Every January, the Kinkaid School offers a program that enables students to pursue their own interests in lieu of the normal curriculum. “Interim term” is always the most popular and exciting time of the school year as students engage in a specialized profession or interest through either independent studies, trips abroad, or internships. As a [...]

Interning at Haynes Whaley Associates as a “wanna-be” engineer is exciting at moments, like when finding a set of plans hidden in the back corner of your office and realizing that they make some sense after only a few days of engineering; awesome at others, like when you stand at the corner of the north [...]

For several years now, Haynes Whaley has participated in the Houston Architect and Engineer’s sporting events, including basketball, softball and bowling. Everyone involved has a great time and a chance to relax and unwind after a day at the office. Employees and significant others fill the rosters and compete against other firms in Houston. Game results are posted in the [...]

On Saturday, June 6th, Haynes Whaley participated in AIA Houston’s 23rd Annual Sandcastle Competition, coming home with a win in the “Best Traditional” category. However, the highlight of the day was the team’s “green” water pump design that successfully brought water (a critical ingredient in sandcastle building) from the Gulf of Mexico to their build site.

On March 27th, Haynes Whaley and Cooper Carry “Sent Hunger Down the Drain” at the 2009 AIA Northern Virginia CANstruction competition, a charity committed to ending hunger. Across the nation, competitions are held among teams of architects, designers, engineers, contractors, and students to build structures made entirely out of canned food. At the end of [...]

A small piece of Galveston was in Houston this past Wednesday morning as local television station KHOU’s Great Day Houston transformed their front driveway into a mini-beach. Everything from beach balls to sand castles were on display as the annual AIA Sandcastle Competition was featured on KHOU’s programming. On this beach, members of PDG Architects [...]

Haynes Whaley Associates participated in a field trip with Spring Branch I.S. D.’s Northbrook Middle School yesterday down in Galveston.  These AP Art students were taught by our best on the secrets to building award-winning sandcastles.  Charles Eggert, Marco Cano, and Derick Thompson went down to Stewart Beach with me in a joint effort with [...]

On May 7th, Amy Moen and I demonstrated sandcastle building techniques at AIA Houston’s annual workshop and rules review. A&E The Graphics Complex hosted the crowd of 50+ in their backyard, and they joined with Rosenberger Construction to sponsor the event.