Evan Beattie Joins GFF
2005
Larry Good meets a brash young Architect who he thinks might have a future here and offers Evan Beattie a position in GFF Planning. Evan later informs Larry that he wants his job. Evan eventually succeeds.
Bryce Weigand presents the first session of GFF University. GFFU becomes a regular part of ongoing staff training opportunities, with more than a dozen sessions each year.
GFF is engaged to be the lead Architect for Cypress Equities’ ambitious W7th project spanning five city blocks in downtown Fort Worth and across the street from Tadao Ando’s new Modern.
GFF institutes a monthly State of the Firm meeting, sharing updates on marketing, design, financials and recognitions with the entire staff. The word “kudos” is banned by 2008.