HWA, WHR Architects, and SpawGlass Integrate BIM Efforts on SHSU Performing Arts Center

Since 2006, Haynes Whaley has been using Revit Structure as a collaborative tool to facilitate interdisciplinary communication and deliver higher-quality, complex projects faster. One of the firm’s first opportunities to work collaboratively with the software was a new academic building for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Sam Houston State University (SHSU) in [...]

MFAH Lora Jean Kilroy Visitors Center Wins AIA Award

Inaugurated in September of 2010, the Lora Jean Kilroy Visitors Center represents the latest addition to the Museum of Fine Arts of Houston Bayou Bend.

Haynes Whaley Associates partnered with architects Leslie Elkins and Kendall Heaton to bring this project to reality.

The Houston chapter of the American Institute of Architects recognized [...]

Houston Pavilions Panel Discussion at 2010 AISC SteelCamp

Haynes Whaley Associates teamed with contractors Harvey, Myrex Industries, and Lucky’s Steel to present a panel discussion at the recent AISC SteelCamp at the DoubleTree at the Intercontinental Airport in Houston on June 25. The panel, made up of members from the design and construction team, discussed challenges in the Houston Pavilions project, completed in [...]

HWA Hosts Site Visit for Rice University Undergraduates

Steve Wilkerson and I, engineers from Haynes Whaley’s Houston office, recently hosted a site visit to the MD Anderson Cancer Center – Mid Campus Building One* and Parking Facility**, with 10 undergraduate concrete design students and their instructor, Professor Nadathur Varadarajan.

Professor “Raja” teaches two undergraduate design classes at Rice University, and likes to expose [...]

Patriots Plaza II & III – Largest Speculative Office Project in DC to be Awarded LEED Gold

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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 [...]

Brochstein Pavilion Recommended Place to Visit by NY Times

The New York Times posted a story about Houston in today’s online edition titled “36 Hours in Houston.” Included among the “must-see” stops was Rice University’s Brochstein Pavilion, designed by Thomas Phifer and Partners and structurally engineered by Haynes Whaley’s Wally Ford. Author Denny Lee had this to say about the Brochstein Pavilion:

 The skyline goes [...]

Haynes Whaley’s Recent Experience with Fabric-Covered Steel Framed Buildings

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 [...]

Fannie Mae’s Technology Center Celebrates Five Years and the Rewards of LEED Design

Fannie Mae Technology Center

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 [...]

Rice University builds new Residential Colleges

Rice University’s recently completed projects, McMurtry and Duncan Residential Colleges, are featured on the cover of the January/February 2010 issue of Texas Architect. The residential complex includes seven buildings that provide students with housing, dining facilities, kitchen servery and upstairs formal meeting rooms, and master’s houses.  The article, written by Fernando Brave, does an excellent job of [...]

Topping Out Celebration — MD Anderson Cancer Center Mid-Campus Building 1

MD Anderson and Vaughn Construction, as well as the project team of WHR Architects and Haynes Whaley Associates, celebrated a significant milestone with the topping out of Mid-Campus Building 1 (formally named the Administrative Support Building) on December 22, 2009, nearly one year to the day of the record-setting MAT foundation pour. The topping [...]