GraceHebert Architects is a regionally recognized firm that has set themselves apart with a holistic and tech-savvy approach to sound creative design practices. The acquisition provides geographic growth opportunities for both firms as well as strengthening the foundation and resources for their respective collaborative processes.
“The acquisition of HMS Architects stems from a mutually respectful and collaborative working relationship,” said Jerry Hebert, President of GraceHebert Architects. “HMS Architects’ outstanding reputation and long-standing legacy in the Greater New Orleans area coupled with our resources and presence in a wide variety of industries will endow both entities with new growth opportunities.”
The acquisition will increase GraceHebert Architects size to 40 full-time employees with plans for immediate hiring in the Baton Rouge and New Orleans offices. “The GraceHebert partnership provides HMS Architects with a boost in resources and staff to continue to serve our clients in the elite manner they have come to expect. The entire team looks forward to joining GraceHebert Architects and continuing our long history of providing the Greater New Orleans area innovative design practices,” said Keith Steger, Principal of HMS Architects.
HMS Architects, founded in 1996, offers a full range of architectural services and has a collective of over sixty years of project experience. Historically, HMS Architects’ focus has been in the performing arts, hospitality, education, and industrial design.
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Construction begins on the Park VII Pool Deck
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Wednesday, September 7, 2016
Construction Completed at the Ochsner PT and Primary Care Clinic at Bellemeade
The Ochsner PT and Primary Care Clinic at Bellemeade has been substantially completed by Clement Building Company on September 1st, 2016, for Ochsner Health Systems in Terrytown, Louisiana.
This former K&B, an existing tilt-up concrete and steel framed building building consists of 19,043 SF of built area, on one floor with a mechanical mezzanine, and contains both a primary care clinic and a separate physical therapy clinic under the same roof.
The physical therapy clinic consists of a 5500 SF gymnasium, full of equipment and therapy tables, as well as five 100 SF treatment rooms. The suite also includes a waiting area, which is able to see the activity in the gym, but is shielded from the noise by an interior storefront wall. There is also a custom reception desk that opens to both the waiting room and to the gymnasium, through the glass wall. There is also a pediatrics room to treat children.
Since the Primary Care clinic is so large, it is designed specifically to be easy to navigate for patients. The 26 exam rooms of the overall clinic have been arranged into two color-coded sub-clinics, and the hallways have been opened up to the existing high roof deck above. The subtly color-coded cores of these sub clinics are the nurse stations, which are clustered around the doctor pods, secluded areas where doctors can collaborate with the nurses and one another in relative privacy, with most of the supplies and service spaces that all the caregivers will need located nearby. These two color coded service pods are visible from all hallways within that large, open, simplified volume, which makes it incredibly easy for patients to orient themselves within the large clinic.
The primary care clinic includes an X-ray suite, 23 regular exam rooms, one bariatric exam room, 2 large exam rooms, a shared/E-visit room, a conference room that can double as an exam room, a two-seat blood draw room, a point-of-care testing facility, a medications room, several enclosed offices for supervisors and scheduling needs, and plenty of storage. The waiting room is enclosed by interior storefront, allowing views and an open feel to both the other waiting room, as well as the activity and dynamism within the gymnasium.
Despite the large footprint of the overall project, there were difficulties during design in fitting the extensive program within the building. Careful analysis of the contents and usage of each room with the users helped us to massage the layout until all of the desired features could be accommodated. One innovative technique we used was to install several single-stall restrooms, instead of large multi-stall restrooms. This allowed us to have a smaller overall square footage of restroom area, by reducing the interior circulation space within the restrooms. Making the restrooms unisex also allowed us to have fewer fixtures overall, as anyone can use any restroom.
Construction took 5 Months, since March 31st, 2016. Including the 5 Months of design, the entire length of the project has been 11 months.
The final building cost of the project was $2.7 million, or $144/SF. Change orders were kept below 3% of the bid cost.
We thank Ochsner Health Systems and Clement Building Company for working with us on the project, and wish them the best in the future.
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
The Lakewood Elementary School Building A Renovations are Substantially Complete
The Lakewood Elementary School Building A Renovations were completed by Dynamic Constructors in late July, for St Charles Parish Public Schools, in Luling, Louisiana.
