The Office

It's BACK TO SCHOOL time and here at Hayne that doesn't just mean getting the kiddos some new clothes and school supplies that also means a refresh and reboot for OURSELVES and the OFFICE! So this week we are looking at updating our base...

In honor of the Fourth of July, we thought we would share the four office freedoms that we have at our office. Our founding father, the big boss man, Robbin Hayne has decreed… One. Remote Fridays. Fridays have been a standing remote work day since COVID. Check...

One.  Submit the bare essentials. Photo by Mathew Schwartz on Unsplash Critical to the project timeline is starting the submittal process for jurisdictional review AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.  Typically, we submit a first bare-bones package that includes a cover sheet, general notes, plans, elevations, sections, and door/window...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6uYsIQdAMc Did you ever have a nested family that you couldn't edit in a Revit? We recently came across this issue when trying to adjust a dentil molding family for a small bathroom remodel project in Carmel Valley California. Although the family looked to be dynamic,...

Hey Friends! Here at HAYNE we get work done.. and we also like to have a little fun! One way we thought to make construction site visits fun is by adding a game! Over the years we noticed that many different things are said at...

Here at Hayne, we are always striving to find ways to be more efficient in our process. With our commercial projects, we are always using standard accessibility notes. After building these on a project-per-project basis, we finally decided it was better to have a standard...

Here@Hayne we like to find new and better ways for everything we do. We normally keynote floor plans, sections and exterior elevations and then use text notes for details and interior elevations. Recently, in our bathroom remodel project I used keynotes in the interior elevations so...

We recently started a quick turnaround project here at Hayne for a bathroom remodel.  Plumbing fixtures are already selected and ordered, so now we need to double-time it and get our construction package complete and to the contractor...

Have you ever had a "conversation" with someone via email that just isn't getting your point? Well, same. There are different ways to show your progression of intense caring emotion, some would call the person to explain over the phone, some would forward to a co-worker...

Here@Hayne we are problem solvers and waste space innovators! We saw that our office was getting a little "visual busy" and thought of how we can clear out the tops of our desks. We also saw how under our desks there were large voids that...

Site visits or architect "field trips" are vital to the design process. Here are four types of site visits that we do here at Hayne. TYPE ONE: Pre-Design Meeting The site is important...