Project Feature
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Count
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Examples
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400+ projects
since 2004
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From sizing a beam to 5000+ SF Custom homes
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Wall And Roof Systems
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Conventional
Stick Frame
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400+
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From Humboldt county in the North to Lake Tahoe in the
Sierras ((300 lb snow loads!) to Ojai in the South
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Straw Bale
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16
( 7 built)
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• Harbin Temple, Middletown
• EECB - Emerald Earth Community Building near
Booneville CA
• Weeldryer home near Gualala CA
• Tenaquiya home near Ukiah
• Castelli Winery, Graton CA (Load bearing walls)
• Carter Davi house near Jenner CA The Wave House
• Hani Hajje home, Middletown
• Sallett Studios and Greenhouse, Ojai CA
• Koopman residence (in construction)
• Suskol House near Napa CA (looking for funding)
• Several other designs which remain unbuilt (Hays,
Nelson Wood, Salyer CA, Homsy (2), Green residence
Boulder Creek, Quail Springs)
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SIPs
structural
insulated
panels
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6
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• Castelli Winery Graton CA
• Westminster Woods cabins Occidental CA
• Kovner Home near Graton CA
• Green Home Sebastopol CA
• Johnston home, Guinda CA
• Hani Hajje home, Middletown
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ICF Insulated
Concrete Forms
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3
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• Harbin Hot Springs Sauna/Steam building
• Koopman
• Harbin Hot Springs Meadow Lodge (unbuilt)
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Log house
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3
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• Wright,
• 2 story near Gville
• Swanhuyser, Jonive
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Lenotec
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• (cross laminated timber panels) Kelso-Kovner
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Light Straw Clay
and Cob
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2
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• Emerald Earth Community bldg near Booneville CA
• Oven w/ Joe K. (workshop experience)
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Reinforced
Adobe Bricks
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• Helfand garage/granny – retrofit Kenwood
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Timber Frame
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3
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• Castelli winery
• Onisko
• Wheadon - review
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Manufactured
Homes
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3
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• Anello, Bodega Bay
• Watson home Guerneville
• Gruen home Sebastopol
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Panelized Home
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• Mills home Cazadero (Mfg. by chateau homes
Vancouver BC - Unbuilt)
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Design Features
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Living Roof
|
4
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• Peskin-Heschen Home, Sebastopol
• Forgan home, Forestville under construction
• Grgich Winery pavilion (not built)
• Dilger Remodel, Sebastopol, under construction
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Curved Glu-Lams
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3
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• Harbin temple, Middletown
• Valley Ford roof trusses
• Dilger Great Room, Sebastopol
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Site Havested
timber or poles
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6
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• Nelson Wood, Salyer CA
• Hays
• Tenaquiya (4 or 6”dia max) no ply on walls
• EECB
• Harbin Hot Springs Meadow Lodge (unbuilt)
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Foundation Types (besides spread Footing and Pier and grade beam)
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Helical Piers
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7
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• Berkholz-Yee: on Jonive Rd. near Occidental
(Retrofit for foundation missing reinforcement and on
uncompacted fill)
• Wholey :Berryhill Rd, Forestville (retrofit for redtag)
• Reid tree hse: Fiori Lane near Freestone (low
impact in redwood forest grove)
• Nikitas: Hacienda (shallow rock)
• Lester garage: Jenner (adobe)
• Grenager: Bodega Bay (on sand)
• Stratmann remodel on steep hillside
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HIll side
Construction with
concrete drilled
piers
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3
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• Hunt remodel 6 pt supports, cantilevered deck
• Bamboo Sourcery
• Dixon garage/granny
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Segmental
retaining walls
w/geogrid
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• Doty 7 ft (with Seismic design)
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Flood
Protection/Raised
Construction
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3
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• Dent remodel, Monte Rio
• Doherty Hacienda
• Schwartz 14216 Mill St. Guerneville
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Other
Foundation
Types and
Design Features
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11
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• mat slab,
• beam grid
• Structural slab
• Full Basement, no support posts
• House raising
• Retrofitted basement Ehrmann Sebastopol
• Permanent and Temporary foundations for mobile
homes
• Pier supported retaining walls (Hunt, 32 Mission
camp Meeker, Tiburon)
• Train Caboose anchorage to rail on spread footing
• Carbon fiber reinforcement (Fucile, Kliene)
• Lateral tieback piers and 6 construction stage
loading (Forgan)
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