This existing steel-framed, concrete block building consists of 26,700 SF of renovated area, all on the first floor. The renovation modified a large shared classroom area, separated by temporary partitions, and split the area into 19 new classrooms and a teacher work area suite. Meeting the owner's desire for durable materials in this demanding education environment the design team used high-impact gypsum board on metal stud framing for the new walls. This project also included new ceilings, and floor finishes, as well as adapting the existing mechanical and electrical equipment to the new layout with new light fixtures and ducts. Overall, the project ended up costing $51/SF.
Working with the owner's desire to not lose any space during the school year the project was designed to have construction occur over the summer months when students would not be in class. Construction started after completion of the spring semester in May 2016 and was completed just ahead of schedule, allowing the owners ample time to re-occupy the space and prepare for the fall semester.
The final building cost of the project is more than 20% under the original budget, both due to a good bid at the outset, and by diligent construction administration, keeping the change orders well within 1% of the overall bid cost.
We thank St Charles Parish Public Schools and Dynamic Constructors for working with us on this successful project, and wish them the best in the future.
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
The Allemands Elementary School Classroom Addition is Substantially Complete
The Allemands Elementary School Classroom Addition has been substantially completed by F. J. Arcement Construction Co. Inc. on May 2nd, 2016, for St Charles Parish Public Schools, in Des Allemands, Louisiana.
This brick-clad, steel-framed, metal stud building consists of 6230 SF of additional built area added onto a 27,000 SF existing building, both all on one floor. The addition contains 4 additional classrooms, including an art classroom, as well as a work room, restrooms, and support spaces. The building cost about $175 per square foot overall.
Construction took 11 Months, since June 8, 2015, and has been substantially completed ahead of schedule. Including the 9 Months of design, the entire length of the project has been 20 months.
The final building cost of the project was within 10% of the original budget, which was helped by finding about 1% of savings via change orders by careful construction administration.
We thank St Charles Parish Public Schools and F. J. Arcement for working with us on the project, and wish them the best in the future.
Thursday, March 31, 2016
Construction Has Begun on the Ochsner Primary Care and Physical Therapy Clinic at Bellemeade
Clement Building Company began constriction on the Ochsner PT and Primary Care Clinic at Bellemeade on March 31st, 2016. HMS had previously finished the drawings and specifications for the clinic for Ochsner Health Systems, on schedule after 5 months of design work.
This former K&B, an existing tilt-up concrete and steel framed building building consists of 19,043 SF of built area, on one floor with a mechanical mezzanine, and contains both a primary care clinic and a separate physical therapy clinic under the same roof.
The physical therapy clinic consists of a 5500 SF gymnasium, full of equipment and therapy tables, as well as five 100 SF treatment rooms. The suite also includes a waiting area, which is able to see the activity in the gym, but is shielded from the noise by an interior storefront wall. There is also a custom reception desk that opens to both the waiting room and to the gymnasium, through the glass wall. There is also a pediatrics room to treat children.
The primary care clinic includes an X-ray suite, 23 regular exam rooms, one bariatric exam room, 2 large exam rooms, a shared/E-visit room, a conference room that can double as an exam room, a two-seat blood draw room, a point-of-care testing facility, a medications room, several enclosed offices for supervisors and scheduling needs, and plenty of storage. The waiting room is enclosed by interior storefront, allowing views and an open feel to both the other waiting room, as well as the activity and dynamism within the gymnasium.
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Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Lakewood Elementary School Interior Renovation Construction Underway
St Charles Parish Public Schools received bids for Lakewood elementary school interior renovation on January 12, 2016. HMS had previously finished the drawings and specifications for Building for St Charles Parish Public Schools, on schedule after 5 months of design work.
The Lakewood Elementary School Building A Renovations consist of 26,756 SF of renovated area, all on the first floor, and this renovation modifies a large shared classroom area, separated by temporary partitions, splitting the area into 19 new classrooms and a teacher work area suite, using high-impact gypsum board on metal stud framing, for durability in the demanding educational environment.
When including all alternates, the five bids ranged from $1.4M to $1.9M. within 35% of each other, reflecting the uncertainty of renovation projects. The winning bid was for $1,401,000, or $51 per square foot, which is under budget by $399,000 or more than 20%. This difference allowed all alternates to be accepted within the budget.
