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Sheet TC-07 · About

Timber engineers, not timber sellers

Fast, independent concepts at a price that makes asking easy.

Timber Concept was set up by structural engineers who design timber buildings for a living, from houses and prefab granny flats to mass timber community buildings, offices and hotels.

We kept seeing the same problem. Good projects dropped timber because nobody gave them proper advice early. Or they ran it as a shadow option that never got a fair go.

Timber Concept fixes that with fast, independent concepts at a price that makes asking easy.

Who you'll be working with

Nick Hewson, Director

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Nick has over 20 years' experience in construction, focused on large-scale timber structures. He has worked in engineering consultancy, timber manufacturing and prefabrication, including as Head of Design ANZ at XLam and Chief Design Officer at Viridi Group. That gives him an unusual view of how timber buildings are designed, made and built.

He is a registered structural engineer in Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania. He co-founded Timber DiaLog, has judged the Australian Timber Design Awards and speaks at national and international conferences.

Selected timber projects

Experience across every system

  • CLT
    55 Southbank Boulevard, Melbourne. Structural design of the world's tallest CLT vertical extension.
  • CLT
    Adelaide Oval Hotel. Structural design of a 5-storey CLT hotel wrapping the sports ground.
  • GLT
    Adelaide Aquatic Centre. Timber roof design, temporary works and construction engineering for Australia's largest glulam beams, 2.2 m deep and 37 m long.
  • MT
    North Melbourne Community Hub. Mass timber structural design, including a Masslam transfer truss.
  • MT
    City of Greater Geelong Council Offices. Design and certification of a 5-storey mass timber office.
  • MMC
    Heffron Street, Tweed Heads. Structural design of a $28m apartment building for Homes NSW using timber-based modern methods of construction.
  • CLT
    Iron Creek Bay, Tasmania. CLT holiday units and restaurant. 2022 Australian Timber Design Award.

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