DEALERSHIP DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION …
OUR TWO CENTS
Don’t Forget the Back of House Staff While Planning Your Next Facility Project
When planning a new dealership or renovating an existing one, it’s easy to get caught up in the showroom aesthetics, customer lounges, and management offices. After all, that’s where the customer experience begins, right? While its paramount to consider the customer experience, don’t forget the back of house staff while planning your next facility project.
Managing the Design and Construction of your facility – what’s a Dealer to do?
Maybe you’re embarking on a significant physical renovation to an existing dealership. Maybe you’ve decided it’s time for a brand new, ground up facility. You know three things for sure. Someone’s going to need to design it, someone’s going to need to build it, and there’s only so much in the budget to get it done. Managing the Design and Construction of your facility – what’s a dealer to do?
Modular Office Space Is Today’s Answer to Where to Move Your Staff
Pretty much every construction or renovation project we are involved with results in the displacement of employees. Maybe it’s just a few days for some repairs or building maintenance like new paint or flooring. While inconvenient, it can usually be accommodated...
The Owner’s Representative Plays a Crucial Role in Your Project
The owner’s representative plays a crucial role in your project. They help to ensure the successful planning, execution, and completion of a design and construction project. This allows the owner to focus on their core business while having confidence that their interests are being represented and protected, and the project moves in a timely manner to completion.
High Speed Doors are Worth the Investment
Whenever we embark on a service drive or workshop project, one of the topics we are sure to discuss are the shop doors. While they are important to the security and climate of the building, they also manage the flow of vehicles in and out.
The Myth of Good Fast and Cheap – You Can’t Have it All
It seems like almost every project we embark on, the client says, “How quickly can we get it done?” or “I want the best possible price!” So, we thought it was time to address the myth of good, fast, and cheap – you can’t have it all.
The Devil is in The Details
We all know the phrase, “The Devil is in the Details”. When it comes construction projects these words couldn’t be more true. We all get excited to walk into a brand new or renovated facility. It is easy to be caught up in the fresh new look, updated lighting, new furniture and shiny tile flooring. In reality it’s the details that truly matter. It’s what you see when you start to take a closer look down in the corners. That speaks to the true quality of workmanship, and feeling that you’ve received good value for every project dollar spent.
5 Challenges for EV Infrastructure Implementation
It seems it’s a de facto part of almost every project discussion these days. We are on calls with an automotive brand, and they are talking about their EV strategy. Brands stating that they will not build anymore internal combustion engines (ICE) after a certain model...
Five mistakes owners make when building or renovating their facility
We've heard the stories time and again of dealer principals who have been burned on previous projects or who are frustrated as their current projects timeline and budget spiral over plan. Most of the time its due to five mistakes owners make when building or...
Washing a Customer’s Car is Like a Cup Coffee
Washing a customer’s car is nothing new. That said, automated car washing technology has come a long way since this early photo was taken. Modern systems can scan the vehicle and adjust brushes to maximize clean with minimum pressure.
Merchandising in Your Showroom is More than just Balloons
Balloons may look fun and pretty, but really only serve to distract customers from the cars on display in the showroom. Make the cars the stars. Use them to create that desire to be inside them driving them. Its not as hard as you might think.I’ve often walked into a...
The service drive is your customer’s first impression. Again and again.
The Service Drive at Vero Beach Toyota in Vero Beach, FL – clean, bright, welcoming, and with a big, bold, exciting graphic. Each arriving customer drives their car through the Hunter Quick Check Drive. This gives both the customer and the service advisor a condition...
Top 5 Trends in Technology that your dealership should consider.
Desk phones are now a technology of the past. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology allows phone calls to be routed through desktop computers and even forwarded to cell phones.The desk phone is dead. Have you ever added up what you’re spending on your phone...
Exterior Dealership Maintenance – the Silver Lining of These Times
Years of harsh sun and tropical rain have left this façade in need of a good cleaningIt’s no secret, dealership inventories have never been lower. Every dealership is feeling it. But there’s a silver lining. This is the perfect time to tackle all those long...
Putting a Café in Your Dealership is Easier than You Think.
Panama City Toyota’s Café FJ – This custom-built Toyota Landcruiser themed café offers a full service hot and cold coffee bar with an espresso machine, coffee brewers and a nitro cold brew tap. The food offerings included freshly made sandwiches, wraps, salads, and...