We are thrilled to announce that Senior Laboratory Planner Cy Henningsen has accepted the role as St. Louis Office Director. This new title is catching up to Cy’s past performance, as he has been brilliantly managing multiple aspects of HERA for many years. In this new role, Cy will work with St. Louis employees to [...]
Continue ReadingHERA has a proven track record of providing employees an opportunity to grow within the firm, and we get great satisfaction in seeing this progression. Years ago, the firm enacted a formal Leadership Ladder program to provide recognition to staff members who have made a significant contribution to the firm. This year, HERA added a [...]
We are happy to announce the recent promotion of Leila (Lee) Rzyska-Filipek to Senior Laboratory Planner. Lee is a rising star in our Philadelphia office and has made considerable contributions to HERA's success both in project work and internal initiatives. She brings her expertise to projects ranging from higher education, K-12, clinical labs and incubators, [...]
For 25 years, HERA has built invaluable relationships with our clients and partner firms which have led to the construction of hundreds of laboratory spaces. While we are diligently planning the next state-of-the-art lab, it remains HERA’s culture to maintain a work-life balance. In appreciation of our employees' hard work, HERA is shifting to a 4½ day work week. [...]
In our continued quest to provide our clients cutting-edge thinking and ideas about lab planning, HERA is expanding how we identify inclusive design. Lab Planner Rachel Updegrove, WELL AP, and Senior Lab Planner Jeff Owens, MPH, CSP, SM (NRCM), CBSP, Assoc. AIA are pushing the typical parameters to ask deeper and more meaningful questions of [...]