Timber Connection Details

Timber Connection Details

This is an example of a project we re-engineered to minimize the amount of steel and drillings in the wood. The connections work fine on paper. The concern was there would be excessive splitting and checking of the timbers due to the steel and bolts. We devised a...
Town of Estes Park Project Profile

Town of Estes Park Project Profile

This project profile was a commercial job we did in Estes Park in the Spring of 2017. They were building a parking garage and it had some timber accents. Project Location: Estes Park Colorado Builder: Heath Construction Architect: Michael Koch, Architect PC Project...

White Oak Trusses

I traveled to Durango, CO, in the Spring of 2015 and stopped by a job that we had worked on in 2002.  It was a custom home, and the owner was adamant that he wanted white oak trusses. White oak is not a material that is used very often in Colorado. It comes from a...