Timberlab

T IMBERLAB INC . goods or services. So It’s been a pretty natural progression. “We recognized that there was a lack of timber engineers in the nation and a lack of fabrication capacity in the region and the Pacific Northwest, so Timberlab was really trying to fill that gap.” The company hopes that by filling that perceived gap, they can help make timber a more competitive option to more traditional construction materials like steel or concrete. “We want the supply chain to be robust enough to make project owners feel comfortable utilizing a mass timber structure on their project,” Spiritos adds. Timberlab is headquartered in Portland, Oregon with structural engineers in Greenville, South Carolina and Seattle, Washington. They also have team members in Spokane, Washington and Los Angeles, California. “We are mostly located in the Pacific Northwest, but I’m hoping to check off those four corners of the United States,” says Samuel Dicke, Timberlab’s Business Development representative. The company, which has about 40 people on staff, is 100 percent employee owned. According to Spiritos, “That’s been a really huge part of our culture. What it means is that we’re all committed to the other person’s success. We all rise and fall together. And as every employee is a part owner and shareholder, we get to experience success collectively, so we are motivated in pretty major ways.” Launching a new business during a pandemic may have seemed like a risky endeavor, but it’s one that has paid big dividends for the