SmithGroup, one of the nationās leading architecture, engineering and planning firms, will now operate atĀ SmithGroupJJR. Ā
The name change reflects the creation of a single brand, bringing together SmithGroup and JJR, LLC. Formerly a SmithGroup subsidiary, JJR is an award-winning specialist in landscape architecture, planning, urban design, civil engineering, and environmental science. Ā
āWe have always been one company in culture and ownership,ā said SmithGroupJJR President & CEO Carl Roehling, FAIA, LEED AP. āBy merging our two brands, itās now loud and clear that weāre together ā increasingly multi-disciplined and fully integrated.ā Ā
SmithGroup and JJR have been together for more than 40 years. SmithGroup merged with JJR (then known as Johnson, Johnson & Roy) in 1970 to add landscape architecture and planning services. Since then, JJR has been a subsidiary of SmithGroup while continuing to operate as its own brand, retaining the JJR name.
āThe new SmithGroupJJR name will help our clients realize the full extent of our services and capabilities,ā Roehling explained.Ā āWe are one of a few multi-disciplinary design firms that offer this range of integrated services.ā
Owners are increasingly opting to use multi-disciplinary firms to solve their project challenges. Having a myriad of design and planning services--from master planning to architecture to multiple engineering disciplines to landscape architecture--provided by a single, integrated firm allows owners to benefit from the creativity and heightened quality that such collaboration brings. Ā
JJRās expertise now becomes one of SmithGroupJJRās practices, which focus on the firmās significant client markets. The firmās four primary practices--Health, Learning, Workplace and Science & Technology--will now be joined by a fifth, called the Campus, Community & Waterfront practice.
Fred Klancnik, PE, F.ASCE, who has served as president and CEO of JJR since 1999, becomes the leader of the new practice. He believes the name change is good news for clients.
āThe specialized services that we are well known for nationally and internationally, such as campus and waterfront development, will now become more readily available to SmithGroupJJR clients throughout all offices,ā Klancnik stated. BD+C
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