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SEVERAL FURNITURE AND LIGHTING LAYOUT SCHEMES FOR SEATING AREA
SANDWICH BAR AND COFFEE BAR PLANS
INTERIOR ELEVATIONS FIREPLACE DESIGN
BUILDING AND HEALTH CODE REVIEW AND RESPONSE
CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION
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Project: Erbert and Gerbert Sandwich Shop along with Java Zone Coffee shop.
Date
of Execution: August 2007
Client: Jim Pfeiffer and John
Krings of Taco Johns Restaurants - Sioux Falls, South Dakota Project Summary: This 4,000 S.F. space was formerly a record store in an old 1904 building. The building is
anything but simple with a spaghetti works of plumbing pipes, conduits, and elevator cables. The store
is located downtown where there are already seven other sandwich shops in the area. Within this front entry, there is
limited seating space on the lower level but the curvilinear stair leads the customer up to a spacious area with approximately
70 seats, a conference room for public use, a warm an intimate fireplace surrounded by comfortable leather-like chairs.
There are three large flat screen televisions mounted on the walls where you can view the Husker football team play on Saturdays
or catch up on your local news any other day.
Self Analysis: There are very few coffee shops with this level of quality and richness. The colors are warm and
inviting. The overstuffed furniture amidst cafe tables makes this a popular space for University students to study.
During business hours, you will find several customers with their laptop computers taking advantage of the free Wi-Fi connection.
The downtown businessmen also make this a favorite option for lunch.
Results/Personal
Information: My office has worked with this client on multiple projects prior to
this one. What made this project unique was the short deadline. The store needed to be open for business by the
first Husker football game. Everyone agreed that this deadline was too unreasonable - the equipment suppliers, the general
contractor, the architect and consultants - everyone except the client. There was no single individual brave enough
to tell this truth to our client - except the architect. This caused a great deal of friction between me and my client.
Never-the-less, we tried to maintain a "team" attitude as we worked together. After everyone had worked overtime
and one engineer threatened to quit because of the incredible pressure, the store opened just one week after the first big
game. Not too bad.
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