Category: HRC Insights

HRC’s Brian Howell Becomes a Registered Landscape Architect

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HRC’s Brian Howell Becomes a Registered Landscape Architect A supportive culture helps its professionals—and the firm—succeed Douglasville, GA (July 3, 2019) – HRC announced today that Brian Howell has taken the final step toward becoming a registered landscape architect. The 2015 Mississippi State University graduate and HRC apprentice passed the Landscape Architectural […]

South Douglas Elementary sends winning entrepreneurial team to state

While Aaron McCullough’s day job is vice president at HRC, he prioritizes time to volunteer in the community. Aaron recently served as a judge for InVenture, a competition among fifth-graders at South Douglas Elementary School. Student teams were asked to invent a product or service. The students came up with ideas, did market research and […]

HRC Acquires Assets of Etowah Engineering & Surveying

Contact:   Nancy Joyce Nancy Joyce Marketing, Inc. njoyce@nancyjoycemarketing.com HRC Acquires Assets of Etowah Engineering & Surveying Business Agreement Assures Client Service Continuity DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. (March 26, 2019)—HRC Engineers, Surveyors and Landscape Architects today announced it has purchased the files of Dallas, Ga.-based Etowah Engineering & Surveying. HRC is now positioned to efficiently provide civil engineering, […]

Douglas Chamber jump starts new calendar year

As always, this year’s Douglas County Chamber Winter Ball was a don’t-miss event for members. Held Feb. 9, 2019, the Winter Ball celebrated the transition of leadership. HRC’s Howard B. Ray (pictured above, left) took over the reins at the annual event from outgoing chairman Kara Pearson (pictured above, right) of GreyStone Power. Ray now […]

Engage members, evolve recruitment, encourage start-ups

The newly installed chairman of the 2019 Douglas Chamber of Commerce has big plans for the West Georgia county. Howard B. Ray, who also serves as president of civil engineering, land surveying and landscape architectural firm HRC, was featured in a Feb. 15, 2019 article written by Tom Spigolon in the Marietta Daily Journal’s West […]

Chamber Chats, Featuring HRC’s Howard B. Ray

The Douglas County Chamber recently sat down with Howard B. Ray, president of HRC, and 2019 chamber chair. HRC’s been involved with the chamber the better part of 10 years, and Howard now serves as chair. When asked what he appreciates most about his job, Howard replied, “What I love most is helping my clients. […]

Real Solutions to Homelessness in Douglas County

Sanctuary Village is a new development designed to provide housing to people currently living in tents in the woods. The project converts donated double-wide trailers located at the landfill into efficiency apartments, providing a haven to those in need. Hughes-Ray Company is committed not only to helping our clients be successful, but to making the […]

Shaye Ray named to Tanner Medical Foundation Board of Trustees

HRC’s director of finance, Shaye Ray, has been named to the Tanner Health Systems board of trustees, an organization that provides giving opportunities directly benefiting the patients who live and work in our community, including the Tanner NICU fund, cancer care, heart care, behavioral health, mammogram assistance, women and maternity, hospice and charity care.