The Technology Partner Your Design Team Has Been Missing.
Planet Geek is an HTA Design Partner and HTA Certified Luxury integrator in Chandler, AZ. We join your project early, put the technology on the drawings, answer RFIs in one business day and install what we drew with our own licensed crew. Your client gets one coordinated system. You get a trade partner who works the way the rest of the team works.
- Full documentation set: device placement, racks, electrical, cooling, prewire, framing, Wi-Fi, shade pockets
- 24-hour RFI response and a named contact for every discipline
- Licensed low-voltage contractor (ROC #357379) and Alarm License #27005
One Partner. Three Disciplines. Nothing Lost Between Them.
Each member of the design team needs something different from the technology integrator. We deliver all of it from one firm, in writing, before it becomes a field problem.
Architects
Device placement, rack and head-end footprints, framing and blocking requirements, conduit paths and cooling loads during design development, so technology lands on your sheets instead of as a change order. We coordinate with your lighting designer and consultants and issue revisions to your document platform.
Interior Designers
A collaborator on everything the client will see and touch: speaker apertures aligned to the lighting grid, invisible and small-aperture options, keypad and touchscreen finishes, hidden displays and lifts, shade fabrics and fascia, flush-mount controls. Nothing visible gets specified without you.
Builders & General Contractors
A prewire plan, electrical and cooling packages for your subs, blocking before drywall, a named contact for every question and a 24-hour RFI commitment. We show up at rough-in, trim and finish on your schedule, and we own the result because we are the licensed contractor who pulled the cable.
The Eight Drawings the Trades Actually Need.
These are the documentation sets an HTA Design Partner must be able to produce. We deliver them for every full-home project and share them on the platform your team already uses, with every affected trade notified when a revision is issued.
- Device placement — speakers, displays, keypads, sensors, cameras, access control, shades, racks, integrator-supplied fixtures
- Equipment rack drawings — elevation and footprint with real clearances
- Electrical requirements — loads, outlets, dedicated circuits, grounding, to the electrician before rough-in
- Cooling requirements — BTU calculations, air handling and noise criteria for the HVAC contractor
- Prewire plan — every cable for every system, plus conduit for the next ten years
- Framing requirements — blocking, recesses and back boxes before drywall
- Wi-Fi heat maps — access point count and placement through block, stucco and foam
- Shade pocket requirements — dimensions, fascia, power and control paths coordinated with the window schedule
Technology Is a Trade. It Should Be Coordinated Like One.
Most integrators show up after drywall and improvise. The result is surface-mounted conduit, a rack closet that will not cool, Wi-Fi dead zones through block walls and a client who blames the builder. An HTA Design Partner is held to published guidelines on documentation, contracts, project management, collaboration and ethics, written with input from architects, interior designers and GCs. Read the guidelines ›
Technology That Disappears Into Your Design.
Your client hired you for a look. Our job is to make the technology honor it. We specify finishes, apertures and placements with you, not around you, and we bring options you may not have seen yet.
- Invisible in-wall speakers, small-aperture and bezel-less in-ceiling speakers, grille colors matched to the ceiling
- Keypads and touchscreens in brass, bronze, black, white and custom finishes, aligned with your electrical device plan
- Hidden displays: art-covering TVs, mirror TVs, lifts and projector drops
- Motorized shades with fabric, fascia and pocket details coordinated with your window treatments
- Tunable and dim-to-warm lighting scenes that make your material selections read correctly at every hour
A Low-Voltage Sub Who Shows Up With Drawings.
We are a licensed Arizona low-voltage contractor, carry our own insurance, and run our own crews. You get one scope, one schedule and one contact for everything from the alarm panel to the theater.
