Lancaster County Timber Frames recently took first prize in a contest conducted by the Daily 5 Remodel website, a construction industry intelligence organization. The contest was sponsored by the Rosboro company, the country’s largest manufacturer of glulams and other wood construction products. The contest was conducted by popular vote open to industry professionals. The entries […]
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Man vs. Machine, Reprised
Close to two decades ago, when a German company called Hundegger Maschinenbau GmbH first started selling its CNC machines to North American timber frame companies, an outcry from timber frame traditionalists erupted in the Timber Framers Guild magazines. The grass roots timber frame revival was barely two decades old. The traditionalists argued that “the machine” […]
Read More...New and Recent Projects at Lancaster County Timber Frames – April 2011
LCTF recently contracted with eciConstruction of Dillsburg, PA to fabricate and install a timber-framed roof system for an octagonal community center at the Country Meadows Retirement Center in York, Pennsylvania. The width of the octagon is close to 80 feet. A clerestory and cupola will be constructed atop our timber framed structure. This marks our […]
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