Who is responsible for supervising the design, construction, and development of a Big Blue Swim School?
Big_Blue_Swim_School Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
You will develop the School at your expense. You or the vendors you select will supervise or oversee the School's design, construction, and development. You must pay all fees due to all service providers and vendors. We will provide you with a selection of designated and approved vendors. You may select among those vendors or hire your own, depending on whether the vendor is designated or approved.
The School's design, construction, and development will follow our guidelines and mandatory specifications and layouts for a BIG BLUE Swim School (collectively, "Plans"), including requirements for dimensions, design, interior layout, improvements, color scheme, décor, finishes, signage, and Operating Assets. You should work with your general contractor and architect, who will exercise reasonable efforts to ensure that the Plans reflect the requirements of any federal, state, or local laws, codes, ordinances, or regulations, including those arising under the Americans with Disabilities Act, and any Lease requirements or restrictions. You must inform us of any changes to the School's specifications that you believe are necessary to comply with applicable laws and lease requirements and restrictions. Your third-party vendor will adapt the Plans for the School. We own the Plans.
The School must contain all Operating Assets, and only those Operating Assets, we specify or pre-approve. You must place or display at the School (interior and exterior), according to our guidelines, only the signs, emblems, lettering, logos, and display materials we approve from time to time.
Source: Item 8 — RESTRICTIONS ON SOURCES OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES (FDD pages 29–34)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Big Blue Swim School's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the franchisee is ultimately responsible for supervising the design, construction, and development of their school. While Big Blue Swim School provides franchisees with a selection of designated and approved vendors, the franchisee has the option to select from these vendors or hire their own, depending on whether the vendor is designated or approved. The franchisee is also responsible for paying all fees due to service providers and vendors involved in the school's development.
Big Blue Swim School provides franchisees with specific guidelines and mandatory specifications and layouts, referred to as "Plans," that must be followed during the school's design and construction. These Plans include requirements for dimensions, design, interior layout, improvements, color scheme, décor, finishes, signage, and Operating Assets. Franchisees are expected to work with their general contractor and architect to ensure that the Plans comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes, ordinances, and regulations, including those arising under the Americans with Disabilities Act, as well as any lease requirements or restrictions.
It is the franchisee's responsibility to inform Big Blue Swim School of any changes to the school's specifications that they believe are necessary to comply with applicable laws and lease requirements and restrictions. The franchisee's third-party vendor will adapt the Plans for the school, but Big Blue Swim School retains ownership of the Plans. The school must contain all Operating Assets specified or pre-approved by Big Blue Swim School, and only those Operating Assets. Franchisees must also ensure that all signs, emblems, lettering, logos, and display materials used at the school are approved by Big Blue Swim School and displayed according to their guidelines.