Over the past few months I’ve been sharing my thoughts on Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DfMA) and how, here at Henderson Engineers, we’re exploring DfMA in our design process to increase efficiencies and cost-effective outcomes. In my recent article about the DFMA process, I speculated that using a standard, repeatable duct module for a…
I’ve written a few articles recently on Building Information Modeling (BIM) and how it’s crucial to our design process at Henderson Engineers. BIM uses data to generate digital representations of a facility’s physical and functional characteristics, including the building systems we engineer. But BIM isn’t a singular idea or just 3D modeling software; it’s an…
I recently wrote an article exploring the meaning of quality in relation to engineering. I described how we define quality at Henderson Engineers within our design process, and how our firm’s end deliverable is quality work. But our process – the actions we need to take to achieve quality work – doesn’t live in some…
Quality is integral to everything we do at Henderson Engineers, and our application of building Information Modeling (BIM) is no exception. To achieve quality design with BIM you must also have a quality model. But if you’re looking to cover up a bad design with a good model, you’ve missed the point. As our Director…
Have you considered what “quality” really is? It seems straightforward enough. We know quality when we see it. We know quality when we interact with it. But do we know what it means? As Director of Engineering at Henderson Engineers, driving an emphasis on quality is central to my role. I oversee staff training and…
We continuously strive to innovate at Henderson Engineers. One way we’re doing so is by using Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DfMA) in our projects. (Check out this post I wrote for a brief overview of DfMA.) Our first opportunity to implement DfMA presented itself at the end of 2020. A client approached us to…
According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. experiences an average of 70,000 wildfires every year. The fires and ensuing clouds of smoke present a challenge to the safety and well-being of building occupants. This guide highlights multiple strategies for limiting wildfire smoke from entering into buildings. These recommendations are based on…
Implementing dynamic methods to innovate with design is standard practice at Henderson Engineers. One of the tools we rely on to help us determine the best system design for a space is Building Information Modeling (BIM). BIM is a process that uses data to generate digital representations of a facility’s physical and functional characteristics, including…
It’s in our DNA to be innovative here at Henderson. And to us, part of being innovative means creating efficiency. Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DfMA) – an emerging approach in the AEC world – has been vital in our exploration of how to continue pushing boundaries through our designs while still keeping efficiency in…
At Henderson Engineers, it’s in our nature to seek the most innovative and efficient solutions for our clients and to constantly try to improve our process. One design concept that’s been a natural shift to propel our projects to the next level is generative design. Generative design is essentially an iterative design process that uses…
As time goes on we find more and more reasons to focus on improving indoor air quality (IAQ). Whether is allergens, pollutants, smells, or even the unknown potential for infection spread, the general public is expecting the air they breathe in the buildings in which they live, work, and play to be filtered or treated….
As a national firm headquartered in the Midwest and offices spanning the country, big temperature swings are something we’re used to. Each year it seems we face an artic blast brought on by a polar vortex or change in weather patterns that result in us, and our clients, facing single digit (or below) temperatures. These…
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