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Renovation Design Group Hires New Project Manager
1/22/2007

Renovation Design Group recently recruited Asael Lopez-Perez as the Project Manager for their drafting department. Asael has a B. A. in Architecture from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México City, and an A.A.S. in Architecture from Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, Utah, with an emphasis in AutoCAD and Construction Technologies. Asael has more than 20 years' experience as a drafter, architect, and project manager. Asael will assist the company by providing drafting standards for designs as well as oversee the review and coordination of construction documents.

Asael and his wife, Irma, and their 5 children reside in Orem. Asael is fluent in Spanish and English. In his free time Asael loves to read antique architectural and construction books.

Renovation Design Group is an architectural firm that specializes in residential architectural design. It is the leader in Utah in architectural design for residential remodels and additions. Renovation Design Group has its headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Renovation Design Group Implements New Customer Service/Sales Position
12/13/2006

Renovation Design Group since their inception in 2004 has experienced a positive volume of growth. In order to better service the needs of their clients by providing professional and personal service, they have implemented a new position.

Kim Barlow will assist clients as the Customer Service/Sales Representative through all stages of design process to the final product to assure a smooth and positive experience for clients.

Kim has an Associates degree in Natural Science and is currently a junior at the University of Utah pursuing Graphic Design. She resided in California, Florida and Texas before finally settling in Utah in 1996. Before being hired by Renovation Design on December 13, 2006, Kim traveled for Novell as the Administrative Coordinator to conduct and train the support staff meetings nationwide. She also negotiated contracts for Novell's Sales events. Kim loves art, dance and most importantly the Utah Jazz.

Renovation Design Group Hires New Administrative Assistant
12/6/2006

ShirLee McGarry joined Renovation Design group as the Administrative Assistant to the President, Jared Bulloch on December 6th of 2006. ShirLee is originally from Southern California and moved to Utah in 1977. She comes from a professional entertainment, educational/business background and has a Bachelor degree from Weber State University (1985) in Music/Mass Communication and is currently finishing her MFA in Creative Writing from National University in La Jolla, CA. (2007).

Her experience includes administration on executive levels, corporate training, event planning coordinator in sales & marketing, education, real estate, and as an entrepreneur of retail and on-line businesses and website design. She is a published author in the US and internationally and has published music. ShirLee is able to think creatively as well as maintaining organization in all projects/tasks, marketing, and event planning in a professional manner.

Renovation Design Group Project in Wall Street Journal
8/5/2005

June Fletcher, staff reporter of The Wall Street Journal published an article today that appeared on page W8 featuring a four-thousand dollar shower that we designed for one of our clients. But this was no ordinary shower.

The article was titled 'See Spot. See Spot Shower.' and featured two homeowners that had showers for their dogs one of which was a client of Renovation Design Group (See project). The article highlights the amount of money spent by homeowners on pets ($2.3 Billion on grooming and boarding in 2004), and the increasing trend to include features for pets in homes in the United States.

Renovation Design Group Appears on Radio
7/20/2005

Ann Robinson and Annie Vernon, architects and principals at Renovation Design Group, were guests on KSRR 1400 AM radio station today. They appeared on the Healthy Wealthy Wow program, a show focusing on women and issues important to women. The show's hosts, Kim and Robbie, invited Ann and Annie to talk about when to hire an architect for a project and the value that an architect can bring to the design process through creating a master plan to work towards.

Renovation Design Group is an architectural firm that specializes in residential architectural design. It is the leading architectural firm in Utah in design for residential remodels and additions. Renovation Design Group has it's headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Renovation Design Group Moves Into a New Office
5/24/2005

Renovation Design Group has finally grown out of its old location. With three architects, two drafters, an administrative assistant, and myself, we had been foreseeing a move from the basement of Ann's beautiful Federal Heights home for some time.

The new office is located on 1300 East in the second level of an older bungalow. Originally built as a home, the building has been converted to office space, and is only blocks away from our previous location.

The building is just north of the Market Street Broiler, between the Broiler and Einstein Bagels, and the office space is about 50% larger than our old office. Our new office should give us enough capacity to grow for the next few years. In the mean time, the space is designed to facilitate more open communication with our team, which is already occurring. The location should increase our visibility in the community, and be easier to find. We are all very excited.

Renovation Design Group Writing a Weekly Column in the Deseret Morning News
4/8/2005

Annie Vernon and Ann Robinson, principals at Renovation Design Group, will be writing a weekly column in the Deseret Morning News. The column is focused on residential design issues and the impact that these issues have on individual lives. The column appears in papers delivered on the east bench in Salt Lake City as well as other selective areas, in the Wasatch Life section every Friday.

