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The Company

RDA Design Group is a hospitality and foodservice facility planning and design consulting firm serving the foodservice industry since 1979. We offer a wide range of professional planning and design services.

Our goal is to deliver quality work to better serve the needs of our clients. We continually update our designs to meet standards and our client's expectations. RDA understands the need for accountability, cost effectiveness, timelines, and written documentation of the project development process.

Our commitment is to learn the needs and goals of our clients. We incorporate experience to better work with the architectural / design teams and thereby continue to improve the overall project, while at the same time keeping it simple.

Our Services
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RDA Design Group services include:
  • Design of restaurants, bars, commercial kitchens, hotels, schools, food courts, shopping centers, banquet facilities, institutional facilities, healthcare facilities, fast food drive-ups and carry-outs, child care facilities, church facilities, and many more!
  • Review of plans and specifications, to eliminate costly change orders.
  • Provide valuable advice and experience on projects with planning, budgeting, equipment specifications, utility requirements, and space planning.
  • Write equipment specifications that are what the client wants and are within budget.
  • Follow projects through to completion to ensure that specifications are met.
We Design:
  • Restaurants
  • Seating Layouts
  • Institutional Feeding
  • Bars and Lounges
  • Fast Food
  • Child Care Facilities
  • Military Facilities
  • Hotels
  • Schools
  • Convenience Stores
  • Concessions
  • Commercial Kitchens
Planning and Programming:
  • Review Scope and Goals
  • Review and Coordinate with engineers
  • Provide Existing Layouts
  • Write Equipment Specifications
  • Schematic Design & Flow
  • Space Planning for Function
  • Budgeting / Cost Estimating
  • Provide Equipment Utility Schedule
Development With:
  • The Design Team
  • Contractors
  • Prepare Cost Estimates
  • Engineers
  • Prepare Bid Documents
  • Contract Management
  • Interior Designers
  • Write detailed specs
  • Site Inspections
We do Joint Ventures With:
  • Architectural/Engineering Services
  • Architectural Design
  • Interior Designer
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Structural Engineering
  • Value Engineering/Cost Management
  • Fire Protection Specialists
  • Environmental Engineering Services
  • Design-Build Team
  • Planners (Community/Project)
  • Photogrammetry Services (Aerial)
  • Geotechnical Engineering (Soil Investigation and/or Quality)
  • License Surveyors
  • Project/Construction Management
  • Construction Inspection Services
  • GIS/GPS Consultants
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Richard DobbsJerilyn Silver

Richard Dobbs, FCSI
Principal in Charge

Richard@RDADesignGroup.com

Richard is responsible for the coordination and direction of the project team and coordination with the clients. He is directly involved with each phase of the projects ensuring strict conformance with applicable regulations, schedules, budgets, and other requirements as determined by the needs of the project. Richard has over twenty years of experience as a project manager and coordinator, which include his years of assisting as project manager with the Department of Defense. Fifteen of those years have been spent in project planning, design, and development. Richard also has an extensive background in assessments of future projects, budgeting, site selections, and the remodel of existing facilities to meet new and on-going changes in operations.

EDUCATION: University of Southern California, College of the Desert, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army Logistics, U.S. Army Advance Logistics Programming & Management.

PROFESSIONAL: FFCI - Recognized by peers as a professional Food Service Facility Design Consultant; FCSI: Nominated for membership in (FCSI) Foodservice Consultant Society International. Certified by the U.S. Army Quartermaster/Logistics & Support Services Manager; Recognized as a professional Project Manager for the U.S. Department of Defense.

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Jerilyn Silver
Project Manager

jeri@RDADesignGroup.com

Jeri plays a key roll in the overall design function and flow of the restaurant. She will be responsible for space planning kitchen support areas, seating and bar layouts. Jeri's experience in interior design and communication is a valuable asset. She brings the importance of function to the design. She is currently working on her degree at T.V.I. She has experience in different fields, such as, furniture design and landscape architecture. Her knowledge of art and interior design make her valuable to our professional team.

EDUCATION: The Art Center Design College (Albuquerque, NM): Interior Design Technical Vocational Institute (Albuquerque, NM): Architectural/Engineering Drafting

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