The winning Contractor, Dynamic Constructors , is expected to begin work in late May, for a contract length of 60 days, expecting to finish by the start of school. We look forward to working with St Charles Parish Public Schools and Dynamic Constructors for the months ahead.
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The Lakewood Elementary School Building A Renovations consist of 26,756 SF of renovated area, all on the first floor, and this renovation modifies a large shared classroom area, separated by temporary partitions, splitting the area into 19 new classrooms and a teacher work area suite, using high-impact gypsum board on metal stud framing, for durability in the demanding educational environment.
When including all alternates, the five bids ranged from $1.4M to $1.9M. within 35% of each other, reflecting the uncertainty of renovation projects. The winning bid was for $1,401,000, or $51 per square foot, which is under budget by $399,000 or more than 20%. This difference allowed all alternates to be accepted within the budget.
The winning Contractor, Dynamic Constructors , is expected to begin work in late May, for a contract length of 60 days, expecting to finish by the start of school. We look forward to working with St Charles Parish Public Schools and Dynamic Constructors for the months ahead.
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Monday, January 4, 2016
The Hahnville High School Weight Training and Exercise Building is Substantially Complete
The Hahnville High School Weight Training and Exercise Building has been substantially completed by Crescent Commercial Construction on October 19th, 2015, for St Charles Parish Public Schools, in Boutte, Louisiana.
This brick-clad CMU building consists of 6900 square feet of built area, all on one floor, and contains a weight room and a general exercise room, with a retractable batting cage system, as well as restrooms and other support spaces.
Construction took nine and a half months, since January 5th, 2015, and has been substantially completed on schedule. Including the eight months of design, the entire length of the project has been 18 months.
The final building cost of the project was $1,206,100, or $175/SF, after separating out the other building. On the overall project, including both buildings, there was over $70,000 worth of savings during construction via change orders, or 2.4% of the bid cost of $2,869,000.
We thank St Charles Parish Public Schools and Crescent Commercial Construction for working with us on the project, and wish them the best in the future.
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Case Study: Rendering Comparisons at the JB Martin Gymnasium Renovations
The JB Martin Middle School had a older gymnasium building, that was starting to show its age, and also starting to no longer meet the needs of its occupants, and so the decision was made to renovate the space.
The pragmatic requests were easy enough to provide for, but the qualitative aspects were more difficult to show and predict. In particular, the users had requested a light, open, lively, larger feeling space, though existing conditions precluded the possibility of actually enlarging many of the spaces. As a result, our solution was to use finishes, and slight changes to make spaces feel more open and dynamic, as well as adding exterior/interior space to make the building "feel" bigger. Since this project was done in Revit, we were able to use renderings to better get the feel of the spaces before work was done, to better verify that the proposed interventions would actually work. See below for some examples of the proposals and their solutions. Pay particular attention to how the renderings reflect the final product. Some reflect it almost exactly, while others were adjusted and tweaked during construction.
Exterior of Building, showing the gymnasium seating and storage addition, and the canopy to help add a focal point to the school's courtyard. The top image is existing conditions, the second is the Pre-construction rendering (note bumped-out portion for additional seating), bottom is the final post-construction photograph. Other than some colors being off, and the omitted landscaping, the pre-construction rendering looks accurate to the final product, down to the framing of the canopy.
Exterior of building, showing lobby addition
Lobby of building, showing new ceiling and finishes. The top image was the existing conditions, the second was the pre-construction rendering, raising the ceiling as much as possible to the roof above. During construction, additional above-ceiling elements were discovered and the ceiling was re-designed to accommodate them, as shown in the 3rd image. The final image is the completed construction, matching the revised rendering almost exactly.
Main Gymnasium, towards addition at end. The top image is the existing conditions, and the second is the pre-construction rendering, re-painting in lighter colors, reducing the school colors to a stripe. During construction, the colors were re-tweaked to add school colors at the structure and ducts, as shown & checked in the third image. The fourth image is the final photograph. Nearly everything is similar to the rendering, except the light fixtures show up differently, the structural bracing shows up, as well as additional framing for the goal posts.
Girls' locker Room. The first image shows the existing conditions, particularly the shower-turned storage. Note the high lockers. There was a specific owner request for the coach to be able to have visual control of the whole locker room from her office. The second image shows the pre-construction design, as seen form the coach's office, with the room painted a bright white, with limited splashes of school colors. Note how the lower locker banks allow for visual control. The third shows the final product. The red elements were eliminated during construction.
