Before we begin any design effort, we meet
with the projects stakeholders to determine
the critical needs and important features
that their project requires. We make a
conscious effort to begin determining what
the facility will look like only after we
understand what is important to our client.
We call this Project Programming; and it
results in a written document outlining what
is important to the people who will be using
the facility. This document guides all of
our efforts during the various design
phases. As questions arise, they are tested
against the program and differences are
reviewed with the owner.
This approach has resulted in designs that
have been awarded the Food Engineering
Magazine's Food Plant of the Year Awards for
1997 (Hudson Foods, Robards, KY) and for
2002 (Future Beef, Arkansas City, KS). We
use this interactive approach as a first
step in our design process because the
founders of VCP&A and many of our key
associates come from industry and know that
the success of any project is jeopardized if
the purpose and function of the facility is
not clearly understood and stated before the
design process begins. |
