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This page highlights the many different styles of commercial heavy timber construction. Please scroll down to see the variety of ceiling beams, roof trusses and interior designs that use wooden beams.

Working on commercial buildings is a specialty at VTW. We design, engineer, fabricate and install custom heavy timber projects across the country, using both natural timbers and glue-laminated timbers. We raise the timber frames we fabricate, like the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, Vermont. We also supply pre-engineered roof trusses, like the metal plate connected timber trusses for Vermont Teddy Bear Company. Metal plate connections are often used in commercial projects, although our commercial frames also feature traditional wood joinery too. All our frames are checked by our in-house structural engineer for strength and integrity, and we are associated with professional engineers who stamp our shop drawings.

Heavy timber commercial work typically falls under division 06130, division 6130, division 06170 or division 06180. Click here for downloadable heavy timber specifications. For an expansive list of the architects, contractors and clients we've worked with, go to our Cool Links page. Often on commercial projects, we act as a subcontractor - working directly for the job's general contractor, and with the project architect and engineer of record. From time to time we work directly for the owner or architect.

Please give us a call at 802-886-1917 or e-mail us to see if we can help with your commercial post and beam project. See videos of our work on YouTube.

Heavy Timber in the Vermont State Welcome Center

Southeastern Vermont Welcome Center Interior

This is a beautiful timber framed facility on Route 91 North in southern Vermont. It was designed as a traditional timber frame barn, and set up as and information center and museum.

Vermont Welcome Center Barn Frame

Southeastern Vermont Welcome Center Exterior

An outside view of the welcome center, which features hand hewn native white pine beams.

Executive Center Scissor Truss

The Executive Center

This executive center in Armonk, NY is built with 64' long double chorded scissor trusses made from douglas fir.

Doubletree Hotel Heavy Timber

Doubletree Hotel

Tarrytown, NY. The rough sawn douglas fir trusses for this frame are stained dark and span 44' between the columns and more than 60' overall. Due to the seismic building codes, the timber frame lobby is isolated from the surrounding hotel.

Timber Frame Hotel Lobby

Hawthorn Suites Hotel Lobby

Burlington, Vermont. Modified king post truss design using douglas fir timber and curved braces.

Wooded Trusses in a Theater

Billings Farm and Museum Theater

Woodstock, Vermont. Classic king post truss using concealed steel knife plates and naturally stained douglas fir timbers.

Heavy Timber Dining Hall

Camp Hayden for the Fresh Air Fund

Fishkill, New York. A large dining hall with round columns, timber trusses and steel tie rods.

Trapp Family Lodge Timber Frame Featuring a Hammer Beam Design

Trapp Family Lodge Hammer Beam Truss

Stowe, Vermont. This modified hammer beam design uses traditional and hidden steel joinery.

Vermont Teddy Bear Store - Timber Ceiling with Metal Gusset Plates

Vermont Teddy Bear Company

Shelburne, VT. The picture to the left shows the center hub of the octagon store frame with black metal connections.

Vermont Teddy Bear Store Trusses

Timber Trusses for VT Teddy Bear

A view of douglas fir ceiling ceiling beams in the retail store section of the facility.

Vermont Teddy Bear King Post Truss

Factory Floor with King Post Ceiling Trusses

The Vermont Teddy Bear factory floor with industrial heavy timber ceiling trusses made from douglas fir beams and connected with steel gusset plates.

Senior Center Wooden Beams

Centennial Senior Center

Concord, New Hampshire. Classic timber girder trusses and galvanized steel plates make up the heavy timber for this building. It features a community center, and an indoor therapy swimming pool.

Heavy Timber Interior Design

Centennial Senior Center Balcony

A view from the balcony.

Wooden Porte Cochere

Founder's Lodge Porte Cochere

Stratton Mountain, Vermont. This pretty little timber frame makes a great entry to Founder's Lodge. We also timber framed the rooms inside with fir ceiling beams.

Wooden Porte Cochere

Founder's Lodge Porte Cochere

An exterior view showing stone columns, a hip roof and drive through.

Heavy Timber Trusses for the Stowe Mt Ski Lodge

Spruce Peak Base Lodge

Stowe, Vermont. The heavy timber in this ski lodge spans 80' using double chorded douglas fir trusses with steel joinery. Two large cranes were used to erect the structure. Notice the men working on the man lifts to get an idea of the scale of the project.

Stowe Base Lodge

Spruce Peak Base Lodge

Click here to see a video of the grand opening of the Spruce Peak Base Lodge.

Spruce Peak Ski Logde Interior Wooden Beams with Steel Gusset Plates

Spruce Peak Base Lodge - Interior Design

The photo to the left shows heavy timber fir trusses using steel plate connection. The framing system is both beautiful and functional.

Interior Wood Beams at Sam's Point

Sam's Point Preserve

Ellenville, NY. This project features native FSC forest certified hemlock timber.

State Park Timber Frame

Sam's Point Preserve

An exterior view of the nature center.

Katonah Pool House with Wooden Ceiling Framing

Katonah Pool House

Katonah, NY. This project was built for the Katonah Memorial Pool, and features douglas fir timbers and round log columns.

Katonah Pool House with Timber Trusses

Katonah Pool House

An interior view of the pool house showing traditionally joined heavy timber trusses.

Brigham Hill Post and Beam Barn

Brigham Hill Barn - Food For the Needy

Grafton, MA. A non profit educational farm with classrooms and gathering areas. It features rough sawn white pine and hemlock heavy timber.

Brigham Hill Barn Interior Design

Brigham Hill Barn - Downstairs

 

Brigham HIll Post and Beam Barn Interior Design

Brigham Hill Barn - View from Balcony

 

Shopping Mall Decorative Entry Truss

Dartmouth Crossing

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. A decorative timber truss for a store front.

Carl Small School - timber Truss with Steel

Carl Small School

Southington, CT. Beautiful trusses for the entry foyer of this technical center featuring douglas fir heavy timber and steel rods.

Wooden Log Ceiling Beams

Fresh Air Fund Rough Hewn Ceiling Beams

Fishkill, NY. A view of the natural pole timber ceiling beams and steel final and hub in the Camp ABC dining hall.

Wood Brackets

Green Mountain Technical Center

Hardwick, Vermont. FSC certified native hemlock timbers and steel joinery

Heavy Timber Pratt Truss

Green Mountain Technical Center

A view of a heavy timber pratt truss in one of the classrooms.

Grove City College Timber Frame with Curved Glue Lam Arches

Grove City College Student Center

Grove City, PA. Graceful glue-laminated arches and heavy timber beams frame the ceiling of this student center.

Heavy Timber Roof Truss

Timber Trusses Ready to Ship

These trusses were pre-assembled on our shop floor.

Timber Truss Installation

Timber Truss Installation

This photograph shows heavy timber trusses being lowered into place and installed.

Indoor Swimming Pool Timber Frame with Arched Ceiling Beams

The Breed Indoor Swimming Pool

Landgrove, VT. A modified hammer beam truss spans 40' over this indoor pool.

Porte Cochere at Jay Peak

Jay Peak Porte Cochere

Jay, VT. A view looking up at the porte cochere and balconies for a hotel project at the Jay ski resort.

Wooden Indoor Pool House

Wakenah Indoor Pool

Salem, CT. 40' trusses with timber and steel valley framing.

   
 

 

 

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