DBC Enhances Strategic Facility Consulting Service

Clients benefit from market analysis, site evaluation studies

ATLANTA, June 23, 2010 – Financial services institutions can now benefit from advanced custom research and market analysis with Design Build Concepts’ enhanced strategic facility consulting service. A premier provider of design, build, construction and consulting services for the financial services industry, Design Build Concepts uses proven methodology to help accurately project the future needs of an institution, enabling companies to strategically place and build new facilities.

With the enhanced strategic facility consulting service, Design Build Concepts conducts comprehensive studies to analyze historical data, operations, market penetration and concentration, traffic counts, competitive landscape, branch/ATM network location, and more. This in-depth research enables Design Build Concepts to provide highly accurate growth, staff and space projections, as well as planning recommendations.

“Companies are already benefiting from the added visibility into market demographics, branch deposit potential and growth projections,” said Jack Fischer, head of Design Build Concepts’ strategic facility consulting service. “Design Build Concepts’ customizable studies ensure the business needs of a financial institution drive the decision to revitalize an existing branch or build a new facility.”

Each study is structured based on the financial institution’s unique situation and business objectives. For those financial institutions interested in a more targeted study, Design Build Concepts completes custom studies that focus on market analysis, site evaluation, main-office facility planning, operations analysis and branch network analysis.

Fischer, who joined Design Build Concepts in 2008, has more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, working with institutions with deposits from $20 million to $1.5 billion in assets. By closely working with the management teams to create long-term strategic solutions, Fischer has successfully completed more than 100 consulting studies.

The service rounds out Design Build Concepts’ design-build services, allowing the company to offer everything from strategic planning and interior design to architecture, engineering, and construction management.

For more information, please visit www.designbuildconcepts.com.

About DBC

Design Build Concepts provides comprehensive strategic facility consulting, branding, merchandising, design, construction management and training services exclusively to financial institutions. With a proven reputation, unparalleled industry expertise, and an unsurpassed commitment to quality, integrity and an open-book process, Design Build Concepts has earned 60 to 80 percent repeat business annually while successfully completing more than 700 financial facility programs since 1975. For more information on Design Build Concepts visit www.designbuildconcepts.com.