The pragmatic requests were easy enough to provide for, but the qualitative aspects were more difficult to show and predict. In particular, the users had requested a light, open, lively, larger feeling space, though existing conditions precluded the possibility of actually enlarging many of the spaces. As a result, our solution was to use finishes, and slight changes to make spaces feel more open and dynamic, as well as adding exterior/interior space to make the building "feel" bigger. Since this project was done in Revit, we were able to use renderings to better get the feel of the spaces before work was done, to better verify that the proposed interventions would actually work. See below for some examples of the proposals and their solutions. Pay particular attention to how the renderings reflect the final product. Some reflect it almost exactly, while others were adjusted and tweaked during construction.
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
The Hahnville High School Field House is Substantially Complete
The Hahnville High School field house expansion and renovation has been substantially completed by Crescent Commercial Construction on August 19th, 2015, for St Charles Parish Public Schools, in Boutte, Louisiana.
This Brick-clad CMU, existing building consists of 9,680 SF of renovated area, with 3,204 SF of added space, including a newly added second floor mezzanine, and contains four renovated locker rooms (Football Locker Room and Freshman Football, Track and Field, and an enlarged Girls P.E. Locker Room) in addition to a meeting room, training suite, conference room, coaches offices, and a storage facility.
Construction took seven and a half months since January 5th 2015, and has been substantially completed a month and a half ahead of schedule, just in time for football season. Including the eight months of design, the entire length of the project has been seventeen months.
Work continues on the adjacent weight training and exercise room, part of the same project, scheduled to be completed in another month.
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Tulane Catholic Center is Substantially Complete
The Tulane Catholic Center has been completed on August 7th, 2015 by F. H. Meyers construction. This three-story, 8,400 square foot building is constructed with a rain screen siding system on structural metal studs. This building contains a social area, a chapel with a sacristy, a conference room, two classrooms, and a small library with a study room.
The grand opening will occur on Friday August 21st, 2015. We thank the Archdiocese of New Orleans and F. H. Meyers for working with us on the project, and wish them the best in the future.
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Lafayette Cemeteries No. One and Two Caretaker Cottages Construction Underway
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The City of New Orleans received bids for the Lafayette Cemetery No. One and Two Caretaker Cottages on January 27th 2015. HMS had previously finished the drawings and specifications for cottage replacement for the City of New Orleans Capital Projects Administration after months of design work.
These one story cottages consist of, one 162 SF cottage and another 250 SF cottage. Both with an exterior of cement lap board siding, which mimics the preexisting historic buildings.
The winning Contractor, MST Enterprises, began in June 2015, and is scheduled to be completed by November 2015.
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Wednesday, August 5, 2015
The St Bernard Multipurpose Building is Substantially Complete
The Archdiocese of New Orleans received bids for the St. Bernard Archbishop Hannan Multipurpose Building on May 21st 2015. This metal building consists of 3,450 SF of enclosed area and 550 SF of covered area.
The winning Contractor, Boasso Construction, began work in August, with a contract time of about a year, and is expecting to finish by June 2016. We look forward to working with Archdiocese of New Orleans and Boasso Construction for the months ahead.
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The winning Contractor, Boasso Construction, began work in August, with a contract time of about a year, and is expecting to finish by June 2016. We look forward to working with Archdiocese of New Orleans and Boasso Construction for the months ahead.
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Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Allemands Elementary School Construction is Underway
On May 20, 2015, St Charles Parish Public Schools accepted a bid for the Allemands Elementary School Classroom Addition in Des Allemands, Louisiana. HMS had previously finished the drawings and specifications on schedule for St Charles Parish Public Schools, in order to promptly bid the project, and start construction on time.
This brick-clad, steel-framed, metal stud building consists of 6230 SF of additional built area added onto a 27,000 SF existing building, both all on one floor. The addition contains 4 additional classrooms, including an art classroom, and additionally a work room, restrooms, and support spaces.
The six bids ranged from $1.1M to $1.25M, within 15% of each other, a fairly tight grouping, signifying a relatively clear set of drawings. The winning bid was for $1,106,000, or about $173 per square foot, after taking out $28,000 for sitework, which is within $40,000, or 4% of the previous estimate.
