Who is responsible for finding a site for an Engineering For Kids franchise?
Engineering_For_Kids Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
dards for Third Party Sites. (Section 4.1 of Franchise Agreement) We will furnish you with our standard site selection guidelines, including our minimum standards for an EFK Center Location. (Section 2.1 of the EFK Learning Center Location Addendum) Unless otherwise noted, the term "Authorized Location" applies to both the Third Party Sites that you secure in accordance with our standards and procedures and (if applicable to your business) to the location that we approve to serve as your EFK Center Location.
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- We will furnish you with the general design plans and a basic layout to use at the Authorized Locations. To the extent necessary, you must prepare each Authorized Location for operation as an Engineering For Kids Business at your own expense. To the extent that we establish specifications, or designate suppliers for particular services, products, supplies, materials and equipment that you use in the operation of the Franchised Business or resell through your Franchised Business, we will provide this information to you via the Manual. (Sections 4.3 and 6.3 of Franchise Agreement)
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- We will review your proposals for an EFK Center Location and (if we deem advisable) conduct on-site evaluations in response to your request for our approval of a proposed EFK Center Location. (Section 2.3 of the EFK Learning Center Location Addendum). You are responsible for finding your own site (see below in this Item under "Site Approval Process").
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- We will provide you with: (a) our general plans, specifications and layouts for an EFK Learning Center Location, including requirements for dimensions, design, image, interior
layout, décor, operating assets, and color scheme, that you must incorporate into your Learning Center Location, and (b) our specifications for equipment, furnishings, fixtures, and signage that you must incorporate into your Learning Center Location. (Section 5.1 of the EFK Learning Center Location Addendum). We will not help you in constructing, remodeling, or decorating the premises otherwise. These plans are in addition to the standard site selection guidelines for Third Party Sites (which will also provide as described in paragraph (1) above for your activities at Third Party Sites).
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- Before you begin operating, you (or the Operating Principal, if you are a corporation or other entity), and a manager of the Franchised Business (if you will have an additional manager) (the "Designated Employees") must all attend and successfully complete our initial training program at our headquarters or another location that we specify. (Additional information about training can be found below in this Item 11 under "Training.") We will be responsible for the cost of instruction and materials, subject to the terms stated in the Franchise Agreement. (Franchise Agreement, Section 5)
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- We will allow you access, for the duration of the Franchise Agreement, to our "Brand Excellence Manual" (which is more fully described in Item 14 below), which will include the instruction materials for the Programs. (Franchise Agreement, Section 11) A copy of the current table of contents to the Manual is in Exhibit F. As of the date of this disclosure document, the Manual contains 23 pages.
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- We will advise you in connection with the Initial Marketing Campaign that you will conduct.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING (FDD pages 25–36)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Engineering For Kids's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the franchisee is responsible for finding their own site. However, Engineering For Kids will furnish standard site selection guidelines, including minimum standards for EFK Center Locations. Engineering For Kids has no obligation to provide assistance in selecting or securing a site and does not lease premises for centers.
The franchisee must identify and obtain the right to use a location at their own expense within 60 days after signing the Franchise Agreement. The franchisee must also obtain written approval of the proposed location from Engineering For Kids before committing to it. To get approval, 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. Within 30 days after Engineering For Kids receives the information, they will approve or reject the proposed site in writing. If Engineering For Kids disapproves a proposed site, the franchisee can submit another proposal.
In evaluating a proposed site, Engineering For Kids will consider demographic data, square footage of dedicated space available, signage and visibility, access, condition of the building, and the availability of parking. If the franchisee uses their best efforts but has not identified a suitable site that Engineering For Kids approves by the end of the initial 60-day search period, Engineering For Kids may extend the search period by up to 60 days. Failure to acquire or lease a site within the search period will result in default under the Franchise Agreement, and Engineering For Kids will have the right to terminate the Franchise Agreement.
After Engineering For Kids has approved the site, the franchisee must prepare the Authorized Center Location for operation as an Engineering For Kids Business at their own expense, including all construction, remodeling, furnishing, decorating, and equipping according to Engineering For Kids's requirements. The franchisee will prepare any architectural and working drawing necessary to complete the development of the EFK Center Location at the Authorized Center Location, and Engineering For Kids must approve all plans before construction or build-out begins.