Renovation Design Group Featured in Deseret News Article
4/1/2005

Renovation Design Group was featured in an article in the Deseret News today. The article was an introduction prior to a future weekly column that Annie Vernon and Ann Robinson will be writing for the paper. The the following is an excerpt from the article:

The two architects were tired of turning away inquiries about remodeling because their firm said there wasn't enough money in the project to bother.
"We knew there was a niche there of people who were not being served," Robinson said. "We wanted to work with people who had budgets, kids, (and) families — real life."
The two started Renovation Design Group from a pinched second-story bedroom in Robinson's renovated 1928 home. Nearly two years and 140 clients later, the group has graduated to her basement. The next move, however, will have to be to an office to accommodate three architects (Chris Humbert is the third), two drafters, a business manager and an administrative assistant.
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Renovation Design Group Expands Its Educational Outreach
3/1/2005

In an expanded effort to educate the public on issues related to the architectural elements involved in home design, Renovation Design Group has increased its educational outreach to current and future homeowners, and in a number of ways.

Ann Robinson and Annie Vernon recently completed thirty hours each of volunteer time teaching a group of fifteen elementary students at Hawthorn Elementary School. Sponsored by the Young Architects Forum of the American Institute of Architects, the program exposes youth to the profession of Architecture. The students created a "Box City" which was displayed at the Union Pacific Grand Hall.

We are expanding our Community Architectural Seminar Series to include a seminar on residential design elements, as well as one on avoiding the pitfalls of residential construction. These seminars are free and open to the public. We are also proud to announce that Orson Gygi is our newest venue for hosting the community seminar series. Click for more details.

Beginning May 26th, 2005 we will begin teaching a class at the University of Utah through the Lifelong Learning department. The class is entitled Remodeling: Up or Out? The course helps homeowners make informed decisions by discussing curb appeal; integrating the new construction with the character of the old; tying in the roof; considerations such as stairways and skylights, technical concerns such as earthquake considerations or load-bearing issues; zoning issues; and construction costs. Details and registration can be found at the Lifelong Learning website: http://continue.utah.edu

Renovation Design Group Hires New Project Architect
2/28/2005

Today, Renovation Design Group hired Chris Y. Humbert, A.I.A. as a Project Architect. Chris originally hails from Buffalo, New York, where he received his Bachelor's degree in Architecture. He then completed his Master's degree in Architecture, graduating from North Carolina State University in 1993. Chris has called the Sugarhouse neighborhood of Salt Lake City home since 1995, and has worked in several large architectural firms in the area before finding his way to Renovation Design Group. During that time, Chris spent several years working for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, where he designed all of the temporary Olympic stadiums, and ultimately was the Venue Designer for the Park City Olympic Venue, home of the Alpine GS and the Snowboarding events. Chris is a nationally competitive Nordic ski racer, a father of two young girls, and has been a licensed Architect in the State of Utah since 2004.

Renovation Design Group Hires New Drafter
2/22/2005

Ben Peterson is Renovation Design Group's newest drafter. Ben is currently studying graphics and drafting design at Salt Lake Community College. Ben brings with him the expertise he gained while teaching all levels of AutoCAD classes for customers of a retail CAD store. Ben can speak, read and write in German which opens future possibilities of expansion into Europe.

Renovation Design Celebrates 100th Client
10/18/2004

Sixteen months after it's inception Renovation Design Group has serviced it's one hundredth client. Over seventy percent of Renovating Design's clients have never used an architect's services previously in housing design. This milestone shows the great initial strides of the firm in bringing architectural services to a segment of the housing market that has largely lacked the benefits that an architect brings to a residential construction project.

Most Popular Renovation Project Gains Speed
8/17/2004

According to the annual survey done by Remodeling Magazine and the National Association of Realtors, the most popular remodeling projects are kitchen and bathroom renovations. Both projects are being undertaken at an increasing rate. Whole room kitchen and bath remodels are being done about every ten years now. According to their latest survey even a "minor" kitchen renovation averages $14,000-$15,000.

Renovation Design Group is an architectural firm that specializes in residential architectural design. It is the first in the Utah market to offer more accessible and affordable architectural services to remodeling home owners. Together the three principals Annie Vernon, Ann Robinson, and Jared Bulloch project a second year earning of half a million dollars. Renovation Design Group has its headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Renovation Design Group Names Lead Drafter
6/6/2004

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - May 26, 2004 - The Salt Lake City, Utah based architectural firm Renovation Design Group added another member to it's team today. Jeff Baird will add much needed drafting capacity to the firm, which recently experienced it's best month ever last month.

Jeff has a B.S. in Architectural Studies at the University of Utah, and is currently studying at the University of Utah to complete his Masters degree. As the Lead Drafter, Jeff will assist the firm in our turnaround time to our clients and increase the firm's capacity.

Renovation Design Group is an architectural firm that specializes in residential architectural design. Ann Robinson, Annie Vernon, and Jared Bulloch founded Renovation Design Group with the vision of making architectural services accessible to homeowners with projects ranging from $30,000 and up. Renovation Design Group recently expanded it's office space nearly five times to accommodate needed growth.

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