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TFBC Purpose:
The Timber Frame Business Council is a nonprofit organization providing information and resources to support and strengthen the timber frame industry.
TFBC Values:
- Nurture the unique culture of the industry and its people
- Conscientiously promote our members and our industry
- Provide quality business education and industry research
- Create mutually beneficial strategic partnerships that extend TFBC’s resources and support the effectiveness of the organization
- Enlist the support and involvement of members in developing and executing our goals
- Provide consistently excellent customer service to all customers
Timber framing is a centuries-old craft. Using its most traditional definition, timber framing is a specific type of post and beam construction in which a frame is created from solid wood timbers that are connected with wooden, furniture-like joinery secured with hardwood pegs.
The frame is covered with any of a number of enclosure systems. Normally the timbers remain exposed to the interior of the building.
Today, timber framers use both hand tools and advanced technology to produce visually appealing structural building framing using heavy-timber posts, beams, and other supporting elements. We embrace both traditional handcrafted techniques, as well as high-tech manufactured framing for a wide range of attractive and cost-effective residential and commercial buildings.
As a building system, timber framing lends itself to residential and commercial construction and a wide variety of architectural styles ... contemporary, rustic, southwest, oriental and colonial to name just a few. It is also compatible with many other building systems and materials such as structural insulated panels, logs, engineered wood products and stud systems.
To join the Timber Frame Business Council please go to the Join Us page for more information.
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