We have over 500 professionals working coast to coast, and licensure across all 50 states, so we can collaborate no matter where you’re based. We seek to deliver the right balance of simplicity and innovation to align teams and technology around what matters most—your customer.
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5 COUNTRIES
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10,000+ projects permitted across OFFICES
1900+ communities
who we are
Our Vision
Amplify our Solution Suite to client-partners through securing vital talent and harnessing advancing technologies.
Our Purpose
Leading clients to fulfill their vision while building lasting partnerships.
Our Culture
HFA aspires to be a people first culture of empowerment where talent thrives.
shared values Our Principles That Shape Everything We Do
Lead with Excellence
Work Together Do What’s Right
Build Relationships Exceed Expectations
As owners, we are personally invested in the outcomes, striving to exceed expectations and deliver lasting value. Employee Owned. People Powered.
single-source studio
Bring your whole design team together.
At HFA, we unite the expertise of your multi-discipline team of architects, engineers, permitters, and other industry professionals, so you can:
+ Maximize coordination across disciplines
+ Streamline communications and gather feedback earlier
+ Create higher quality documents that can be delivered sooner
fully integrated disciplines
Architecture
Electrical Engineering
Fire Protection Engineering
Civil Engineering
Landscape Architecture
Fueling Design
Mechanical Engineering
Plumbing Engineering
Structural Engineering
Interior Architecture
Refrigeration
Technology + Collaboration
Our collaborative processes are supported by advanced technologies. All disciplines work in the same Revit models, updated in real time, thus allowing the entire team access to detailed project information at different stages before, during, and after construction.
We continue to use and expand on Autodesk BIM 360. The software drastically improves efficiency by allowing the client, project team and other stakeholders to work together on one model in the cloud. It reduces changes later in the project to coordinate and manage project data and designs.
More, Better, Quicker
HFA quickly and efficiently iterates through design changes and options through advanced techology in software and hardware. The client benefits due to frequent communication and difffering views. A collaborated multi-discipline BIM model enables swift moves from one type of visualization service to another while keeping the cost of services low.
HFA, BIM + Revit
Since 2007, HFA has been using Revit on projects. The multi-disciplinary staff at HFA is competent in Revit and training sessions and helpful tips are available to them each week to help refine their skills. This ensures that the teams at HFA will utilize Revit to produce models that are consistent in quality and accuracy. To continue to stay current, some staff members attend conferences such as Autodesk University to learn and apply the latest in the design and construction industry.
project experience
Create Prototype Documents | Prepare New Designs to Meet Architectural Overlay or Design Requirements While Meeting Brand Standards | Site Adapts
Architecture | MEP | Structural
Clean Freak
Various Locations
Formerly known as True Blue Car Wash, this growing brand was acquired in 2022 by Alimentation Couche-Tard, the Canada-based parent company of Circle K. Now operating under the name Clean Freak, the car wash concept continues to expand across multiple U.S. markets with HFA as an active design partner, as well as Canada.
This brand features 130 ft. express tunnel car washes and has seen rapid growth as it works toward a unified prototype and consistent brand identity. While early expansion focused on the DFW market, recent developments have extended to Texas, Minnesota, Florida, Arizona, and Nevada. As Clean Freak begins to focus on sites that also have a Circle K Convenience Store, HFA is helping refine and consolidate design elements from previous iterations, introducing cost-saving strategies and maintaining flexibility for regional adjustments.
project experience
WhiteWater Express
Various Locations in TX + OK
This 4,167 sq ft. express car wash tunnel facility offers free vacuum stalls, plenty of onsite queuing, and monthly membership access. The projects are comprised namely of load-bearing CMU, with sloped exposed metal decking, and rooftop RTU; and, include a tower component to locate signage to draw people in from the street. Brand growth is both by new development and acquisition, via corporate developments as well as by development partners throughout TX, LA, MS and the Midwest.
Proto Development | Prepare New Design Concepts | Site Adapts throughout TX + OK
Architecture | MEP | Structural
project experience
Architecture | Interior Design | Civil
Happy Dave’s Car Wash
Happy Dave’s is a one-of-a-kind convenience store designed for a 35-acre site in Midland, TX, and owned by Arrington Oil. Our Hospitality + Entertainment Team applied an end-user-focused design process—from concept through schematic design—to create a unique experience tailored to the community and setting.
This nontraditional c-store spans 60,000 square feet and includes standout features like a mezzanine level, a classic car display, a drive-in theatre, and other unexpected attractions that elevate the guest experience. A custom-designed car wash facility was also developed specifically for the Midland site, thoughtfully integrated to complement the architectural aesthetic of the c-store, resulting in a cohesive and visually engaging destination. Midland, TX
project experience
Diamond Wash Auto Spa
Bentonville, AR
This 5,445 sq ft. car wash offers a 150 ft. long tunnel facility with free vacuum stalls and monthly membership access. The structure is a load-bearing CMU covered with brick, fiber cement wood-look planks, and fiber cement panels on approximately 2/3 of the façade. Large, punched openings of glass show the inner workings of the tunnel and let in natural light. The single slope overhanging roof and covered pay kiosks create an asymmetrical street elevation. The wood-look planks continue on the underside of the roofs and overhang to add additional warmth to the exterior. Constructed by Boen Kemp and completed in the Spring of 2019.
