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Ensuring High Quality Design and BIM Through QC Views, Schedules, and Reports
Reviewing construction documents for quality is a well-oiled process at Henderson Engineers given our five-plus decades of industry experience. However, our approach to reviewing Building Information Modeling (BIM) for quality initially required a different mindset, …
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Regenerative Design: The Evolution of Sustainability
What if the buildings we design produced more energy than they used? In theory, it’s a simple question. But sustainable design can be complicated. As Sustainability Director at Henderson Engineers, I lead the firm’s efforts …
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Employee Fundamentals Training and Resources
When I started my first job, I was nervous. As a freshly minted mechanical engineering graduate, I wasn’t sure what exactly to expect. What if I didn’t know how to do what my managers asked …
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Data Supply Chains and the Built Environment
If you’re reading this, you are likely aware of the current supply chain challenges in the U.S. My guess is you’ve also been impacted by the drag it’s creating on economic activity. There are multiple …
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Combatting the Climate Crisis Through Building Electrification
As I began researching and writing this piece, a small banner on Regeneration.org gently reminded me that there were 2,999 days until 2030. 2,999 days seemed like plenty of time to apply the solutions needed …
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Implementing Innovative Ideas
What is the meaning of innovation? The definition may vary depending on who you ask and what their respective goals are, especially within the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry. Sean Turner, our innovation director, …
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Net Zero Carbon: Our Approach to Reversing Carbon in the Built Environment
In August of this year, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published the first part of its Sixth Assessment Report, Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. This Sixth Assessment reviews and synthesizes …
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How DfMA Improves Project Installations
Over the past few months I’ve been sharing my thoughts on Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DfMA) and how, here at Henderson Engineers, we’re exploring DfMA in our design process to increase efficiencies and cost-effective …
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3D Design in a 2D World: Accelerating Innovation with 2D BIM
I’ve written a few articles recently on Building Information Modeling (BIM) and how it’s crucial to our design process at Henderson Engineers. BIM uses data to generate digital representations of a facility’s physical and functional …
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Applying DfMA Logic to Our Design Processes
I recently wrote an article exploring the meaning of quality in relation to engineering. I described how we define quality at Henderson Engineers within our design process, and how our firm’s end deliverable is quality …
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Achieving Quality Design with Quality BIM
Quality is integral to everything we do at Henderson Engineers, and our application of building Information Modeling (BIM) is no exception. To achieve quality design with BIM you must also have a quality model. But …
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Does Engineering = Quality?
Have you considered what “quality” really is? It seems straightforward enough. We know quality when we see it. We know quality when we interact with it. But do we know what it means? As Director …
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Implementing DfMA: Design for Manufacturing and Assembly
We continuously strive to innovate at Henderson Engineers. One way we’re doing so is by using Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DfMA) in our projects. (Check out this post I wrote for a brief overview …
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Wildfire Smoke Mitigation Strategies in Buildings
According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. experiences an average of 70,000 wildfires every year. The fires and ensuing clouds of smoke present a challenge to the safety and well-being of …
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BIM Automation: Where Efficiency and Optimization Converge
Implementing dynamic methods to innovate with design is standard practice at Henderson Engineers. One of the tools we rely on to help us determine the best system design for a space is Building Information Modeling …
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Introduction to DfMA: Design for Manufacturing and Assembly
It’s in our DNA to be innovative here at Henderson. And to us, part of being innovative means creating efficiency. Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DfMA) – an emerging approach in the AEC world – …
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Generative Design: Good for Project Timelines and Bottom Lines
At Henderson Engineers, it’s in our nature to seek the most innovative and efficient solutions for our clients and to constantly try to improve our process. One design concept that’s been a natural shift to …
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Elevator Cab Cleaning System
As time goes on we find more and more reasons to focus on improving indoor air quality (IAQ). Whether is allergens, pollutants, smells, or even the unknown potential for infection spread, the general public is …
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Recovering from Severe Winter Weather – Now What?
The recent severe winter weather and storms affecting much of the contiguous United States was felt by all. With offices in Texas and staff working remotely throughout the United States, many members of Team Henderson …
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Preparing for an Extreme Cold
As a national firm headquartered in the Midwest and offices spanning the country, big temperature swings are something we’re used to. Each year it seems we face an artic blast brought on by a polar …
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