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Financial Benefits of Strategic Facility Planning

Facility Planning provides for numerous opportunities to improve financially by affecting rates of return, net present value, cycle times, and processes. Continue reading

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Decisions that Pass the Test of Time

Once you make a decision, you are headed down a road that locks in your future construction, operating, or lease costs. Your facility decisions may even unknowingly shape your organization’s culture and time to market. Our value proposition is that … Continue reading

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White Paper: Restart Your Facility Planning Process

We’ve been on the road and would like to share some of our observations about the state of Strategic Facilities Planning for the primary markets that Labarre Associates serves in our recently published white paper. Continue reading

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Strategic Facility Planning Process

After you complete your strategic planning session, you might want to consider a Strategic Facilities Plan as it provides research, facility capital and operating cost details and consulting advice on how to implement your plan.  WHERE YOU’VE BEEN – In … Continue reading

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Facilities Operating Cost Cutting Conundrum

Conundrum:  (Oxford Dictionary): a confusing and difficult problem or question                           (American Heritage Dictionary): a paradoxical, insoluble or difficult                   … Continue reading

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Reconsidering the Branch: Tellerless Branch

One type of branch that is currently being put into operation by banks and credit unions around the country is the “tellerless” branch.  These are akin to the self-check-out stations in supermarkets, in that a person can interact with the … Continue reading

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Six Questions to Ask Potential Facility Management Service Providers

Before you consider outsourcing or switch providers, consider the following: Does your Facility Management firm specialize in Financial Institutions?  There are special skill sets are are required for both professional staff and blue collar staff staff serving Financial Institutions. Are … Continue reading

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Hancock Bank and Leo Seal Community Center

Waveland, Mississippi The Hancock Waveland Branch and adjacent Leo Seal Community Center are definite signs that Waveland, MS has bounced back  back from the destructive forces of Hurricane Katrina.  Designed by Labarre Architects, APAC, the complex has served as a … Continue reading

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