Once upon a time, a Client told Robbin Hayne (aka the Boss Man) that he would like to build a new house and start construction the following spring. Boss Man thought, no problem, me and my girls can get that approved for you… Robbin’s Girls worked diligently with the Boss Man’s redlines and countless Zoom…
SpoOoky StoOories: As-Builts Edition
Hey there Halloween friends! SpooOOoky time Halloween is right around the corner and what better way to get ready than telling scary stories! So gather around and get ready to hear the scariest thing of all.. as-builts!!! *DUN DUN DUUUUUUN* The Crack House Photo by Jonathan Gonzalez on Unsplash Once upon a time, there was a…
Dressing Up: Door Surround
Hello again! We are in spoOooOky season and Halloween is around the corner! Pumpkin spice everything is in the air and oversized sweaters are coming out of the winter boxes they were packed in! As you try to figure out what you and the family are dressing up as this year, we are going to…
Architect on Vacation: Holli in Hawaii
Last week, I took an actual vacation… I know, it’s CRAZY! Although my days were mostly filled with relaxing near a pool or on the sand overlooking the ocean, I just couldn’t stop myself from taking some archi-photos. Now, back to work…
Software Spotlight: Revit 2024 & Toposolids…
As you know, we recently updated our Revit software to the 2024 version (see our Twin Motion and Twin Motion versus Enscape posts) and one of the new features is Toposolids. What is a toposolid? Well, it’s a topo surface that is solid of course! Ha! Creating & Modifying the Toposolid Surface Creating & modifying…
the Hayne Way: Site Visits nearing Completion
Site visits are crucial to ensuring that our designs come to life in the real world. We typically schedule our site visits during the construction phase weekly, but depending on project size and location, sometimes we settle for every other week, or even once a month. These visits aim to track project progress, schedule, address…
Jobsite Playlist: From the 90’s
Here@HAYNE we love music! We listen to it out loud on our SONOS speaker or we listen to our own music in our headsets. Music can get us through a rough day or bring some energy into the office when the coffee isn’t cutting it. So for this week’s blog post we thought it would…
Real versus Relative
We’ve had a few projects recently, that have required us to edit basic information in our Revit models, specifically levels and topography (or now that we are in Revit 2024, Toposolids). This can seem like such a simple task. I mean, we set our levels and all we need to do is update our base…
Day in the Life … Hayne visits Claremont
a day full of meetings… Polli & Blanca road trip! We have quite a few projects currently in Claremont California varying from feasibility studies to ones under construction, so you know what that means… a Field Trip! A couple of weeks ago we decided to stack as many meetings as possible and see what we…
Back to School List: Site Visit Edition
It’s that time of the year again Friends.. back to school! Time to shop for school supplies, new clothes, and all the new gadgets for the new year. For our Back to School list, we decided to do a “site visit” edition since we have a lot of projects under construction or going into construction…
Twin Motion VS Enscape
In our last week’s post we took look at what Twin Motion was all about and played around in it to see what it could do. This week we are throwing Twin Motion in the deep end and seeing how it compares to our awesome-sauce Enscape. Check out below to see the results! GRAPHICS Here…
Hayne Tries: Twin Motion for REVIT
Hello! If you have downloaded the newest Revit then you are probably aware that it now comes preinstalled with Twin Motion. And if you didn’t know.. then now you do! Twin Motion is a real time rendering program similar to our sweet Enscape. So of course, like the curious little she-devils we are, we had…