KAI Texas Expands into Atlanta with Master Planner/Urban Designer, Herman H. Howard

DALLAS - June 3, 2013 - PRLog -- Dallas, TX (www.KAITexas.com) – KAI Texas recently welcomed master planner and urban designer, Herman H. Howard, to their firm. Howard, a Georgia-based architecture specialist previously from Studio H Urban, joins KAI’s southeastern team as Director of Planning and Urban Design.

"This strategic step allows KAI to offer planning services nationwide, as well as establish a presence for all existing KAI services within the Atlanta marketplace," says Michael B. Kennedy, CEO of KAI Texas. "More specifically, with the acquisition we can now offer planning through our other offices in St. Louis, Dallas, Fort Worth, and San Antonio. We can also provide all of our existing services to our clients in the Atlanta region, such as architecture, MEP engineering, interior design, and project and construction management.”

“Atlanta is a key location because it is not too far from our headquarters in St. Louis, plus it enables our firm to be represented in southeastern section of the U. S. From Atlanta, we can serve the surrounding states from South Carolina, to Alabama, to northern Florida. This triangle of coverage between Missouri, Texas, and Georgia gives us a strong edge in our expansion efforts.”

Prior to joining KAI, Howard served as a co-founding partner, CEO, and President of Studio H Urban. Before founding Studio H Urban, he also worked for six years at HOK's Atlanta office as Principal of the Aviation & Transportation Group.  

Howard holds a Master of Architecture in Building Design from Columbia University in New York City and a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from the University of Southern California. He currently serves as a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of Architecture and Urban Design Studio, and is an Academic Advisor for the Student National Organization of Minority Architects - Atlanta Chapter. He is also a member of the National Organization of Minority Architects and Urban Land Institute.

About KAI Texas

KAI Texas, LC (www.KAITexas.com) is a Texas Corporation headquartered in Dallas with an additional office in San Antonio. Founded in 1999 and led by President and COO Darren L. James, AIA, KAI Texas provides program management, construction management, architecture, and mechanical/ electrical/ plumbing (MEP) engineering and planning services.

Elke Giba

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