2024 Timber Framers Guild Conference

Steve Lawrence

Timber Framers Guild, Director, Community Building Projects Program

I have had a varied career. Starting with an apprenticeship in metal working as a fabricator and machinist, I moved into logging and arborist work before starting my timber framing career with Carpenter Oak & Woodland in 1990.

In 2005, I moved to Vancouver Island to found Macdonald & Lawrence Timber Framing and operated this timber frame business for more than 10 years. More recently, I mix consulting, project management, and consulting, including work for the Guild managing the Community Building Projects Program.

Presentation

Welcome to Bamfield! A Community Building Project
This year's Community Building Project in the Vancouver Island (British Columbia) village of Bamfield was an ambitious undertaking. Featuring massive western red cedar timbers and round log posts, this cathedral-like building contains unreasonable feats of wood alchemy and creative design. Come learn the story behind this magnificent frame, how we created it with 60 people in just a few weeks, and explore the challenges we navigated to make it happen.

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