Haynes Whaley Associates Maintains the Quick Pulse of Project Heartbeat

 Cardiovascular Systems Inc. (CSI), based in St. Paul, Minnesota, is a developer and manufacturer of devices that treat cardiovascular disease. CSI needed a Houston area facility to service their clients in the Texas Medical Center. Their move into Houston, dubbed “Project Heartbeat,” was planned as a one story, 135,000 square foot build-to-suit structure developed by the City of Pearland [...]

Tellepsen YMCA Downtown Houston

Have you driven around downtown Houston lately? If so, you may have noticed the construction site for a new YMCA facility located at Pease and Milam. Haynes Whaley is providing structural engineering services for this project, working with the architect, Kirksey, and the general contractor, Tellepsen. This new YMCA facility will bear the Tellepsen family name, [...]

The Methodist Hospital Outpatient Care Center Completes Its Crown

In the early morning on Sunday, July 12, 2009, a helicopter lifted the last 30 ft section of the pipe-shaped spire into the air. Two steel workers, perched high up in a temporary “crow nest,” efficiently completed the bolted splice connection before the helicopter released its precarious load. This completes the final installation of [...]

NBACC Featured in Gilbane’s “Bulletin”

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 [...]

Sentinel Square-Phase I: Sustainable & Secure

The topping out of Sentinel Square-Phase I was celebrated today.  This downtown Washington, D.C. project is a Class A 12-story, 413,000 sf office building with three levels of below-grade parking, located at 90 K Street, NE in the revitalized NoMa (North of Massachusetts Avenue) corridor.  The project is registered with the USGBC, with the goal of obtaining LEED [...]

Menil Collection Named One of the Best Buildings in Texas

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 [...]

Smithsonian Collections and Support Center Wins 3 Awards

Haynes Whaley was pleased to be part of the design team for the Smithsonian Institute (SI) Collections and Support Center, located in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.  Renovations, interior modifications, and the addition of two mezzanines totaling 368,600 sf were made to an existing warehouse building to house six different Smithsonian offices, including Exhibits Central, [...]

The Overlook at the Rim earns LEED Gold Certification

Transwestern’s The Overlook at the Rim in San Antonio, Texas achieved LEED Gold Certification from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). Haynes Whaley Associates, together with the architect STG Design, designed the 3-story, 148,500 sf office building to be a prominent feature in San Antonio’s new Lifestyle Center, The Rim on Talavera Ridge. The building’s [...]

Brochstein Pavilion wins AISC award

Rice University’s Raymond and Susan Brochstein Pavilion earned a Merit Award in the 2009 AISC (American Institute of Steel Construction) IDEAS2 structural steel building awards program. Haynes Whaley Principal Wally Ford worked with Thomas Phifer and Associates to design the project – a 6,042 s.f. coffee house and convenience dining area, with a wrap-around 10,700 [...]