Since its founding in 1888, Swinerton, and its affiliated companies, have grown into a $5 billion, 100% employee-owned company with over 4,000 employees, and more than 2,000 craft carpenters and laborers. This diverse employee base gives the company the ability to self-perform many jobs other firms would have to outsource, including cleanup, concrete, drywall, demolition, doors/frames/hardware, electrical, rough carpentry, millwork and associated scopes. Along with that, Swinerton specializes in new building materials, techniques, and tools that have been transforming the construction industry.
Timberlab grew from the desire to accelerate the mainstream adoption of mass timber in the U.S. Commercial construction market. In 2016, Swinerton built the largest installation of cross-laminated timber in the U.S. at the First Tech Federal Credit Union Oregon Headquarters. The project resulted in cost and schedule savings through embracing the prefabrication potential of mass timber, and self-performing the installation of the structure. In 2020, anticipating the growth and need for focused specialization in the market, the new company Timberlab was created from the experienced resources of Swinerton’s Mass Timber division. A fabrication facility was opened in Portland, OR, to expand the supply chain and help drive down the premiums associated with mass timber.
“Mass timber continues to increase as a desirable building material and alternative to steel and concrete because of its sustainability as a renewable resource and its architecturally aesthetic finishes,” says Chris Evans, President of Timberlab.
Mass timber engineering is increasingly used as a construction technological solution in the construction industry, and in major cities around the world, particularly in low-to-mid-rise structures, as well as interiors. It is a growing alternative to concrete and steel due to its environmental sustainability, cost effectiveness, shortened build times, and aesthetics.
As a building material, mass timber is lighter than steel and concrete with one fourth of the weight and represents 20% of the cost of a building with less impact on the environment, answering the global demand for delivering carbon neutral or carbon negative buildings. For interiors, the beauty of mass timber is in the simplicity of the system – both structure and finish – with less environmental impact.
“As the AEC community becomes more educated in the advantages of mass timber construction, the possibilities are limitless and over time mass timber will become the preferred structural system,” adds Erica Spiritos, Preconstruction Manager of Timberlab.
A major reason for timber construction’s sustainability impact is that it is a renewable resource that holds atmospheric carbon. Using mass timber as the primary structural system of a building results in the lowest embodied carbon compared to alternatives such as concrete and steel.
Demand for building carbon neutral or negative carbon structures continues to grow globally. “Swinerton brings its expertise, national reputation and self-perform capabilities to New York as it builds back stronger and better,” concludes Andrew Pearl.
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About Swinerton
Founded in 1888, Swinerton and its affiliates, are a $5 billion full-service national commercial construction company group with great financial strength, national clients, project diversity, and a culture that is proud of its 100% employee ownership. Together, they currently have 20 offices in nine states across the country and is ranked #17 on the ENR 2021 list of top contractors in the country. Swinerton represents diverse market sectors including: Affordable Housing, Aviation, Education, Corporate and Critical Facilities, Gaming, Healthcare, Hospitality, Interiors and Special Projects, Industrial, Life Sciences, Mass Timber, Public/Civic, Gaming, Residential, Retail, and Parking Structures. The company has represented world-class clients, including American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, Pfizer, Honeywell, Amazon, Google, Facebook, Salesforce, Tiffany & Co., Tory Burch, and others in projects that are massive as well as on a smaller scale. Swinerton is headquartered in Concord, CA with regional offices in Spokane and Seattle, WA; Portland and Bend, OR; Sacramento, San Francisco, Oakland, Santa Clara, Los Angeles, Santa Ana, and San Diego, CA; Honolulu, HI; Denver, CO; Dallas and Austin, TX; Atlanta, GA; Charlotte and Raleigh, NC; and New York City, NY.
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