ADC Network introduces you to New Mexico's finest Architects, Designers &
Contractors for your building and remodeling projects. ADC is dedicated to
excellent design, affordability, and smart construction with conservation
minded energy and water systems.

ADC's mission is to address three primary issues:
• Client Network and Education
   ADC helps our clients meet architects, builders and other professionals -
   and importantly, informs people about the design and building process.

   ADC's clients are better able to realize their projects successfully
   because they know how to incorporate checks and balances that help
   keep their project within budget and on schedule.

• Public Outreach
   ADC's classes, and symposiums helps educate the public about:
  - affordable building
  - traditional and alternative building methods
  - energy efficiency
  - water conservation
  - fire wise construction techniques
  - sustainable development and planning that fosters healthy communities

• Effective Marketing for qualified:
   Architects
   Home Builders
   Interior Designers
   Decorators
   General Contractors
   Construction Managers
   Office Planners
   Land Planners
   Landscape Architects & Designers
   Water Harvesting & Conservation Consultants
   Feng Shui Practitioners
   Construction & Mortgage Lenders

FAQ: Does it cost me more to find my architect or builder throgh ADC? No - ADC members charge the same whether or not a client meets them on their own or through ADC. Member firms plan for business development costs such as photogrpahy, brochures, web sites, advertising, direct mail, association dues, marketing staff (if firms can afford them) or ADC on all their projects. Architects and builders have said that the cooperative marketing structure of ADC has helped them to lower their business development costs.

Why Architects and Builders Organized ADC Network
Serving Potential Clients
For people wanting to build or remodel, tradtional word-of-mouth Networks and random cold-calls leave much guess-work and are often ineffective ways to find a well-matched spectrum of talented firms for their projects. ADC provides a valuable service to customers who plan to build or remodel by reviewing their ideas and needs prior to introducing them to appropriate firms.

Only 3% to 5% of the public ever undertake a building project making word-of-mouth Networks limiting at best.

Serving Member Firms
Architects, designers and contractors have traditionally grown their practices by client Networks which is a passive method of marketing that results in feast and famine cycles as well as limited creative opportunities. ADC's marketing services help member firms become more stable and active in their community, and we help generate opportunities for our firms to work on more rewarding projects.

The Network Process
Working with ADC is an interactive process. We have developed a results-oriented approach to help our clients identify their design needs and to find the best architects and builders to meet those needs. We help make successful design solutions possible.

PROJECT DEFINITION / SETTING REALISTIC GOALS
Beginning with an in-depth interview, ADC helps clients define their design requirements, establish budget and time-lines, and review the scope of related services necessary to complete each project successfully. An important part of this consultation is helping our clients become aware of the various costs of building that they have often not considered. Clients who are financially realistic are better able to avoid stress and are more likely to have a rewarding design and building process.

EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITIES
By reviewing the images of a broad selection of related projects with clients, ADC assesses their responses to a variety of styles and approaches, some of which the client may never have considered. ADC also familiarizes clients with:

• Check and Balance Systems that help clients build their project within budget and on schedule
• Alternative Building Methods
• The Design and Building Process versus The Design/Bid Process

THE IMPORTANCE OF CHEMISTRY
Since a good working relationship between client, architect or designer, and builder is the foundation of a successful project, a crucial part of our Network process is to link our clients with design and building professionals whose work styles and personalities are compatible.

INFORMATION-SYNTHESIS-DISCOVERY
Upon assessing our client's project needs, ADC will contact the most appropriate design and/or building professionals and verify their interest and availability for the project. For more complex commercial projects, ADC may research architects, builders and consultants outside of New Mexico, in order to insure that the most qualified team of professionals is available to the client.

THE FINAL SELECTION
The client is now ready to meet with the firms ADC has referred. The names and phone numbers of these firms are given to the client, along with an explanation as to why these firms are good matches. The client then contacts these firms for meetings at their own convenience. ADC continues to provide consultation and support as needed to our clients throughout the design and building process. If additional services are required, ADC will help the client add compatible members to the project team, including construction managers, water harvesting / recycling experts, landscape architects, interior designers or Feng Shui consultants. Our commitment is to service, superior design, affordability, ecology and the assurance that the special needs of each project can and will be met.

ADC Network has been featured in: Fine Homebuilidng, Western Interiors and Design, Santa Fean, Better Homes and Gardens, Metropolitan Home, Trend, The Santa Fe New Mexican, The Santa Fe Reporter, The Los Alamos Monitor, and Forbes.