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1. Architects employ a range of support staff and offer high paying professional jobs that contribute to the local economy. Graduates form local Colleges and Universities are employed by local architectural firms and local construction companies – local students can remain in the area for their professional career.
2. Money paid to local businesses stays in the community for up to 5 transactions.
3. Spin-off / supporting businesses are required to maintain the profession – document reproduction, courier services, special equipment suppliers, etc.
4. All locally practicing architects have been educated in other parts of the country / world and can bring a global perspective to local design solutions that draw from their experiences.
5. Niagara Architects are more familiar with local conditions so cost overruns are less likely than they are with out-of-the-region consultants who are dependant on others to acquaint them with the particulars of each site.
6. Niagara Architects are local business people whose good reputation relies on satisfied clients - we live in the communities where we work and we live with the consequences of our work.
7. Niagara Architects are more sensitive to the needs of the area so their projects are more likely to fulfill those needs rather simply focusing on only financial return.
8. Administration of local construction projects requires immediate reaction from the Architect to respond to onsite situations – a phone call is often not adequate and traffic on the QEW will not delay a visit to the site.
9. Non-local consultants tend to arrange the project requirements to include only those they know (usually out of the area) and exclude all others, including the local contractors and material suppliers.
10. Niagara’s small to medium size architectural offices have direct involvement from the firm owner(s) in the administration of projects – large out-of-the-region consulting firms have the opportunity to price their services using management rates based on a range of support staff, including students, not necessarily the principals of the firm.
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