Timberlab

6 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 5 Today, Timberlab is a full-service, turnkey, subcontractor for mass timber structures. “We do in-house structural engineering, detailing services, fabrication, and installation, mostly on large commercial construction projects,” says Evans. The company has quickly gained recognition as specialist in the field and also boast a Greenville location in addition to its impressive headquarters in Portland, Oregon. “We focus on mass timber – Glulam and CLT timber in the construction of the buildings that we work on.”(Glulam is a type of structurally engineered, mass timber product made up of layers of dimensional lumber bonded together with durable, moisture-resistant, structural adhesives. It’s used for columns and beams. CLT stands for Cross Laminated Timber, which is used for floors, walls, and roofs.) “We got our roots from the general contracting side, which means we’re builders, and we take into account the whole structure when we fit mass timber into a building.” Erica Spiritos is Timberlab’s Vice President and Director of Preconstruction. Preconstruction is an important element in the mass timber construction process, as many of its systems are pre-fabricated by its construction teams at the company’s own plant, rather than onsite, as is more typical with concrete and steel. “We’re not cutting material onsite,” Spirito notes. “We’re putting pieces together. And one of the beautiful things about mass timber is that the structures are assembled and installed with a much smaller crew. We rely on a team of six to eight people to build our structures, and we have multiple crews that travel around the country to install our products.” Evans maintains that the pre-fabrication of components involved in mass timber projects, with kits that have pre-cut holes for all mechanical, electrical, T IMBERLAB