Appointing an Architect - Tip #2

Choose an Architect with a Customer Service record... Your Architect should know, understand and most importantly inform you that construction projects can be testing for everyone involved. A truly Professional Service which is tried and tested will recognise that good communications between the whole design team and the client ensures the realisation of your vision. Choose an Architect who operates on a full communication policy who will call, email or write a letter in order to keep you and the project team informed.

Get an ActionCOACH

I have just completed another 90 Day planning seminar thanks to my Business Coach, Iain McKillop. An actionCOACH is a simply a Coach who assists me in running the business ie he assists me in reaching targets and makes me accountable and responsible for achieving the goals that I set for the business.

I will be working on the 90 day goals over the coming week and will happily post these on the blog. If anyone is interested in Business Coaching please feel free to contact me.

I was asked the question 'When can I stop Coaching?' The honest answer is never! I stoppped coaching about a year ago and that was after a 3.5 year coaching period. I stopped because I had reached my goals but I soon found that my business was going backwards or atleast I wasn't setting new goals.

I am now back on track.

Hello from Clare

Hi, I'm Clare Malcolm, part of the new media team at Block Architects. I just wanted to say a quick hello, I will be submitting posts to the blog on a whole range of subjects, these might be related to Block Architects, architecture in general or, just things I think may be of interest to the readers.

A good blog depends on engagement with the readers so we will value your feedback and comments on anything you post in the future so, please feel free to take part in the blog whenever you feel like it.

I'll be back posting soon,

Clare.

Welcome to the Block Blog!

Hello, I'm Kenneth Martin, owner of Block Architects and one of the contributors to this blog.

Social media is very much part of our day-to-day life and, as a progressive architectural practice, we want to keep you informed using the best means possible. We already have a Twitter feed where you can get short update messages but the blog will have more detailed information about the practice, the clients, industry news, our staff and other relevant and interesting stories.

We are also keen to let you know about more about the personalities at Block Architects; you know what they say about all work and no play! So, we will be including some posts about what we get up to on a personal front and, we would love to hear back from some of the people who read the blog.

Please subscribe to the blog and ask your friends and colleagues to do the same, we want to build a useful resource that encourages people to engage with us on a full range of topical issues.

Thank you for your time so far, I hope you enjoy the blog in the future.

Regards

Kenneth