Reducing Waste in a cutting plan

Reducing Waste in a cutting plan

Engaging with our CLT supplier early in the design development process, we were able to identify unusually high wastage in our preliminary design.Typically, we would expect about 10% waste in a CLT cu...
Tall Timber

Tall Timber

Mass timber today is making the news.  With projects going vertical all over the USA, its benefits are beyond dispute now.  Carbon capture, efficient installation, and high consumer demand for biophil...
Nice Package

Nice Package

Technical development includes creating a logistics and packing plan. When we delivered 4 small bath house units to 3 sites in the Northeast for a client this summer, the goods were packaged for easy...
Corrugated Roof for the Win

Corrugated Roof for the Win

Recently our customer built a his second tree house resort in the Finger Lakes region of New York.  These elevated A frames are built on a treated timber platform 6 feet over the ground and are connec...
Forestry on the Mind

Forestry on the Mind

The snow is melting, and spring is around the corner! The Red Falls Timber team is starting our chainsaws getting ready to move away from the laptop and get into the woods.  It is a great time to refl...
Logistics and Transportation

Logistics and Transportation

In prefabricated construction, logistics and delivery represent a cost in terms of dollars as well as carbon.  Sourcing material far from your building site means these costs increase, however, its im...