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PPM Beginnings

PPM was founded in Huntington Beach, California in January 2002 by Derek Caldwell. His mother, landscape architect Nancy Caldwell, often had told Derek what a pain it was for her to measure her client’s properties. She said it was tedious, difficult, and a distraction from what she really wanted to do with her time – design beautiful landscapes!
In 2003 Derek was joined in the business by Andy McFarland, a lifelong friend. They found that the choices for measuring services were limited and often didn’t provide the either the accuracy, the speed, the right price, or the professional service that customers were looking for. So Derek and Andy set out to develop a new measuring system designed to serve the landscape market.
Over the next few years, PPM expanded their services to include as-built floor plans, landscape plan production and other CAD drafting services for both the residential and commercial market. By combining precision measuring tools and drafting software with highly trained measurers, PPM’s motto was “If we can see it, we can measure it.”
PPM moved to Long Beach in the summer of 2004. In December of 2005 Derek left PPM to pursue other life interests. Today PPM serves over 150 landscape and architectural professionals - as well as the general public - with on-site measuring, drafting services, and great customer service!
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