
• Learning what is important to your prospects so that you can promote or develop expertise in that area.
• Finding out how your clients perceive your service.
• Learning what is important to your prospects so that you can focus on helping them in those areas.

... and, it is easy to do.
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I have always been interested in the 'process' of architecture. Early on, any path I took felt like I was getting somewhere, but sometimes I was and sometimes I wan't.  Once I was convinced that the solution to a small school admin office was designing the building from the front door inwards. Two days later with nothing to show for my effort except my boss's observation:

"What in the hell are you doing?"

I guess this wasn't a path that produced useful results. 

I continued to be on the lookout for "the Way".

Nearly twenty years later I stumbled upon a magazine article describing when types of design decisions should be made in the design process to minimize re-work.

Finally, a clue!
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​When I published Feecalqs a while back, I failed to place the emphasis on the fact that Feecalqs is four linked electronic spreadsheets. This is important because the effort that it takes to arrive at a realistic fee for any project takes just a few minutes with a digital method of calculating fees. You already know the information that you need to enter, so it takes no time at all.

One of the four spreadsheet that you don't even have to look at is the Fee Tables. There are five tables representing the five Building Groups. These Building Groups arrange the different types of buildings into groups based on the difficulty of designing them. This Building Groups post shows the listing that I assembled from various sources.

​Here's what the fee tables look like and how they work...
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