Wherever you want to build…

…whatever you want to build.

Since 2002, we’ve built.

Timberframes

Although we do all kinds of construction nowadays, Timberframing is the heart and soul of our projects.

To build a structure using wood joinery; pegs, mortise and tenon, dovetails, scarf joints, spline joints, dovetailed half-laps..! is an amazing process. The building loads transferring from the roof, throughout the structure to the posts and down through to the foundation leaves a fantastic feeling of strength and integrity in the building.

Most of the structures are drawn within our company, or with our input. Sometimes an architect is involved… A structural engineer verifies the plans, timber sizes and joinery before the building permit is granted.

Woodworking

Saint Aidans on the Hill

Ucluelet Brewery

One of the most intriguing builds we’ve ever been involved with.

Beginning with Leif Hagar, the owner of the building, we assisted with renovating and refitting the original St Aidans church here in Ucluelet.

Structural repairs and upgrades to the framing, roof structure, the Bell Tower modification and a “Trimberframe” to church the place up was a challenging, enjoyable time!

When the building was nearly completed, Dennis Morgan hired us to build the Ucluelet Brewery.

An incredible build with a lot of art-itecture with repurposed building components, yew wood bartop, reclaimed fir floors, Triangle fir slab stairs with floor joists turned into finishing wood.

One of the most challenging portions of the build was squeezing all the brewery equipment, coolant lines, electrical, plumbing, and cooler into the downstairs portion for the Brew Room.

More than builders, we became “installers”.

Ucluelet Aquarium

Over the years we’ve been lucky enough top work with the Amazing Ucluelet Aquarium.

The main building is a work of art itself- designed by Blue Sky Architecture and many-a-carpenter have contributed to the interior finishing over the years. We had a very cool art installation of a yellow cedar fish on the front of the building, a storage shed, kids library, benches, etc…which are perhaps some of the most fun kind of building a carpenter could hope for.

Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ Community Centre

Working with Architect Scott Peck and Sean Clayton of Humphrey Construction, we built a portion of this incredible project. Ian Garrard showed his years of experience working on the log rounds which mixed with the huge horizontal timbers was designed to look somewhat like a traditional long house. This building houses a basketball court, a daycare, offices and a huge commercial kitchen. A true community centre.

The scale of this build and the professionalism of all the trades was incredible.

2014 Timber Framers Guild Build, Pemberton B.C.

Pemberton Community Barn

In 2014 the town of Pemberton and the Timber Framers Guild (TFG), with a large group of volunteers built their community barn over a 2 week period. An amazing opportunity to meet and work with builders from all over North America.

This kind of build embodies true community building. Timberframing has always been a group effort- especially at this scale. and as a volunteer, you couldn’t ask for a more rewarding job.

Off-Grid Island, Tofino, BC

Collaborating with Ian Garrard,in Ucluelet,we built most of this project in Tidewaters local Ucluelet shop. This project was extremely interesting. Designed by local builder/designer, Leif Hagar and collaborated with many a craftsman, at its heart is the Great Room- a huge round living room, accented by an incredible roof lines and interior finishing. Being on an island the access was part of the adventure. Barges full of heavy machinery and supplies, had to be timed with the tides to move everything on and off again.

As incredible as the heavy timber portion of the build was, we were lucky to continue with other projects such as a tree-stair system, loft in the cabin and main house, cabin kitchen, furniture, round deck and most recently a timberframe Gazebo.

Bear Pass, Stewart, BC. Avalanche Detection Systems, Heli Pad, Repeater Base

In the Summer of 2024 we had an extraordinary project working with the prime contractor, Power Drilling and Stabilization in Stewart BC. led by Site Supervisor Kris Mclean.

We were contracted to build 3 AADS bases (Automatic Avalanche Detection Systems) , a Helicopter Landing pad and a base for a repeater tower.

Working with a team of Rock Drillers, Engineers, Heli-pilots and the Ministry of Transport we worked at 6500’ sites establishing the bases for a state-of-the-art avalanche detection program. Words cannot describe this kind of build. ..Excitement? Timelines? Weather Windows? Logistics!?

Remote water-access cabin, Barkley Sound

Using our 26’ re-designed Herring Skiff we travelled from Ucluelet to a remote location to assist in the raising of a pre-built Timberframe. A barge full of building components arrived which was followed up with us, on our daily commute, bringing in tanks, windows, siding packages etc…just getting there was most of the adventure.

We stayed on to enclose the structure and complete the interior finishing and capped it off with a beautiful wrap-around deck.