We advise building owners & architects every day.

Photo Credit:   Forest Business Network

Photo Credit: Forest Business Network

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Plan your mass timber building.

  • Project development planning - timeline & budgeting

  • Site analysis and acquisition support

    • Geotechnical load bearing analysis

    • Flood and earthquake resiliency

  • Review of existing design plans for integration of mass timber systems

  • City and county building code analysis, and code approval consultation

  • 3-d visualization of timber building on an existing site for commercial marketing materials

  • Assistance with lenders in communicating the benefits of mass timber construction

Design your mass timber building.

Architects and owners often need a structural engineer during the design and permitting phase of a project.

  • Structural engineering of record (EOR)

  • Connection systems design for engineering of record (EOR) approval

  • Finite element analysis (FEA) for unique structural components

  • Sound testing analysis and material selection consultation

  • Advisory structural engineering.

  • Value-based engineering.

Visualize It Owners often need to visualize what a timber building could look like.   Virtual Reality (VR) Experience 3-d Building Information Modeling

Construct your mass timber building.

Architects and owners often need an independent construction management team responsible for materials prior to construction, and during construction.

  • Construction Management.

  • Logistics Management.

    • Trucking

    • Railway

    • Transload Rail to Truck

    • Ocean Freight

  • Materials Scheduling.

Photo: T3 Timbers, New York City

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Certify your mass timber building.

Local government officials often require buildings achieve a minimum level of sustainability certification.

  • LEED or WELL certification

  • MEP commissioning

  • Energy Modeling

  • Oversight of commissioning

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Own your mass timber building.

Owners often need an independent owner’s representative who reports to them, the owner, throughout the design & construction process.

  • Owners Representation

  • Cost Validation

  • Bank Representation

  • Capital Expense Oversight