A Word About Design…and Scheduling

We live in an age of immediate gratification. Our electronic devices have access to a myriad of answers to our questions – all done in mere seconds. This has been transferred to all aspects of our lives and into expectations of how things should be achieved, especially with building and without regard to how complex or intricate the design may …

How much timber frame design and construction experience do you have?

I get this question many times from both clients and potential clients, especially since they see our company as a very small operation. Perhaps after visiting larger timber frame companies with numerous employees, including designers and possibly engineers, our company may seem like it is not “professional” or experienced as these competitors in their eyes. I would like to refute …

What do you mean by “PERSIST” envelope system?

We get some questions that are related to this, but I think that most people are either afraid to ask what it is all about, or assume that a timber frame building has to be enclosed with SIPS (structural insulated panels), like so many other websites suggest.  After working in both residential and commercial/industrial construction for many years, the PERSIST …