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Our own Jonathan Orpin was on the Sustainable Goat podcast, speaking on building custom wood structures meant for longevity. The episode premieres Friday, Dec 6 at 9 am PST.  You can also stream the Sustainable Goat show on ReachTV here

 

Link to Spotify Here 

Up and running, The NEWBeamery's Oikos X, is taking timbers and glulams. We thought we'd share a sneak-peek of the machine at work. It's six-axis robotic arm picks-up tools, many of which are customized tools so that we could use the Oikos more. This makes our machine even more personalized to the way we cut frames. The machine can  cut 12" x 48" in cross-section and 60' in length — far larger than our previous abilities out west.

 

 

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“We try to execute at a high level and achieve the goals that our clients have in a high craft way,” says Rob D’Alessandro, who heads up our NEWwoodworks team. “We strive to make the fit, finish, look and feel consistent with what the client is looking for.”

“The clients were looking for a ‘New Energy Works House’, which means they wanted quality and craftsmanship right down to custom millwork, cabinetry, and built-ins in their home,” says Kyle Barber, RA, CPHC, NCARB manager of our East coast design team.

Conceived for and built on the shoreline of Otisco Lake, the entire New Energy Works team has contributed their talents to this legacy home. We previously talked about our General Contracting Team’s work on this large scale project here. Now that our General Contracting Team is in the process of laying down the flooring, affixing trim and wrapping things up, our fine woodworking division, NEWwoodworks is coming in to provide bespoke finishing touches to the interior of the home.

“The house doesn’t have a basement, its slab on grade, says Barber. “Because of that, we wanted to maximize storage. “There were a number of custom millwork pieces that the New Energy Works design team helped the clients with to figure out what would be best for the space,” says Barber. “NEWwoodworks was a natural partner to build some of those things based on the level of craftsmanship the client was looking for.”