KPFF + Heavy Timber

Beaverton Public Library, Beaverton, OR New two-story, 70,000-sf library facility. The library’s structural system consists of precast plank and girder floors and an exposed wood roof.

Clean Water Services, Administrative Headquarters Building, Hillsboro, OR Three-story, 46,000-sf structure with exposed heavy timber framing. LEED Gold.

Oregon State University, Hallie Ford Center, Corvallis, ORNew three-story, 24,000 sf heavy timber exposed glu-lam frame building that will house seminar rooms, offices, and study areas for the College of Health and Human Services.

KPFF has provided structural engineering design services for a wide range of heavy timber and wood framed building structures. KPFF’s experience includes the unique conditions that arise with wood framed buildings such as perforated shear walls, multi-story seismic tie-downs, heavy timber or glu-lam beam trusses, fiber reinforced glu-lam beams, and architecturally exposed members.

HEAVY TIMBER STRUCTURES

At KPFF, we strive to be more than consultants. Here, we are partners with our project teams, collaboratively pushing the boundaries and elevating the work we do in a constant pursuit of excellence. We are comprised of structural & civil engineers, who thrive on designing innovative solutions for projects of all scales. Our Portland office, established in 1974, has 100+ engineers that are collectively licensed in all 50 states.

Our award-winning portfolio spans six continents and over 250,000 projects.

Sokol Blosser Winery, Dayton, OR The majority of the wood-framed structure is a single story above grade with an ecoroof.

Wieden+Kennedy Headquarters, Portland, ORA five-story, 220,000-sf historic (1914) building with heavy timber floors.

Central Oregon Community College, Jungers Culinary Center, Bend, ORSingle-story 15,000-sf culinary institute building. Many of the heavy timber and steel members are exposed throughout the interior and around the exterior of the building.