Haynes Whaley Associates and Affiliated Engineers, Inc. (AEI) participated as Gold Sponsors for the fifth annual Night at Nemours gala to benefit Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children.  Proceeds from this year’s event will support specialized care for children with traumatic injury, ensuring that the hospital’s trauma team has the resources it needs.  Gala proceeds [...]

Patriots Plaza II and III, located in the heart of Southwest Washington, DC, have been awarded LEED Core & Shell Gold Certification, making them part of the largest speculative office project in the District to receive a LEED Gold rating. Haynes Whaley’s engineers collaborated with the project team, including Trammell Crow Company, Gensler, B&A Consulting [...]

Over the last year, there has been some attention brought to this unique building type.  These light, economical building systems have found a variety of uses, including agricultural, storage, and recreational. 
One major supplier of these buildings, Cover-All Building Systems, recently reached out to their customers with a warning regarding the structural integrity of some of their buildings related to combined [...]

Fannie Mae’s Technology Center in Urbana, MD is celebrating its 5th anniversary and the $1.7 million in energy savings it has realized as the first LEED certified data center in the nation – as reported in a recent Fannie Mae News Release. Haynes Whaley prides itself with being the structural engineer of record on this [...]

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.

Haynes Whaley’s latest Biosafety Level 4 (BSL-4) laboratory project was recently featured in the Spring 2009 edition of Gilbane Construction’s “Bulletin”.  Our firm provided the structural engineering services for the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC) at Fort Detrick, Maryland.  This recently completed project was the first new facility built for the Department of Homeland [...]

 
Texas Construction’s annual “Top 40 Projects” was recently published in their June 2009 edition.  Haynes Whaley Associates had six projects in this year’s listing:
 
     #8   Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus
   #15   Texas A&M University Health Science Center
              Campus Phase 1
   #26   The Legacy at Memorial
   #31   IAH Terminal C Ticketing, Baggage Claim and
              ITT Level Remodel
   [...]

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 [...]

The Houston Business Journal recently ranked the largest Houston-area civil and structural engineering firms in their May 15-21, 2009 issue.  Haynes Whaley was ranked No. 11 overall in this tabulation, but we are the only firm listed as providing 100% structural engineering.  Our total 2008 gross billings were $20.8 million, and our closest competitor indicated [...]

The Menil Collection was recently designated as one of the ten best buildings in Texas by Texas Monthly in their March 2009 issue.  It shared this honor with other notable structures including The Alamo in San Antonio, “Old Red” at UTMB in Galveston, and the Penzoil Building in Houston.  Haynes Whaley Associates was the structural engineer of [...]