Tips and Tricks

Every now and then, ok, more often than not, we are asked to place the chosen plumbing fixture (furniture piece, light fixture, specialty equipment item, etc.) into our REVIT model and are only working with a manufacturer's specification sheet with 2-dimensional drawings.  I know it's...

As we move through the design phases of a project it becomes necessary to start specifying actual products, typically this happens when we are in the Design Development stage of a project.  When we work with a Client's Interior designer, we typically just put together...

With Valentine's Day around the corner, its time to shower the love(s) in your life with gifts, affection and food! Have an Architect-lover? We have some fun architectural theme gifts you can get for them (or yourself!) Building Your Love Wake up and smell the roses.. or...

Meetings are vital to the success of a project, whether it be determining the Client's initial goals and desires, finalizing project specifications, or keeping track of construction. These last few years have felt a little "last minute" with the introduction of Zoom, where you can...

Hello Friends! We are ready to wrap up the month of September with one last Tips & Tricks post: Ways to have a successful Zoom call. With the pandemic slowing down, people have returned to the office and returned to somewhat a "normality." But many things...

Hello Friends! This week we are going to share some of our favorite shortcuts PDF "Find" Tool The CTRL+F shortcut brings up the "find" bar which you can quickly search for key words in the PDF. This is very helpful if you need to find something in meeting minutes...

After every meeting and site visit here at Hayne we generate Meeting Minutes or Field Reports to be distributed to the project team.  This creates a record of decisions made during the design phase (i.e. eliminated the sink in the lower level bar) and/or the...