What is the process for Basecamp Fitness to designate an architect?
Basecamp_Fitness Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
and permit requirements without any alterations; (vi) obtain all customary contractors' sworn statements and partial and final waivers; and (vii) obtain all necessary permits, licenses and architectural seals and comply with applicable legal requirements relating to the building, signs, equipment and premises, including, but not limited to, the Americans With Disabilities Act.
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- If you do not use our designated architectural vendor to create your Construction Documents, you must pay our then-current fee to review and approve your Construction Documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if this is your first Basecamp Studio, we may require you to obtain your Construction Documents from our designated architectural vendor.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD pages 61–62)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Basecamp Fitness's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees may be required to use an architect designated by Basecamp Fitness to create construction documents. Specifically, if it is the franchisee's first Basecamp Studio, Basecamp Fitness may require the franchisee to obtain construction documents from their designated architectural vendor.
If franchisees do not use Basecamp Fitness's designated architectural vendor to create construction documents, they must pay Basecamp Fitness a fee to review and approve the construction documents. The FDD states that this fee is currently $2,700. The vendor the franchisee uses must also meet any standards and specifications required by Basecamp Fitness.
Before construction can begin, franchisees must receive written consent from Basecamp Fitness for the Basecamp Studio design. Franchisees must also supply accurate site information to Basecamp Fitness to allow them to create a Compliance Drawing. This information includes as-built drawings, surveys, technical data, construction documents, and site plans. Franchisees must also use only approved building materials, equipment, fixtures, furniture, and signs during construction.