Davaco Awarded JoAnn Fabrics Site Survey Program

163 Site Surveys Completed in 12 Weeks

Dallas, TX - April 8, 2003 - Davaco, the retail industry's leading single-source partner for the management and execution of new stores, remodels/resets and high-volume rollouts, recently completed 163 site surveys for JoAnn Fabrics. The initiative covered retail locations in 36 states and the time-frame for delivery of the completed site surveys was 12 weeks.

Davaco was able to respond quickly to the retailer's request by tapping into its nationwide team of employees strategically located throughout the United States. Strong project management and a team of designers dedicated to creating detailed floor plans, storefront elevations and a fixture inventory of each location enabled the initiative to be executed in an accurate, responsive manner.

The Dallas-based retail services company will be providing construction and remodel services, as well as fixture installation, remodeling and merchandising services for JoAnn Fabrics throughout the year. The site survey program is an integral part of JoAnn Fabrics' initiative to assess current work areas for compliance with ADA accessibility guidelines; evaluate existing store fixtures and perform fixture inventories and identify areas of improvement that could increase workflow efficiencies.

“Davaco enjoys a great relationship with JoAnn Fabrics and we were delighted to have been awarded this program. We worked closely with our field employees to ensure the integrity of the site measurements which were supported by digital photography. The field measurements and digital photography were uploaded to our design team who took the data forward to create the CAD layouts. Each layout details the floor plan as well as the location of merchandise within each store. The accuracy of these surveys will be critical to ensuring the success of the program's next phase,” said Bruce Parker, project manager for Davaco. “The future holds great opportunity for JoAnn Fabrics and the Davaco team looks forward to assisting in their continued growth.”