As a firm that offers a wide variety of services to the financial industry, we are aware of the competitive pressures and changing perceptions that affect the design and operation of branch and retail facilities. While we are on the leading edge of new concept retail branch design, our experience covers the full range of facilities from very traditional full service branches to 24-hour teller-less retail centers.
With branches ranging in size from under 300 sf to over 10,000 sf, our work includes remodels, expansions, tenant build outs, as well as new construction.
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When financial institutions decide to make branches more secure, the focus is always on cameras, dye packs and other ways to “catch the bad guys next time.” While we support these improvements, our Robbery Deterrent Design Program looks at this problem differently. We design to deter criminals so there isn’t a next time.
Through work with current and retired FBI agents, local jurisdictions, and members of the security industry, we have developed a method of designing branch facilities that makes them more difficult to rob, while still leaving them attractive to those who do business there.
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Since 1991 more than 80% of our work has been for repeat clients. This has led to the design of 24 InterWest Bank branches, 17 Bill Pierre automotive facilities, 8 Great Northwest Federal Credit Union projects, 15 First Mutual Bank Projects, and many others.
We provide a complete spectrum of design services from site selection through move-in. This includes market surveys, needs analysis, site evaluations, interior design, space planning, selection of furnishings, and numerous other services.
In translating your goals and program requirements into a three dimensional design, we must understand your business, your needs, your functional requirements and the financial boundaries that have been set for your project.
Our established process includes extensive work in architectural programming, needs analysis, site evaluation, facility compatibility determinations, and feasibility studies. This allows us to provide each client with the information they need to make the decisions necessary for the development of their project.
The innovative integration of our clients' functional, economic, aesthetic, and technological requirements allows us to generate design solutions that continue to be distinctive in appearance and flexible to changing requirements, while also being operationally efficient and competitive in cost.
Innovation and functionality can be seen in our design solutions and completed projects. This comes through truly listening to our clients rather than depending on a predetermined format or standard style.
Since our beginning in 1980, The Driftmier Architects has earned a reputation for designing successful, innovative projects that are delivered on time and within budget. This includes total project scheduling with Microsoft Project, and a series of cost estimates starting with a rough project budget and working toward a Final Pre-bid Technical Estimate.
One of the largest challenges our clients face is developing and maintaining a consistent image in their market place. Often we help develop and project our client's brand and help increase market share through the Prototype development. A facility design that reinforces the brand, and which can be repeated again and again at each new location, allows our clients a competitive edge in their chosen market.