Several top architectural firms continue to see improving industry market conditions, enjoying large revenue gains last year and forecasting continued strength in the near future.
Many firms endured the economic hardships of the 2008 recession with varying degrees of success, but Fort Worth-based Huckabee took a novel approach: It retained staff and boosted its expertise while work was limited, waiting for the right opportunity to help clients start building again.
ENR Texas & Louisiana has named Huckabee as its 2016 Design Firm of the Year. Huckabee, a firm focused on learning environments, has exclusively served educational clients for 49 years and will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2017.
A cloud-based digital engineer is hovering nearby, ready to calculate, design and optimize thousands of bolted and welded connections on 3D Tekla models as a service to subscribers.
The applicant told the interviewer, “I don’t want a job; I’m looking for a long term career!” And a service company that takes that attitude toward its clients will increase the odds of success—for both itself and the client—because earning and holding on to a career requires understanding and meeting the employer’s needs.
Chosen from more than 40 submissions, the winners of ENR New York’s Top 20 Under 40 competition are a diverse and dynamic group of individuals working in design and construction across the region.
Riata Vista is a multiphase, master-planned campus for a global high-tech company. The campus spreads across 20 acres, and Phase 1 entailed building two Class A office buildings totaling 283,000 sq ft, plus a six-story parking garage for 1,700 vehicles.