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...
We are back with some helpful (hopefully) tips & tricks for you to use. Have you ever clicked on a Revit component before to see what the preview image is because the name of the file is "tub"...
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...
Have you ever downloaded a component that looked like what you needed? After you open the file and see there are existing parameters you think "Heck yes! Score!"...
This week we continued working on our Reynolds Court house remodel, but we moved the design to the outside in order to link the inside and the outside for that true California-style indoor/outdoor living vibe. The main feature will be a new pool, but there...
Every project has its own unique requirements and as such the types of drawings packages we produce can vary from a simple project with one design package to a vary complex project with upwards of six design packages, each designed for a different jurisdictional approval. ...
The energy efficiency of our buildings is important and one way that we verify our code compliance with current energy codes is to define the energy efficiency of our windows and doors. Here at Hayne we typically identify the Solar Heat Gain Coefficient (SHGC) and...
Hello again! We hope you are staying safe as we continue through these quarantine times. Our office continues to work remote and we were recently asked to create a fire access plan with paths that were fluid, not linear, and calculate their lengths to show they...
With a few commercial projects in development here at Hayne, we have been spending time reviewing the Building Code (thank you UpCodes!) to calculate occupancy and minimum plumbing fixtures required. When we worked in AutoCad this would be completed as a separate calculation, maybe in...
