Timber Frame Structural Engineers

Bensonwood is the best timber frame company in north america on a host of levels craftsmanship material and detail among them but it is their passion and creativity that sets them apart from all of their competition.

Timber frame structural engineers.

We are registered nhbc timber frame certifiers in addition to holding membership of both the timber research development association trada and the structural timber association sta. Solving the most complex structural timber frame projects with leading edge engineering design and fabrication. The timber frame engineering council tfec formed in 2005 in recognition of the considerable number of structural engineers among the guild membership and in response to a need for systematic research discussion and codification of timber frame joinery and structural practices. It is a common practice for the timber frame contractor to engage a timber frame engineer for design and supervision of construction.

The council of american structural engineers denotes a timber frame engineer as a specialty structural engineer sse. Timber frame projects range from simple barns and saltboxes to 60 foot octagons. Pavlovskis lister are a leading timber frame design consultancy with over 50 years of combined experience in timber engineering. Whether near or far a timber frame engineer licensed in your state will provide the support and guidance you need to get the job done and get it done right the first time.

Publish date 25 june 2013. No matter how hard the wind blows how deep the snow falls or how much the ground shakes the timbers and sips of your hybrid timber frame will take care of you. We ensure your project is structurally sound compliant with local building codes and specifically engineered for your particular property and climate. Presentation of clt compartment fire behaviour project.

As some of you may already know last year we created a new special interest group sig within the structural timber association sta to investigate the specifics of fire performance of mass timber compartments. Vermont timber works designs and engineers all of the structural heavy timber frames and structural roof trusses that come through the office. We have completed over 800 timber frame and log system designs and that number is increasing by about one per week on the average through the year. For the design of the trusses projects range from 16 foot king post trusses to 60 foot double chorded inverted trusses.

The firm now specializes in the structural design of heavy timber framing truss systems and related structural engineering.