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Agla's post brought back a memory of a former employer I thought I should share, re: the importance of using a designer that has some practical field experience...
I had worked for a growing company for a couple years, and to expand their growth the owner took on a designer who also was a pretty good marketer. Problem was, he didn't have much practice in the installation of projects. This led to a good deal of frustration, getting to a jobsite and seeing what we were being asked to build, knowing the installation as designed would not hold up well to time.
Soon they got to be known as 'Gary designs'; everyone knew when they got back to the shop, and it one crew was really grumpy and someone asked why, they'd reply 'we're working on a Gary design.'
So the moral of the story is be sure to choose someone who has experience in the field, and knows the things that are feasible, and the things that are not.
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