Bare cross laminated timber walls and ceiling inside a building, a doorway lit from the right

Timber frames for schools and housing

Structural engineers in Glasgow, for architects and developers.

Send us your drawings See what we issue

One office, one material

Every frame drawn in Glasgow, every one in timber.

140 projects

2009From the first frame to this year’s2026

Two kinds of building

A carpenter in a hard hat nailing a timber frame, seen from above

Housing

Flats and houses, framed in timber from the ground up.

Send a housing scheme

Schools

Classrooms, halls and the long spans over them.

Send a school’s drawings
A timber roof of rafters, purlins and braces seen from below

What we issue, stage by stage

Set against the RIBA Plan of Work your architect already uses.

StageNameWe issueYou send
2Concept designFrame options and a structural gridSketch plans and the brief
3Spatial coordinationThe frame layout and member sizesCoordinated plans and sections
4Technical designCalculations, connection details and general arrangementsThe technical package
5Manufacturing and constructionChecks on the fabricator’s drawings, answers on siteShop drawings and site queries

How a frame starts

  1. You send the scheme

    Plans, sections or a model, at whatever stage it has reached.

  2. We read it and call

    An engineer, not an office manager, goes through it with you.

  3. We propose the frame

    A grid, the options for it, and what each asks of the plan.

A timber frame wall of posts, rails and two long braces, seen square-on

Send us your drawings

Tell us the building and the stage, and attach what you have.

Office
Glasgow
Formats
PDF or DWG
Building