Hello to all.
I've been lurking here for a long time and even chimed in a few(4 or 5) times when I thought I had something helpful to say.
This has been the greatest resource in my development as a Sketchup artist by far, and the community is always respectful and critical(in only a positive way).
With all that said I need some quick advice, please.
I have been working for a concessions company in Boston. We operate bars and food stands at Music, Arts and Sports venues as well as large special events(1000 to 10,000+ people).
I use Sketchup for lots of things like:
Area calculation
Space usage
Tent placement
Power runs
Pedestrian flow
Visualization for the client
City applications for event and liquor licenses....
You get the idea.
I have now caught the attention of some of the event planning companies in town and have been approached to do some freelance work for them(my awesome boss has given his blessing).
So what I need help with is pricing.
I'm not an architect and have no technical training in this area at all(did lots drafting in high school 25yrs ago).
I have worked in hotel event planning and restaurant management so that is where my expertice lies.
These can be multi-million dollar events and my services are valuable to these companies but I have no clue how to attach a value to my work hours and I don't want to price myself out of a good gig.
There tends to be many changes made in the process of planning these events and sometimes the turn around time is tight.
Is anyone else using Sketchup like this?
Can anyone suggest a billing rate for this service?
I attached a couple of images from the last couple of years for reference.(all from different projects)
Any and all advice is greatly appreciated and thanks in advance!
ps. I'm not sure why the last 2 images have a black background when uploaded but I'm not going to fix it right now.