Highland Associates is a full service integrated architectural, interior design and engineering firm. We offer you a single source of responsibility for feasibility studies, planning, design, project administration, and on-going facility management. Highland Associates projects have ranged from 1,000 square feet to 1,000,000 square feet, and project costs have ranged from $10,000.00 to over $100,000,000.00. In the last five (5) years, Highland Associates has designed more than 10,000,000 square feet of space. This work involved new out of the ground construction, renovation/rehabilitation work, and adaptive reuse.
Mission
Every project presents unique opportunities. They believe the best design solutions are a result of an interactive and inclusive design process within a flexible framework that encourages dialogue and discovery.
Their intention is to meet their client’s functional and aesthetic goals while understanding their business objectives. Highland Associates is also committed to the design of state-of-the-art Engineering systems that will make a facility comfortable, usable and economical to purchase and operate.
Their ultimate goal is to develop a long-term relationship with each client. A relationship based on performance, reliability, honesty, fairness and integrity.
ARCHITECTURE: Successful architect stems from the architect's ability to recognize, understand and solve design issues relative to the client's requirements and needs. The design process is a cooperative effort between the client and Highland Associates architects. They take a personal and involved approach, and as a TEAM they analyze your needs to define the project objectives, business & technology goals. Providing an imaginative and functional response, within cost & schedule constrains, is Highland Associates goals in pursuit of client service & quality deliverables.
INTERIOR DESIGN: Highland Associates creates interior environments which fulfill their clients needs for quality work space. Highland Associates in collaboration with the client express the clients ideals & culture to positively influence the functional activities in an atmosphere that nurtures the clients business goals and aspirations.
ENGINEERING: Highland Associates provides Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Protection, Controls, & Structural Engineering services. Properly engineered systems are a key ingredient of any successful project. It is essential that the engineering analysis and system selection be incorporated from the very beginning of each project. Highland Associates also incorporates Value Engineering & Sustainable Design, and Quality Processes. This assures an economical, energy efficient, maintainable and flexible design that is technically adequate and meets the clients needs within the allocated budget. To select the best-fit of systems for the project, Highland Associates engineering staff is skilled at preparing detailed feasibility studies, evaluating system alternatives, and quantifying energy /operation /maintenance savings on a life cycle cost analysis basis.
