Standard Plans?

Posted on May 04, 2007 by Ansley Holder

A lot of people ask us if we have a catalog of home plans or if we design homes. While some timber frame companies have "standard plans", many offer home design services, and a few even have licensed architects on staff, we're a little bit different. Here's how.

Typically, our projects have several key members in addition to the client, the two most important being the architect and the general contractor. The architect designs the building, whether it is a home, library, church, barn, based on the client's needs, goals, and budget, as well as the site characteristics, and a host of other considerations. Once the design is finalized, the architect then creates the construction documents, putting on paper exactly what will be built and how it will be built in the form of a set of plans and written specifications. The general contractor takes these documents and agrees to build the project as spelled out in the construction documents.

Our role as specialty sub-contractors is to handle the heavy timber aspect of the project. Sometimes we are asked to consult with the architect about the design of the heavy timber structure, and sometimes the architect designs the timber frame and we engineer and build it. Either way, our involvement is limited to the heavy timber aspect of the project.

That's how it works in a nutshell. If you would like to know more about our company or this process, give us a call. We would love to answer your questions and discuss your project.

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