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The top executives of Memphis’ largest engineering firm were climbing stairs, scaling catwalks and shining flashlights down vacated corridors of the Mid-South Coliseum Friday. Charles “Chooch” Pickard, a preservation architect and urban designer who recently joined ArchInc as partner, led Allen & Hoshall president Harry Prattand Micheal Young, president emeritus, on a tour of the Coliseum Sept. 1. To take your […]

Two proposed developments in two of the city’s high-profile areas – a 130-room boutique hotel near Shelby Farms and a new gated community in Midtown – will headline the Land Use Control’s Thursday, August 10 meeting. According to documents released by the Office of Planning and Development Thursday, the new hotel at the northwest corner of Whitten […]

The developers behind a planned $200 million mixed-use project near Shelby Farms Park have now added a boutique hotel to the mix. In December, DB Development Co. closed on its purchase of a 55-acre tract of land at Mullins Station and Whitten Road for $4 million. The project is also set to include apartments, restaurants, […]

Allen & Hoshall employees volunteered their time at the PGA’s FedEx St.Jude Classic golf tournament. Several of our land surveyors were right at home using survey equipment to locate the golf balls on the fairways and greens at the TPC Southwind Golf Course.  Using a combination of conventional total stations, RTK GPS receivers and laser […]

Methodist University Hospital is seeking a $2.5 million building permit to continue work on its $280 million modernization project on its campus, 1265 Union Ave. The application filed with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement describes the scope of work simply as “alterations.” It lists Juan Self of Self-Tucker as the architect, Mike Sheridan of Allen & […]

Allen & Hoshall supported the Memphis in May organization’s 2017 World Champion BBQ Cooking Contest at Tom Lee Park by volunteering to ‘stake-out’ all 240+booths.  In preparation of the staking, our surveyors used Trimble R-10 RTK units to map the entire  park for organizers to place each BBQ cooking contest participant’s booth.  Once designed, our team returned to […]

With more than 800 million passengers zipping through U.S. airports in 2016 and air cargo accounting for more than one-third of the world’s trade by value, the nation has become increasingly dependent on air travel to stay competitive. But what sometimes get lost is the amount of upkeep needed to maintain the infrastructure of these […]

Construction crews on Thursday were completing a renovation to Lafayette’s Music Room in Overton Square, even though the long-closed, colorful bar was revived, restored and re-opened just three years ago. The ownership group led by Tommy Peters — who also heads the owners of the five B.B. King’s Blues Clubs across the South — decided to open up the […]

DeSoto County Career Technology Center West, Horn Lake, Miss. DeSoto County School District had a goal to strengthen work force development in the region with a learning environment for vocational students at DeSoto County Career Technology Center West.  The career center offers programs in automotive repair, carpentry, culinary arts, digital media, engineering, health sciences, HVAC, information technology, metal work and robotics. Michel […]

Allen & Hoshall is progressing the world of architecture and engineering with the integration of new technologies.  The advancement of VR headsets, like the Oculus Rift, and drone models has enabled the firm to incorporate these new tools to accelerate the design process and visualize large projects from a more realistic perspective. Virtual Reality As […]