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A glulam beam leaves our plant in Eugene ready to carry loads for generations. How it looks on install day, though, depends a lot on what happens between our loading dock and your finished ceiling. Like all wood, glulam responds to its surroundings. As a beam moves from the moisture level it was manufactured at to the moisture level of the building it lives in, the wood gives up or takes on water. When that change happens too fast, small surface cracks called seasoning checks

At Zip-O-Log Mills and Zip-O-Laminators, our business is built on the forests of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. Every board we mill, every beam we laminate, starts with the trees that firefighters across this region work tirelessly to protect. This season, like every fire season, brought long days and longer nights for the wildland firefighters, engine crews, hotshot teams, and aviation units who stood between our communities and the flames. We know the toll this work take

Glulam Craftsmanship Behind a Modern Civic Landmark Location: Redmond, Oregon Size: 38,000 square feet Design Architect: The Miller Hull Partnership Local Architect: Steele Associates Structural Engineer: KPFF Consulting Engineers Contractor: Kirby Nagelhout Construction Company Glulam Supplier: Zip-O-Laminators Mass Timber Procurement: Western Wood Structures DLT Supplier/Fabricator: StructureCraft, DowelLam Installer: Northwest Framing Solutions Project Overview When the Ci

Housing affordability and climate change aren't problems any single building can solve — but they're exactly the challenges Urbanarium set out to tackle with its latest design competition, Decoding Timber Towers. As mass timber suppliers and fabricators, we've been watching competitions like this closely. They're a window into where architects, engineers, and developers see this industry heading — and this year's results didn't disappoint. A Competition Built for This Moment