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Precision Planning, Inc.
(PPI) is a Gwinnett
County based architectural,
engineering and surveying
company that has
been serving Georgia’s
communities and private
industry for twenty-nine
(29) years. Through a heavy
focus on customer service,
the company has operated
with great
success during
this time period
by providing
unique, defining
design projects all across the Georgia
landscape. The focus has always been on
exceeding our client’s expectations and
earning an impeccable reputation based on
technical expertise, professional integrity
and superior service. Precision Planning
is an advocate of environmental and
sustainable responsibility. Our management
team, which has more than 200 years of
combined experience, works together to
build client partnerships and create excellent
designs; hence, our identity has developed as
we affect the future, one project at a time.
Elizabeth Hudson, AIA, Senior Vice
President at PPI, stated, “We have never had
a shotgun approach to any project, nor have
we tried to develop PPI as a brand or define
it through one particular style or aesthetic.
Our focus has always been to help clients
develop their own unique styles, aesthetics
and identities. This has been our foundation
and what has allowed us to reach the heights
we have today.”
A recent example of a project
developing its own unique style and identity
is the Hamilton Mill Branch of the Gwinnett
County Public Library system. The branch
opened in the spring of 2010 as the first
“green” library in Gwinnett
County, as well as the first
LEED Gold Certified
library project in the State
of Georgia. LEED, or
Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design, is
a designation provided by
the U.S. Green Building
Council to recognize
building projects for their
use of sustainable
design and construction
techniques. The
Hamilton Mill Branch
Library project was a
collaborative effort between team members
Gwinnett County, Gwinnett County Public
Library, PPI and Garrard Construction.
The entire team takes pride in this building
designed to be a community landmark, a
state of the art library facility, as well as a
work of architecture which is unique for its
minimal impact on our environment. It was
also important to the surrounding residential
community that the facility be designed
with traditional architectural elements that
would blend well with other existing and
planned developments along the main artery
in that area. PPI has broadened its identity
by helping our client to cultivate this unique,
environmentally sustainable project.
PPI has also understood the importance
of being a part of our community, and
focusing on being a “team community
player.” Identity is developed by the many
different components of an organization,
and the ability of all the parts to work as a
whole. Our time, resources and personnel
are involved in many different aspects of the
Georgia landscape we service. Our message
has been consistent since day one, and
because our internal audience understands
what we are about as a company, the message
to our external audience has always and will
always be magnified and clear. Our identity
has developed as client and community over
self and that has translated into success!
Precision Planning, Inc. – Developing Our Identity
Carla T. Carraway, President, precision planning, inc.
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