Facility Planning & Design
Planning is the most important part of a succesfull fitness facility or exercise room.
PPL Fitness is well equipped to ensure your fitness programs success due to our knowledge, vast experience and the resources we have within our parent company.
PPL Fitness are professionals who know what it takes to make your club, recreation centre or fitness room function properly. We have extensive fitness club and recreation facility design experience; which is combined with operations expertice in health clubs and recreation facilities. PPL currently manages over 20 condominium recreation and dues paying facilities. Our staff work closely at the initial stages of each project with designers and architects to ensure proper lighting, electrical, flooring and safety considerations have been addressed in the design of the room. We also liasse with your marketing team to get an understanding of the demographics and programming potential within the facility once it is completed. We then prepare a complete proposal that will identify the right selection and mix of equipment for your facility and included pricing options based on the level of equipment required or being marketed.
Key factors in our assessment are: 
- Type of facility
- Design contraints / criteria
- Size and dimensions of fitness rooms
- Demographics of people using the facility
- Traffic flow / peak usage
- Programming objectives of the facility room
- Budget
- Desired image of facility room
- Type of equipment being considered or marketed
DESIGN CAPABILITIES
Whether you are a full club, a resort or a condominium, PPL Fitness can provide you with a few options on the design and layout of your fitness facility in advance of your renovation or new construction. This process ensures proper traffic flow and spacing of the equipment is done right and meets the demands of your customers. Our room layouts can be done in easy to read pdf format or AutoCAD (DWG) format.
PPL Fitness now introduces our new ECD3 - Three Dimensional Design Service. This exciting features allows our customers to get a full view in 3-d of their room and clearly visualize what the room will look like. This service is valuable in assisting to market and promote the new facility or renovation and provides a new level in the design process.
Considerations in the physical layout include:
- Electrical supply
- Cable and internet supply
- Plumbing for water fountains
- Mirror placement
- Wall mounted items
- Equipment placement
- Accessories
STAFFING AND PROGRAMMING
PPL Fitness works closely with our Recreation and Staffing Division to provide a full range of Fitness programming options for your condominium, employee or recreation facitility. Services range from full staffing and programming of pool and fitness room, to supply of personal trainers and class instructors on a contract or "fee for use" basis.
Our first hand knowledge of what condominium owners expect from a recreational facility and the useage patterns will help ensure your fitness area satisfies all your owners. Personal trainers and fitness staff are certified and experieinced to provide an excellent service. Although the trend to use personal trainers in a condo facility has increased slightly over the past few years, the majority of owners respond to a well equipped room that is properly laid out and easy to move around in. Additional programming and classes can be added to enhance the experience for the owners and motivate increased use of the facilities. PPL Staffing are equipped to do a proper assesment of your ownership and customize a program to meet the individual needs of your building.
For more information on fitness staffing and programming options contact: tbown@pplgroup.com
