Schofield Town Center ADP wins award!
The Federal Planning Division selected The Schofield Barracks Town Center Area Development Plan for an Honorable Mention Award in the Area Development Plan category at this years FPD Awards Program. The award will be presented in April at the 2013 National Training Workshop for Federal Planners in Downtown Chicago. The Schofield Barracks Town Center Area Development Plan features several open spaces and parks as features in the central core of the installation, notably Soldier’s Square, Memorial Garden, Heritage Park, and an entry...
read moreHB&A visits with Cadets at the Air Force Academy
The last week in February, HB&A had the opportunity to speak with senior level Cadets at the Air Force Academy about managing a design project from the perspective of an architect. Steve Powell and Todd Hand, both architects, spent about an hour with two separate classes describing HB&A’s corporate values, how work is procured, teaming situations with General Contractors and design solutions with Sketch Up and Revit. As architects we look for ways to understand and interpret needs of our clients. We work through written...
read moreConstruction of RAIDRS is nearing completion…
Construction is nearing an end for the RAIDRS (Rapid Attack Identification Detection Reporting System, Space Control Squadron at Peterson AFB, Colorado) project consists of the active duty 16th SCS, as well as the 380th Reserve Unit. The new, permanent facility is to be constructed in the Peterson East area of the base, within the existing 76th building including adequate administrative, maintenance, storage, high bay, and secure operational space. The exterior of the facility was designed to meet all requirements set forth in the...
read moreEl Paso County Coroner’s Office
Serving 22 counties, including one of Colorado’s largest in population, the Coroner’s Office has more than outgrown their existing facility over the last decade. To better serve the present and future needs, El Paso County sought the design assistance of HB&A. The new facility is planned to support department consolidation, meet the upcoming National Accreditation standards, and fulfill the increasing demands for health, safety and security. The chosen plan of action is to remodel the current Sheriff’s Training Facility, located...
read moreHB&A England Invasion
With three planning and architecture projects currently underway in England, HB&A has been back and forth to London and the surrounding countryside at least once a month since October 2012 and will continue at that pace through the cold winter months and into Spring 2013. This January, with two design teams totalling 8 people in the land of double decker busses, beefeaters, and crown jewels simultaneously, it was a veritable HB&A England invasion! Committed to face-to-face design charrettes and customer service, the primary England...
read moreThule Consolidation Plan
HB&A planners created a consolidation plan for Thule Air Base, located high above the Arctic Circle in Greenland. The goal of the 2010 Plan was to propose an optimal footprint for Base operations that minimizes energy consumption and reduces O&M costs. The great part: More than just a plan on a shelf, this plan is underway and being implemented by Air Force Space Command. When the consolidation is complete, Thule’s annual fuel savings will be 35% less than current usage, while the total amount of space will decrease by...
read more“It’s been a wonderful ride…” – Stan Mael
The beginning of 2013 saw the well-deserved retirements of two of HB&A’s longest-serving employees and partners. Glenn Santeler, a geographer who ran HB&A’s GIS services, was with the company for nearly 14 years, after having been employed at several other military master planning firms in the area. Glenn is excited to spend quality time with his family during his retirement, and was presented with a wall map (prepared by the GIS staff that he mentored and trained) illustrating the various worldwide locations that he traveled to...
read moreBench Flipping?
One of HB&A’s partners, Aaron Briggs, recently participated in an afternoon of bench-flipping. This exercise in tactical urbanism was organized by Colorado Springs Urban Intervention (CSUI), a local non-profit focused on finding easy ways to experiment with innovative urban design ideas in downtown Colorado Springs. In this case, a number of benches along Tejon Avenue, a busy, pedestrian-oriented street, were located along the curb, facing the parked cars. A CSUI leader noticed this during a shopping trip, received the proper...
read moreWeb-Based Planning for Community Colleges
Aaron Briggs, one of HB&A’s principals and planning project managers, helped to present a session at the Community College League of California annual convention in Los Angeles with Leo Ray-Lynch of WLC Architects and Dr. Sadiq Ikharo from the Peralta Community College District. The convention theme was “Singing in the Rain: A Positive Perspective in a Difficult Climate.” Aaron showed how migrating your Master Plan to a web-based format can make access and maintenance easier while increasing leadership visibility and engagement...
read moreMoving Forward With The Mountain Post Historical Museum
HB&A’s design work on Fort Carson’s Mountain Post Historical Museum may soon move from conceptual design to construction. Check out our renderings and animation on the museum’s website. The museum will tell the story of Fort Carson and pay tribute to the Soldiers who served there. A nonprofit corporation was founded to build the museum and is actively looking for support to accomplish the construction. HB&A is excited to see the museum become a reality so we encourage you to learn more about it by visiting...
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