What plans must a Best In Class Education Center franchisee's approved architect prepare?
Best_In_Class_Education_Center Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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- 7.3. Center Design. The Manual includes our standards and specifications for the design, layout, equipping and trade dress for a Center. After we approve your site, you must send us complete and detailed dimensions and specifications of the leased space. After receipt of this information, we will prepare and send you two (2) alternative Site Drawings for your consideration. You select the Site Drawing you prefer. If you request additional Site Drawings (or revisions to any Site Drawing previously submitted to you) we may charge you $300 for each additional or revised Site Drawing we provide. Our Site Drawings are not intended to be used as construction plans and have not been prepared to ensure compliance with any applicable Laws, lease restrictions or landlord requirements. You must hire a licensed and bonded architect that you propose and we approve. To ensure uniformity and consistency of design, we may require you to hire an architect we designate. Your approved architect must prepare the initial set of design plans for your Center. We must approve your initial design plans to ensure they are consistent with our system standards and the Site Drawing prepared by us and selected by you. After we approve the preliminary design plans, your architect must prepare detailed construction plans that: (a) are consistent with the approved preliminary design plans; (b) satisfy all required standards and specifications in the Manual; and (c) comply with all Laws (including, without limitation, the Americans with Disabilities Act), buildin
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPT (FDD pages 47–204)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Best In Class Education Center FDD, after the franchisee selects a site drawing provided by the franchisor, the franchisee must hire a licensed and bonded architect, approved by Best In Class Education Center, to prepare an initial set of design plans for the center. These initial design plans must align with Best In Class Education Center's system standards and the selected site drawing.
After Best In Class Education Center approves the preliminary design plans, the architect must then prepare detailed construction plans. These construction plans must be consistent with the approved preliminary design plans, satisfy all standards and specifications outlined in the Best In Class Education Center manual, and comply with all applicable laws, building codes, permits, lease restrictions, and landlord requirements, including the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Finally, the franchisee must submit these final construction plans to Best In Class Education Center for approval. However, Best In Class Education Center's review is limited to verifying that the construction plans are consistent with their system standards. After Best In Class Education Center approves the construction plans, the franchisee is responsible for constructing and equipping the premises at their own expense, according to the approved plans and the specifications in the manual.