4-H Center Seeks LEED Gold

The new Environmental Education Center at the 4-H Center in Columbiania is currently seeking LEED Gold Accreditiation from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). Hattemer, Hornsby, and Bailey (HHB) was the MEP consultant for the project.  Once the accreditation is approved, the building will be the first LEED Gold building in the state of Alabama.  LEED Gold is the second Read More

HH&B Celebrates 25th year

Hattemer, Hornsby, and Bailey, P.C. (HH&B), is celebrating its 25th year in 2008. The firm was founded by Tom Hattemer, P.E. and Kent Hornsby, P.E. in 1983 in Kent Hornsby’s attic. What began as a two man firm, with Alan Bailey, P.E joining a couple years later, now has approximately 11 empoyees in their Prattville, AL office. Over the course of the past Read More

Jackson Hospital to expand, add surgical center

Download PDF by Paul W. Sullivan, Montgomery Advertiser Jackson Hospital will begin construction this summer on a new surgery center and a state-of-the-art imaging center. The hospital’s decision to expand was driven by increased demand for surgeries as well as growth in the Montgomery area, said Peter Frohmader, director of marketing. The hospital’s current surgery Read More

School Plans Made Public

Download PDF by Crystal Bonvillian, Montgomery Advertiser Architects and engineers are hurriedly expanding the floor plans for four new Montgomery public schools, trying to make sure construction begins and ends on time. Updated preliminary schematic designs for three of the schools — the new George Washington Carver High School, Bellingrath Middle School and an unnamed Read More

4-H Club Environmental Science Education Center Breaks Ground

U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby addressed the public during groundbreaking ceremonies on Tuesday, Oct. 17, for the Alabama 4-H Environmental Science Education Center, the first sustainable building in the Southeast specifically designed to teach environmental issues in a building designed using sustainable practices. The event was held at the Alabama 4-H Center on Lay Lake near Read More