The winning contractor, F. J. Arcement Construction Co. Inc., began working in June, for a contract length of 1 year, expecting to finish by June of 2016. We look forward to working with St Charles Parish Public Schools and F. J. Arcement for the months ahead.
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Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Case Study: Renderings vs Reality at Casper College School of Music
In the course of designing the new School of Music building at Casper College, in 2011, we created several renderings to aid in our design decisions for the major spaces, to make sure they look & feel right. These were also used to show the owner what they could expect as a final product, and also distributed to them to use as promotional materials to drum up support.
The program we used (the then-cutting edge Autodesk Revit 2011&2012,) allowed us (and our consultants) to model the entire building in the computer before anything was built, allowing us to more accurately visualize how the finished product will generally look. There are several schools of thought in terms of renderings, but we generally strive towards accuracy, minimizing the amount of embellishment. There are, of course, levels of detail that are not always present. For example, often we don't need to spend time modeling the light switches and exit signs to get a good sense of the space, but in general, with a more accurate rendering, the client is made aware of the final appearance of the space, and if any problems are found early on, they can be addressed before they become expensive change orders during construction.
When the project was completed, HMS hired a photographer to document the same spaces. See below for the comparison, to show how closely the renderings (created entirely in the computer while the site was a grass field) compared to the real world building, more than a year later.
Concert hall from back rear. Rendering is on top, final picture below. This rendering is from relatively early in the process, and there has been some subtle tweaking of the design during the final CD stage and construction, notably in the upper ceiling and wall panels, and the lower railings.
Concert hall from center. This rendering has been updated, showing the revised railings, wall panels, and ceiling panels, changed during value engineering.
Instrumental Rehearsal hall. Rendering is on top, final picture below. Both views are from the back of the room towards the front, but are from opposite corners - the whiteboard is the same. For reference, the room is more or less symmetrical, except for the window. The curtain is adjustable, and can be opened or closed to suit the acoustics of the room.
Front Lobby. Rendering at top, final image below. All the elements are in place, minus the owner-supplied furniture. The color balance differs slightly, with reality feeling brighter and fresher than the warm and dark rendering.
Main Stair. Rendering at top, final photo below. Note how the stair, railing, lights, and benches are all built more or less as drawn, except for a few finishes, selected later.
Upstairs Lobby Rendering is on the top, with final photo on the bottom. Geometry is essentially identical, along with colors. There are only a few special system and owner-supplied elements missing from the renderings, and the room in general "feels" darker than reality.
For reference, this building was modeled in then-cutting edge Autodesk Revit 2011 and 2012, and rendered in the same program, on our local computers. Since then, we have continually improved our rendering technology and skills to create better and more-accurate renderings.
The program we used (the then-cutting edge Autodesk Revit 2011&2012,) allowed us (and our consultants) to model the entire building in the computer before anything was built, allowing us to more accurately visualize how the finished product will generally look. There are several schools of thought in terms of renderings, but we generally strive towards accuracy, minimizing the amount of embellishment. There are, of course, levels of detail that are not always present. For example, often we don't need to spend time modeling the light switches and exit signs to get a good sense of the space, but in general, with a more accurate rendering, the client is made aware of the final appearance of the space, and if any problems are found early on, they can be addressed before they become expensive change orders during construction.
When the project was completed, HMS hired a photographer to document the same spaces. See below for the comparison, to show how closely the renderings (created entirely in the computer while the site was a grass field) compared to the real world building, more than a year later.
Choir Room. Rendering on top, final picture below. Rendering is fairly accurate, other than missing furniture and curtains, and some slight material inaccuracies with the wooden slats at the top, the ceiling tile material, and the wall diffuser material.
Percussion Suite. Rough rendering on top, final photo on bottom. Views are from opposite corners of the same room, facing the same windows. All the acoustic panels and casework is modeled correctly, although the same ceiling and wall diffuser material issues are present, and the carpet tile was laid in a slightly different pattern. Notably, the curved acoustic hanging panels needed to be shifted slightly during construction.
For reference, this building was modeled in then-cutting edge Autodesk Revit 2011 and 2012, and rendered in the same program, on our local computers. Since then, we have continually improved our rendering technology and skills to create better and more-accurate renderings.
