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Six Top Takeaways from NeoCon 2025

Late last month, Hixson Interior Designer Allee Amstutz and Interior Design Co-op Amy Hudek attended NeoCon 2025 and Design Days, held at The Mart and Fulton Market in Chicago. In addition to learning about the latest trends in interior design, Allee and Amy returned with fresh perspectives on new ways to support Hixson’s clients. In […]

Insights from the 2025 Lab Design Conference

Hixson Architects Shuting Zhao and Emma Cunningham recently attended the 2025 Lab Design Conference, where innovation and collaboration took center stage. In our latest S&T Perspectives article, they highlight five key themes shaping the future of lab environments that resonated throughout the conference. Check out their insights today!

From Experience: Why Site Visits Matter

At Hixson, one goal of our Construction Administration team is to verify that construction aligns with project specifications, a goal that is in keeping with the directive from the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Much of this verification comes as the result of a regularly scheduled site visit, the frequency of which is often determined […]

Oil SPCC and Tank Integrity Testing

Facilities that have bulk oil storage containers (i.e., tanks) and are subject to Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) requirements must comply with tank integrity testing standards outlined in the Oil Pollution Prevention Regulations, 40 CFR 112.8(c)(6) {Bulk Storage Containers}. To help you better understand these requirements and how they apply in practice, the […]

The Power of Electrically Commutated Motors (ECMs)

As energy efficiency standards become more stringent, there are many areas of focus to reduce usage, including the motor. Electrically Commutated Motors (ECMS) are becoming a more popular, sometime necessary, option to meet these new standards. The May edition of Hixson’s From Experience newsletter, now available, looks at ECMs and how they offer potential long-term […]

The Transformative Power of Change Management

From a design and engineering perspective, one of the best tools we can use to help employees adapt to the transformation of a work environment is change management. Change management is a structured strategy to transition individuals, teams, and organizations from the current state to a desired future state. In the latest issue of Hixson’s […]

Safety-Related Ventilation for Battery Charging Areas

In our experience, Hixson has found that lift-truck battery charging areas are often inadequately ventilated, even though such batteries can emit flammable hydrogen gas and there are minimum ventilation guidelines for removing such hazardous emissions. In the April issue of Hixson’s From Experience newsletter, we demonstrate how code-compliant ventilation systems do not have to be […]

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