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Two LEO A DALY studios receive NEWH awards for hospitality interior design
LEO A DALY has been awarded the prestigious NEWH Los Angeles Founding Chapter and NEWH Dallas Chapter TOP ID awards. These accolades celebrate the firm’s exceptional contributions to design excellence in the hospitality industry.
LEO A DALY-designed Goodwill opens in Omaha
The building, designed by LEO A DALY, incorporates employee wellness and sustainability features to the nonprofit’s sixteenth Omaha store.
LEO A DALY-designed Shiloh Cares Food Shelf opens
With a mission to eliminate food insecurity in North Minneapolis and Hennepin County, the facility provides needed food to thousands of people.
Taking Flight: LEO A DALY’s hospitality team earns finalist spot in international Radical Innovation Competition
The public can vote on LEO A DALY’s innovative proposal to convert aircraft fuselage into hospitality spaces.
LEO A DALY Completes Strategic Partnership with Hennick & Company
The strategic partnership between LEO A DALY and Hennick & Company marks first ownership transition from the Daly family in over 100 years as 42 members of the Senior Leadership team acquire equity interest in the company.
LEO A DALY Signs Mentor-Protégé JV with HFS Company
LEO A DALY will mentor the service-disabled veteran-owned, woman-owned design firm as part of the Small Business Administration’s All Small Mentor-Protégé Program
LEO A DALY today announced that it has received Small Business Administration approval of a formal Mentor-Protégé relationship with HFS Company, an award-winning service-disabled veteran-owned, woman-owned small business.
Under the agreement, LEO A DALY and HFS Company will compete for federal projects as a single entity. Throughout the six-year term of the agreement, LEO A DALY will support HFS in gaining knowledge and experience in federal contracting and help them successfully compete for government contracts. For clients, the JV allows agency clients to receive small business utilization credit for small, woman-owned, and service-disabled veteran-owned business classifications, while combining the full qualifications and past performances of both companies into an integrated team.
LEO A DALY is one of the top design firms in the federal arena, ranking #1 in the nation for Veterans Affairs projects. The firm has provided design services for the federal government for more than 70 years across a variety of federal agencies, including the Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Homeland Security and General Services Administration.
“The Mentor-Protégé Program allows large firms, like LEO A DALY, to mentor smaller businesses and help them in their path toward growth. Our long-standing working relationship with HFS makes this a well-suited match. It emphasizes our commitment not only to growing small businesses, but to pushing socioeconomic equity in the architecture and design field,” said Steven Lichtenberger, AIA, president of LEO A DALY.
Founded in 2003, HFS provides nationwide architectural, engineering, construction management, and facility optimization services on a variety of federal and military medical projects throughout the US and abroad. HFS has enhanced over 400 facilities across the Defense Health Agency and Veterans Affairs, including Walter Reed Military Medical Center, Naval Medical Center San Diego, and Audie Murphy Memorial VA Hospital in San Antonio.
“Being a service-disabled veteran and businesswoman, I’m looking to learn how to work smarter, not harder, in our federal work. A formal mentor-protégé relationship with LEO A DALY will allow us to pull back the curtain to see how a successful federal design contractor does things. The things we learn will make us more competitive and create new client opportunities. In addition, as a firm that does 90% healthcare design work, this will give us the opportunity to branch out into new areas of design where LEO A DALY‘s experience can open doors,” said Michele Torres, president of HFS.