- Category 6/6A, fiber, coax, speaker, control and lighting-control wiring to one documented standard
- Conduit to the roof, exterior walls, casitas, pool equipment and gates, sized for what the house will need later
- Dedicated circuits, surge and battery backup specified with your electrician, not after
- Rough-in, trim and finish scheduled to your milestones, with a rough-in inspection walk before drywall
- Repeatable technology packages per plan for production and spec builders
Phase by Phase, Here Is What You Get From Us.
| Project Phase | Planet Geek Delivers | Coordinated With |
|---|---|---|
| Programming / Schematic | Client interview, systems wish list, budget range using the independent HTA budget tool | Architect, homeowner |
| Design Development | Device placement, rack and head-end space, framing and conduit, Wi-Fi heat map, shade pockets | Architect, interior designer, lighting designer |
| Construction Documents | Electrical and cooling requirements, prewire plan, revisions issued to all affected trades | Electrician, HVAC, framer, window supplier |
| Rough-In | Prewire, conduit, back boxes and blocking; walk-through before drywall | Builder, framer, electrician |
| Trim & Finish | Speakers, keypads, shades, displays, racks, cameras, access control; finish selections confirmed with the designer | Interior designer, millwork, painter |
| Commissioning & Hand-Off | Programming, tuning, documentation, client training meeting, aftercare plan | Homeowner, builder warranty team |
What You Can Hold Us To.
These come from the HTA Design Partner guidelines, and they are how we have worked since 2017.
Written contract first
Scope, products, services and payment terms are signed before work begins, with the homeowner and with you.
Named project contacts
A written list of who on our team handles design, project management, installation and service, before the first RFI.
24-hour RFI response
Acknowledged and answered within one business day, with follow-up when an answer depends on a vendor.
Proactive trade communication
Documentation shared with every trade our systems affect, before they need it, with notifications on every revision.
No sales pitches
Design meetings stay focused on the client’s options and needs. We educate, you lead the room.
Your reputation protected
Any project issue is handled directly with you, never in front of the client. Referral compensation, if any, is disclosed to the homeowner.
Questions Builders, Architects and Designers Ask Us.
When should you bring Planet Geek into a project?
Schematic design or early design development is ideal for a new build, and before demolition on a remodel. That is when device placement, rack space, conduit and framing can still go on the drawings instead of becoming field changes. If you are already past that, send the set anyway and we will tell you what can still be done cleanly.
Do you charge for design and documentation?
Plan review and a budget range are complimentary for trade partners. Full design and engineering documentation is a paid phase scoped to the project, credited back against the installation contract when Planet Geek does the install. You will have the fee in writing before we start drawing.
Will you work on jobs where you are not the installer?
Yes. We can produce the documentation set and support the installer of record, or hand off drawings and specifications for a project outside our service area. We tell you up front which model we are working under.
How fast do you answer RFIs?
Within one business day. If an answer depends on a vendor, you get an acknowledgement the same day and regular follow-up until it is closed. You also get a written list of who on our team handles what before the first question comes up.
Do you pay referral fees?
Any compensation to a referring builder, architect or designer is disclosed to the homeowner in writing. That is an HTA Design Partner requirement and our policy regardless. Most of our trade relationships are built on repeat projects, not fees.
What happens after the project closes?
The homeowner gets a hand-off meeting, written documentation of every system, and the option of a PG Care service plan for monitoring and support. Issues after close-out come to us, not back to you.
Do you do commercial, multifamily or spec builds?
Yes. Production and spec builders get a repeatable prewire and technology package per plan. For apartment, condo and build-to-rent projects, see our MDU partnerships page.
Send Us the Set. We Will Take It From There.
Tell us about the project and attach or link the current drawings. You will hear back from a named contact, not a sales queue.
- Tell us about the projectNew build or remodel, square footage, stage of design, who is on the team and the systems the client is considering.
- Plan review & budget rangeWe review the set, meet the client with you if you like, and establish a realistic budget using the HTA tool.
- Design & documentationDevice placement, racks, electrical, cooling, prewire, framing, Wi-Fi and shade pockets issued to every trade.
Prefer to talk? Call (480) 766-0025.
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Put Technology on the Drawings, Not on the Punch List.
Automation, lighting, shades, audio, theater, network, security and access control, designed with your team and installed by the same licensed Chandler, AZ crew that drew it.
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