• Industry

    Other

  • Services offered

    Project Support, Education

  • Has Experience with these building types:

    Assembly (Worship, Restaurant, Theater), Business (Office), Civic (Recreational), Educational, Factory/Industrial (warehouse, storage, parking, etc.), Government, Hotel/Motel, Institutional, Mercantile (Retail), Mixed-Use, Multi-Family (Apartments, Condos), Student Housing, Transportation (Airports, Train or Subway Stations)

  • Has Experience with these material types:

    Mass Timber, Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT), Nail-Laminated Timber (NLT), Dowel-Laminated Timber (DLT), Glue-Laminated Timber (GLT or glulam), Timber-Frame / Post and Beam, Heavy Timber Decking, Hybrid (wood with steel or concrete), Structural Composite Lumber (e.g. LVL and LSL), Wood-Concrete Composite Systems, Light-Frame

  • Has experience with these construction types:

    I-A, I-B, II-A, II-B, III-A, III-B, IV-A, IV-B, IV-C, IV-HT, V-A, V-B

Mark is the WoodWorks Regional Director for Texas. He works directly with developers and design teams, providing education and free technical support related to the design, engineering and construction of commercial and multi-family wood buildings. A licensed Professional Engineer, Mark has knowledge to assist with all aspects of wood building design, including allowable heights and areas and construction types, structural detailing of wood and hybrid systems, fire resistance, acoustics, and alternate means of code compliance.  

Contact Mark for assistance on a project or to schedule a seminar on topics that include an introduction to mass timber, mass timber code changes, mass timber structural design, mid-rise and taller wood buildings, and Type III detailing.  

Mark spent 11 years as a practicing structural engineer, eight years as a field engineer with Simpson Strong-Tie, and six years in business development for a structural engineering firm. His structural engineering project management experience includes multi-family, retail, hospitality, education, aviation, churches, residential and movie theaters. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Texas and Oklahoma.
 

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