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Stride Avenue Community School, Burnaby, BC
News Posted On Nov 28, 2023

Stride Avenue Community School, Burnaby, BC

Beam Craft is thrilled to be constructing another two-storey mass timber school in the lower mainland of British Columbia. Starting in the spring of 2024, the Stride Avenue Community…

Edson Library Renovation
News Posted On Nov 28, 2023

Edson Library Renovation

Our mass timber installers on the BIRD Construction team this coming spring of 2024 to build the Edson Library addition.  The Beam Craft team will be erecting a post and beam glulam…

New Condo in Saskatoon, SK
News Posted On Nov 28, 2023

New Condo in Saskatoon, SK

Beam Craft is part of the North 14 Construction subcontractor team selected to assemble Saskatoon's first residential mid-rise mass timber structure.  This infill property is designed…

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
News Posted On Sep 27, 2021

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

September 30, 2021 marks the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in our country.  Our team, who have been working at Peepeekisis Cree Nation, Saskatchewan since August,…

Commercial Hotel Patio Expansion - Blues On Whyte
News Posted On Jun 01, 2021

Commercial Hotel Patio Expansion - Blues On Whyte

Beam Craft worked directly with the client to design, supply, and install the wood framed patio and heavy timber pergola structure.  Our friends at ISL Engineering provided guidance…

Twisted Plane Geometry in Heavy Timber
News Posted On Feb 26, 2021

Twisted Plane Geometry in Heavy Timber

Beam Craft worked hard on detailing the outdoor heavy timber pergola designed by Gibbs Gage for a restaurant tenant at the nearly completed Royop Shopping Commons in South Calgary,…

Kebony Benches at Epic 103 Street, Edmonton
News Posted On Jul 01, 2020

Kebony Benches at Epic 103 Street, Edmonton

Beam Craft recently completed some feature benches at the newly renovated Epic Building on 103 street in Edmonton. The benches tops were constructed using Kebony wood, which has a…

Fast Cars!
News Posted On Jun 01, 2020

Fast Cars!

Beam Craft was working on a very unique project this summer - our first race track.  Could be our one and only.  West Edmonton Mall hired us along with many other local trades people…

Timber Fencing and Paddocks
News Posted On Apr 01, 2020

Timber Fencing and Paddocks

This spring, we were back at the Edmonton Valley Zoo to complete the rough timber paddock fences and gates.  A big thanks to local shop, Gratz Manufacturing, for fabricating the custom…

Ipe Wood benches at Glenora West Block, Edmonton
News Posted On Apr 01, 2020

Ipe Wood benches at Glenora West Block, Edmonton

Last November, Beam Craft supplied and installed custom steel brackets and exotic Ipe hardwood planks to complete the outdoor bench seating area at the Glenora West Block project.…

Westbrook School, Rocky View County
News Posted On Feb 03, 2020

Westbrook School, Rocky View County

Gymnasium beams have been successfully installed at the new west school in Rocky View County.  Beam Craft mass timber installers are pleased to be included on the Maple Reinders (Calgary)…

National Building Code: 2020 Update
News Posted On Feb 03, 2020

National Building Code: 2020 Update

Alberta adopts 2020 National Building Code updates to include structures up to 12 storeys in structural wood or "mass timber".  With our previous experience on the Brock Commons (18…

Log Playground
News Posted On Oct 01, 2019

Log Playground

Some of our team members were given the chance to display their log building skills at the Edmonton Valley Zoo.  The Children's Climber is a simple playground feature situated next…

Advanced Research in Timber Systems (ARTS)
News Posted On Apr 03, 2019

Advanced Research in Timber Systems (ARTS)

We recently had the privilege of meeting a group of students from the Advanced Research in Timber Systems program (University of Alberta).  Beam Craft is excited to know that such…

Western Archrib Tour
News Posted On Mar 28, 2019

Western Archrib Tour

The Beam Craft Team took advantage of having one of the leading mass timber producers in North America right here in our hometown by touring the production plant in Edmonton!!  These…

Mass Timber Design Seminar by Woodworks Alberta
News Posted On Jan 21, 2019

Mass Timber Design Seminar by Woodworks Alberta

Thank you Woodworks Alberta for hosting the Mass Timber Design workshop today in Edmonton. It was full of informative and relevant content in regards to design requirements for CLT,…

Beam Craft visits NEXT Architecture
News Posted On Jan 09, 2019

Beam Craft visits NEXT Architecture

We recently stopped in at NEXT Architecture for a meeting and to see their new office space in the Alberta Block building on Jasper Ave.  It was rewarding to engage with colleagues…

Cloverbar Lodge in Sherwood Park
News Posted On Dec 06, 2018

Cloverbar Lodge in Sherwood Park

In early 2019, mass timber installers from Beam Craft will be installing three canopy entrances at the new Cloverbar Lodge at Sherwood Park, Alberta. These welcoming entrances will…