project experience
Due Diligence | Permitting | Site Engineering | Landscape Design | Site Visits in Collaboration with Our Architectural and Fueling Teams
Stripes Stores & Car Wash
Various Locations
HFA partnered with Stripes prior to its acquisition with 7 Eleven to develop a new prototype design, while simultaneously providing full services for their successful new store and remodel roll out program. HFA collaborated with design firm Chute Gerdeman to help the Stripes team redefine the way customers interacted with the Laredo Taco Company, taking it from a minor establishment hidden away from view to a destination within the c-store environment itself. HFA was also responsible for implementing a full project administration system to include all facets of a project from real estate investigation through construction, including real-time project tracking and documentation. The HFA team also provided a third-party vendor, Genesis Modular Carwash Building Systems, with the utilities needed to implement their prefabricated, modular carwash units onto the Stripes building sites.
project experience
Sam’s Club Car Wash
Various Locations
Sam’s Club Car Wash projects feature two touchless and frictionless bays. These projects utilized two different car wash equipment manufacturers, and the buildings consisted of CMU typically for the main structure. Depending on local jurisdictions, the exteriors potentially require a combination of exterior finishes, such as concrete panels for brick with approved color schemes and sign requirements. All of the car washes use water reclaim systems to cycle back into the equipment for reuse.
Prototype Design & Development
project experience
Pep Boys
Various Locations
HFA’s relationship with Pep Boys began in early 2024 as we were engaged to develop a new 6 bay prototype design. The first location being Tuscaloosa AL, which is scheduled to open in the fall of 2025. Since then, we have supported several different design initiatives, taking our project and diligence involvement nationwide, and even to existing locations in Puerto Rico, where we continue to explore new branding concepts as well as different tiers of remodel designs, based on varying performance and geographical metrics. Recently, our team’s focus has been on remodels, to demise and sub-lease additional square footage no longer needed to support the latest business model, thus offloading dark space from Pep Boy’s portfolio. Explorations of alternate prototype designs for new developments are also underway.
project experience
Sun Auto
Various Locations
Working with several different developers across the US, Sun Auto Tire & Service was finding that the buildings being turned over to them were not in line with their operational or spatial needs. To better attain consistency in their build to suit developments, in 2022 Sun Auto contracted HFA to design and develop four new prototypes; 2 varying sizes of 2 varying configurations. Having a prototype and a consistent team has raised the bar on turn-over expectations from their development partners. HFA maintains the prototypes, with any design or equipment changes updated and released on a quarterly basis, and ensures our site adapt projects maintain the overall Sun Auto brand consistency, no matter the sign on the building (Sun Auto operates under a multitude of different banners / brands!). Plaza Tire Services, Drivers Edge, Tire Outlet and Delta World Tires are among the building identities we have designed to date, across FL, TX, IN, AR, KY, OH, IL and LA.
project experience
Architecture | MEP | Structural | Civil
Valvoline Instant Oil Change
Locations in AL, KS, KY, MO, TN, TX, VA
HFA has partnered with the Valvoline Instant Oil Change team since early 2018. In that time, we have supported the VIOC team with full architecture + engineering services and by providing both site investigation sheets and reports for more than 400 projects in the past seven years. Our team has continued to expand the scope of work we do for Valvoline, which has come to include issuing construction sets, bid sets, and permit and/or owner review documents for more than 84 of those projects. We also support entitlements, (rezones, conditional use permits, Planned Development Amendments) as well . Exceptional turnkey building and site design is crucial for our Valvoline Instant Oil Change client because their business model is based on successfully facilitating the quick full-service, drive-through oil change experience their customers know and love.
project experience
Love’s Travel Stops + Light Machine Shops
Various Locations
At the onset of our partnership with Love’s Travel Stops in 2014, we were tasked with providing fueling design services with CNG pumps. Fast forward to today and our dedicated team now provides full-service architecture, engineering, and fueling support for the new store program (which includes franchise-based restaurants combined with a traditional c-store layout), as well as tire service facilities across the country. The services we provide for Love’s Truck Stops and light Machine Shops include re-branding and expansion of existing light machine shops to add services such as work bays, oil and lube services, maintenance pits, and automatic truck wash bays. Also included is new construction, prototype design, and change management.
project experience
Architecture | MEP | Structural | Commissioning
Service King Collision Repair Center
HFA was proud to support Service King (now owned by Crash Champions Collision Repair Team) across multiple states including AR, AZ, CA, GA, IL, NC, TX, and WA.
In 2017, we developed a new, small format prototype, to meet their lean business model approach, and most recently, we designed the brand’s first attempted LEEDcertified location in San Antonio, TX. We also led all aspects of the development and maintenance of building prototypes for various format buildings, including tilt-wall and CMU structures, for new self-developments and build-to-suit sites.
Additionally, HFA directed the coordination of structural visits, noise studies, and preparation of as-builts and existing conditions for various remodels and refresh projects. We have also assisted in the creation of new interior palettes and designs, including custom millwork options for a new customer interface. AR, AZ, CA, GA, IL, NC, TX, WA
