Jill Baumgartner

Hands-on all-day workshop on Modeling Residential Sites with Slope in Google SketchUp (for intermediate/advanced users) in San Francisco Feb. 20th, 2010

tal_sketchup.pdf

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Chris-
I know exactly what mean. It would be almost impossible to be a true advocate for the client if you were being paid a sales commission from the contractor. The commission I was referring to is more like maybe a “finders fee”, if you will. I run across all sorts of projects and not all of them are appropriate for a designer. So I refer the…[Read more]

Chirs,
Here in Texas we are not required to be licensed for landscape contracting. Sometimes I wish we were because every guy that has lost his job in the last few months has become a landscaper/maintenace contractor. I am sometimes bidding against people that are brand new in the business.
I am working with several Landscape Architects like…[Read more]

Hey Chris,
We are in Phoenix, and we do mainly design and subcontract the work out on high end residential designs. I believe we are the main contractor, and the work is divided accordingly.

Chris,
I operated a design/build company for 25 years where most of the work we did in-house with some sub-contracting on the specialized features. I now work by myself designing and then managing the projects. I have a network of contractors that work on these projects. I have a design fee and then negotiate a management fee with the…[Read more]

Elif-

I have learned that high-level or not, clients don’t read a lot of text. They’re swayed by images, sketches, pretty colors, and your passion. If you say Mondrian, show them what/who that is so they don’t have to ask. Have images that clearly delineate the connection between a Mondrian piece and your design (for example). If you communicate…[Read more]

Chris-
My advice:
If you love design, find a couple of good contractors you can send work to on a regular basis. They will (or should) pay you a commission or referal fee for the work you refer to them. They will in turn send you work, some of which they will pay you for directly. Probably a little at first, then more as your relationship builds.…[Read more]

Hey Chris,
My principal here in AZ is a licensed contractor. It’s pretty involved here, but definitely opens up many opportunities…

Nah, he isn’t leaving. Maronek just overthrew Dr. Leider’s position as department head. I asked the same question to Dr. Maronek when I ran into him one day.

Is it really true that Leider is leaving?

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Any luck on venue yet?

Really! Thats cool jobs here though are scarce in our industry but should pick up hopefully by the time “I” graduate lol. But its a cool city I love it here!

it better be!!! i want to move to vegas and work there!!!

Thats exactly what we are doing on the first day there are going to be varios sessions around las vegas so instead of being stuck in a classroom all day you are going to get the chance to see that Vegas you don’t know and at night you’ll see the Vegas that you hear about. I am so excited about this…spread the word this is going to be the best labash ever

What i really liked about the louisiana’s labash is how they showed us around the city. i know that las vegas is going to be nuts! but the first thing i thought about when i heard that las vegas was going to be hosting the LaBash was how can they make it the best thing ever without being a cliche? i loved how everyone was together at least twice a…[Read more]

haha we’ll definitly try. What did you really like about louisiana’s labash?

i can’t wait. i went to LaBash in louisiana!! it was the best! i hope you guys can top it