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What advice would you give to a customer looking to hire a company like yours?
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Get to know us better! visit us at www.dkdcsarchitecture.com
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What is the most common type of project or service your company provides?
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We provide architectural services for both the Residential and Commercial sectors.
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In what ways is your company environmentally friendly?
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We always try to use sustainable materials and practices whenever we can. It starts by educating our clients the impact, costs and procedures.
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What would you like your customers to know about your company?
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We were established in 2006. David Ke, owner and architect has over 20 years of experience in Architecture, Planning and Land Development. We center ourselves by listening to our clients, define opportunities and constraints and provide design and engineering solutions that adds value to them and their community.
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What is your company best known for?
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Friendly service and innovative design solutions.
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What separates your company from the competition?
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We feel that we are a gem. We have the experience of large corporate practices but with an entrepreneurial mentality. We have a breadth of experience with complex projects that most smaller architectural practices don't have- that sets us apart.
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Does your company offer a warranty or guarantee?
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Our process is carefully tailored in that our clients approve our process before we proceed to the next step assuring they are satisfied with our work.
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What questions do customers most frequently ask you? What is your answer?
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Most typical questions are; our process, our experience and how our fees are structured.
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Does your company offer discounts to senior citizens or veterans?
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Our fees are on a "per project" basis that may take into consideration of various factors.
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Describe a project or service that your company recently completed (include challenges, costs, and innovative solutions).
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ADA compliance with retail commercial centers. Parking lot re-configuration to add more parking stalls. Hillside development with challenging slopes.
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Is your company a member of any associations?
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Asian Business Association
Asian American Architects and Engineers
Habitat for Humanity
Cal Poly Alumni Association
University of Southern California Alumni Association
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Tell us a little about your company.
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David Ke | Design Collaborative Studio, Inc. is a Certified Small Business Architectural service firm going to its 14th year of operation. Led by David Ke and a licensed Architect with over 20 years experience in Residential and Commercial, site and urban design. He has planned numerous Cities and countless amount of Developments. Winning design awards for companies he had represented in the past, he has undertaken developments ranging from tract homes, multi-family, mixed-use, various commercial properties, Universities, Civic Facilities, theme parks, entertainment complexes, hotels and casinos to urban and City masterplanning. David Ke | Design Collaborative Studio, Inc. approaches every project with a "Big" picture mentality in both design and financial aspect. We define all opportunities and constraints making connections with the fabric of society and culture into contexts that bring value.
David Ke holds both a Professional Bachelor of Architecture and a Bachelor of Science, Landscape Architecture from California Polytechnic State University, Pomona. A first in the University's history to accomplish the feat. He holds a strong commitment to his applicable skills in Architecture with an unwavering adherence to the strong belief that a successful land development must provide an enduring contribution while enriching the character, the social value of the community and being good stewardess towards our responsibilities for a sustainable society.
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Has your company received any awards?
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David Ke, the owner, has participated and won various design awards in his career.
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What forms of payment do you accept? (cash, check, credit cards, etc.)
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We invoice net 30, we typically accept check or wire transfers. We are currently looking into Zelle and other convenient methods of payments.
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