What is required for a site to be considered approved by Engineering For Kids?
Engineering_For_Kids Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
s for an EFK Center Location.
- 2.2 We will give you the degree of site selection counseling and assistance that we think is necessary.
- 2.3 You must notify us of the proposed site and submit a site review report, including photographs, demographic information, and other information that we may require. We will have thirty (30) days after receipt of all required information and materials from you to approve or disapprove the proposed site as the location for your EFK Center Location. We may, but are not obligated to, conduct on site evaluation of any proposed sites, and we will not perform any on-site review until we receive a completed site approval form for such site. If we conduct any on site evaluation(s), you must reimburse us for our reasonable costs of travel, lodging, wages, and meals, but not less than $500. A site is not approved unless you have received our approval in writing.
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- Lease Responsibilities: If you will obtain the right to occupy the EFK Center Location under a lease, you must deliver a copy of the signed lease or sublease to us within fifteen (15) days of its execution and you may not execute or agree to any modification of the lease or sublease that would affect our rights without our prior written approval of the modification.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 53)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Engineering For Kids' 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, a site is not considered approved unless the franchisee has received written approval from Engineering For Kids. The franchisee must notify Engineering For Kids of the proposed site and submit a site review report, including photographs, demographic information, and other information that Engineering For Kids may require. Engineering For Kids has 30 days after receiving all required information to either approve or disapprove the proposed site.
Engineering For Kids may conduct an on-site evaluation of any proposed sites, but is not obligated to do so until they receive a completed site approval form. If Engineering For Kids conducts an on-site evaluation, the franchisee must reimburse them for reasonable costs of travel, lodging, wages, and meals, with a minimum charge of $500.
Once Engineering For Kids approves a site and the franchisee secures it, the address will be added to Appendix A of the Franchise Agreement, designating it as the Approved Location for the Engineering For Kids Center Location. The FDD emphasizes that any recommendation, approval, or information provided by Engineering For Kids regarding a site does not constitute a warranty of its suitability for the business.