Our designers – Josh Coleman, Tim Diener, and Cory Bair – along with Tony Zaya recently attended a seminar entitled “Heavy Timber Construction in Commercial Projects” in Baltimore. The class was sponsored by WoodWorks, an initiative of the Wood Products Council, which, in turn, is “a cooperative venture of major North American wood associations as […]

Another 3 months have managed to slip by since our last post, but not for lack of new and interesting projects here at Lancaster County Timber Frames. Since our last posting, we’ve completed the Jambo Grill restaurant structure at the Pittsburgh Zoo. The first image below is the architect’s conceptual rendering of the finished building, […]

The Rise of the Hybrid In construction, the term “hybrid” refers to the combination of major methods or types of fabrication. Almost all structures are a mix of methods or types, e.g., masonry foundation  or basement and stick-built platform walls and pre-manufactured fish-plated 2x roof trusses. In timber framing the term “hybrid” is more specific. […]