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Wooden Skyscrapers

Commercial

How We Work

Leading authorities on pegged mortise and tenon connections and mechanically laminated beams, our team has been responsible for some of the timber frame community’s most impressive projects, while also advancing the science and capabilities of heavy timbers.

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Where We Work

US licenses:
AK, AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, ID, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NC, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, USVI, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY

Canadian licenses:
AB, BC, ON, SK, AND YT

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Anything But Standard

64' truss, anyone?

Commercial
Trusses
Raisings
Sometimes proportions of things look different on the computer screen than they do in the field. In this case, these 64' span scissor trusses looked big, no matter how you look at it.
Scissor truss

FTET in the air

Ben on site, doing what he does best.
Ben Selfie

Wooden Skyscrapers

Commercial

Fire Tower Reinforces Treehouse Platform

Outdoor Spaces
Joe Miller and Ben Brungraber of Fire Tower Engineered Timber worked with Jason Lindsey and Jake Jacob this fall to upgrade the platform support on their treehouse platform near Couer d’Alene, Idaho. The facility is on a mountainside where an entirely impressive and thrilling set of ziplines start...
Fire Tower Reinforces Treehouse Platform

Timber Busting

Testing
Watch Mack & Joe in action - testing and breaking timbers!

Timber Frame Trusses

Trusses
Check this out to learn more about timber frame trusses. We can help!

TFEC Technical Bulletin: The Capacity of Pegged Connections

Testing
Fun Connections
Timber frame structures often rely on pegged mortise and tenon connections to secure members together. Wood pegs, while large in diameter, are considerably more flexible than a steel dowel of the same size. Engineering design of these pegged tension connections is not addressed in the National...
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