by Eric Seelig | Mar 25, 2013 | General
Hiring new people is one of my least favorite tasks. It is a lot of work pouring over emails and resumes trying to figure out who may be a good fit. Especially these days when so many people are looking for work. A simple ad on Craigslist describing how wonderful we...
by Eric Seelig | Nov 6, 2012 | General, Materials and Services
Years ago we built the timbers for a house in the Colorado mountains. It was for a charming couple that I grew very fond of. The wife asked me to build some furniture for them. I told her that I don’t build furniture I am a timber framer. She insisted. I did...
by Eric Seelig | Jan 26, 2012 | Materials and Services
We are working on a new project with Rudd Construction. It is a large heavy timber storage / barn structure. What makes this interesting is we have a clear span of 50′ with some shed dormers on top. This creates a fairly large tension load on the bottom chord...
by Eric Seelig | Dec 28, 2011 | Colorado Therapeutic Riding Center
Back in March I called Mark Spargo of Snavely Forest Products Inc. asking if they could help us by providing 2×6 tongue and groove decking for the roof of the CTRC project. If you don’t know about our CTRC project click here. We have never done any...
by Eric Seelig | Aug 9, 2011 | Colorado Therapeutic Riding Center
I am way behind on my blog posts giving credit to the folks who have helped me out with the pavillion. Brian Martella of Atomic Forge came out this spring and welded the post bases to the steel embedments. It never fails to amaze me how generous people are with their...