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Hays County approves HDR to design East Side Campus; commissioners back timber-forward concept

5545552 · August 5, 2025
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Hays County Commissioners Court unanimously approved HDR Architecture Inc. to prepare design and construction documents for the county’s planned East Side Campus and authorized staff and the civil division of the criminal district attorney’s office to negotiate a contract.

Hays County Commissioners Court unanimously approved HDR Architecture Inc. to prepare design and construction documents for the county’s planned East Side Campus and authorized staff and the civil division of the criminal district attorney’s office to negotiate a contract.

The court approved the selection after a 45-minute presentation by the HDR/Kitchell project team laying out the program, conceptual site plan, materials and a preliminary schedule and cost estimate. Judge Becerra and commissioners pressed designers on sustainability, rainwater capture, future expansion and service to the East Side community.

HDR principal Holden Tallon, who identified himself as “a justice principal with HDR,” summarized the project program as a…

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