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Mimosa Park Elementary School Celebrates 1 Year Past Substantial Completion
On Tuesday April 14th, Mimosa Park Elementary School celebrated 1 year since its new HMS-designed kindergarten wing was completed, ahead of schedule, by Percy J Matherne Contractor. To commemorate this, we've completed and posted the final versions of the timelapse videos we took on our weekly visits, over the course of the construction of the project. Each image represents approximately 1 week of time elapsed, across a total of about 16 months, from December 2012 to April 2014.
We've also included our initial renderings at the beginning and the end, for comparison to the final product. Note that the pictures have deliberately not been color-corrected until the final images, to see how the light changes as glass and electric lights are added and/or turned off. Also, the building was too big to fit in the camera, so each of these pictures is an auto-stitched panorama, which sometimes leads to interesting artifacts at the seams. These were deliberately left in to keep the images un-biased.
There are six timelapse videos of the same project in the playlist above. Their individual links are:
Exterior View: http://youtu.be/8wOqRVIMgU4
Cafeteria from front door: http://youtu.be/ZCYMIY0GsYg
Cafeteria from front corner: http://youtu.be/cI1ncjmFF0w
Cafeteria from rear center: http://youtu.be/GSnedvUhvtE
Hallway from Cafeteria: http://youtu.be/U5qTnFEi4dg
Hallway towards Cafeteria: http://youtu.be/PYPQvtGGW_g
Thanks to St Charles Parish Public Schools and Percy J Matherne Contractor for working with us to make this building a reality.
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Check out our previous story about Mimosa Park Elementary, complete with fly-around, here.
Check out our previous story about Mimosa Park Elementary, complete with construction timelapse, here.
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Wednesday, April 8, 2015
HMS Reinforces Interior Design Department, Again!
HMS welcomes Rae Ann Famiglio to our interior design department!
Rae Ann came to us as a recent graduate of the Interior Design program at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and has already shown herself to be quite useful, helping with educational, commercial, ecclesiastical, and residential projects. Along with Mary Beth, she is a vital part of HMS's Interior Design team.
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Rae Ann came to us as a recent graduate of the Interior Design program at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and has already shown herself to be quite useful, helping with educational, commercial, ecclesiastical, and residential projects. Along with Mary Beth, she is a vital part of HMS's Interior Design team.
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Thursday, April 2, 2015
Global Green Showcases Andrew Wilson Elementary's Green Impact.
Global Green has featured Andrew Wilson Elementary School in a new video and short case study. These show the real-world impact of design decisions on students' learning and experiences, and how they feel about their new school:
Also, they have earlier written up a case study of Andrew Wilson, detailing many of its green features:
http://globalgreen.org/docs/publication-145-1.pdf
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015
HMS grows our Interior Design Department
HMS has bolstered our interior design department with the addition of Mary Beth Aubic, early last year.
Mary Beth came to us with extensive experience on the furniture side of the industry, which has already come in quite handy in the several projects she has already worked on at HMS. These have varied from hotels & hospitality renovations, to extensive commercial space renovations & relocations, to aiding with the interiors portions of educational, medical, ecclesiastical, and residential projects. Mary Beth has proven to be quite a capable member of the HMS team, and we look forward to many years of working with her.
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Mary Beth came to us with extensive experience on the furniture side of the industry, which has already come in quite handy in the several projects she has already worked on at HMS. These have varied from hotels & hospitality renovations, to extensive commercial space renovations & relocations, to aiding with the interiors portions of educational, medical, ecclesiastical, and residential projects. Mary Beth has proven to be quite a capable member of the HMS team, and we look forward to many years of working with her.
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Wednesday, March 11, 2015
The New Canal Basin Lighthouse Restoration Complete
The New Canal Basin Lighthouse renovation has been completed from being knocked off its existing foundation during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. Since then, HMS was able to document the lighthouse and rebuild it to meet today's safety codes. The refurbished lighthouse will now sit higher than the previous, due to the modified flood elevation requirements. Striving to achieve LEED Certification, HMS saved and restored many pieces and parts from the original. Thank you to Jeld-wen for the windows and doors and thank you to the Save the Lake Foundation for involving HMS. The historic structure is now restored and converted into a museum and education center, focusing on its former use, and the lake ecology.
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