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Early this summer, @makeawish_nh set out to grant a wish for Izzy Vigneau of Charlestown who is battling leukemia. Izzy wanted a playhouse, a space of her own right in her backyard. Jane Williams and Tina Downing, her volunteer “Wish Makers,” reached out to area businesses to bring the project to life, starting with Tedd Benson of Bensonwood.
On behalf of the company, Tedd accepted the challenge, and over the last month, more than sixty Bensonwood volunteers have donated their time and expertise to designing and building the fully insulated playhouse.
Area businesses (listed below) stepped up to donate materials like lumber, flooring and paint, and services like electric, trucking and site work to complete the project.
Yesterday, the playhouse was transported to Izzy’s home in Charlestown, a front deck was installed, and it will be decorated on site on Sunday for Izzy to enjoy!
This was such an incredible community effort, and we are so honored to have been a part of making Izzy's wish come true.
Thank you to area businesses for contributing time and materials, this would not have come together so quickly without your big hearts and hard work!
Hamshaw Lumber - Keene @hamshaw_of_keene
Perkins Home Center - Keene
Sherwin-Williams - Keene @sherwinwilliams
Green Mountain Electric - Keene @gmes53
Tim Latham Electric – Walpole
Carlisle Flooring LLC - Stoddard @carlislewideplankfloors
First Green Sitework - Charlestown @firstgreensw
Blanc & Bailey Construction - Charlestown
SM Putnam Trucking - Charlestown
Nickerson Electric - Charlestown
Boise Cascade - Greenland @boisecascade
Marvin Windows - Williston VT @themarvinbrand
Sign Design Whitney and Ron Ferrigno - Brockton MA @signdesigninc
Earlier this month, Massachusetts builder Nick Schiffer of @nsbuilders toured our production facility in Keene. He was looking for an answer to the question "Do Prefab Homes Still Exhibit Craftsmanship?"
Nick came to the right place. Our 110,000 sq. foot facility incorporates 50 years of research into the craft of building, setting up conditions where we can create beautiful structures at net zero and passive house levels of efficiency on fast and predictable timelines.
Want to see for yourself? Watch as Jay walks Nick through our entire facility, demonstrating the care that went into every detail of our production process. DM us for the link, or hop over to the bio in the @nsbuilders account to watch on YouTube!
#facilitytour #keenenh #bensonwood #beamteam #bostonbuilder #nsbuilders #buildersofig #prefabrication #prefab #prefabhome #prefabdesign #intentionalcraftsmanship #sustainabledesign #sustainability
Master timber framer Paul Boa offered a Kumiko training to our associates recently.
Kumiko is a Japanese technique of assembling wooden pieces without the use of nails. Thinly slit wooden pieces are grooved, punched, mortised, and then fitted individually using a plane, saw, chisel, and other tools to make fine adjustments. The technique was developed in Japan in 600-700 AD.
Kumiko panels slot together and remains in place through pressure alone, and that pressure is archived through meticulous calculating, cutting, and arranging. The result is a complex pattern that is used primarily in the creation of shoji doors and screens.
#shojidoors #shoji #japanesetechnique #japanesetechniques #beamteam #workshops #workshops2022 #workshop #workshopalert #morningworkshop #morningworkshops
July 9th was 20th Year for the Beam Team to support cancer research at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. Hundreds of miles ridden by the Beam Team and over $32,000 raised. Wonderful day - join us next year!
#biking #bikingadventures #cancerresurch #bikedmiles #miles #fundraiser #fundraisers #medicalresearch #medicalresearchmatters #medicalresearchsaveslives
A forever home for an active family of 6 inspired by hygge. Designed with wood and natural materials to support a peaceful, healthy, safe and nurturing environment - designed by the Bensonwood Design Group in collaboration with the client. Amazing carpentry installs by Ryan Lawler of @4litedesigns
Special features include:
Port Orford Cedar Exterior Siding
European Mid-Mount Triple Glazed Windows
Custom Dual steel stringer stair designed and built by Bensonwood
Black Spruce wall and ceiling boards finished with low luster, low VOC finish
Nordic Spruce Glue Laminated Timbers
This Connecticut lake house is moving along! The vaulted Kitchen/dining/living room timber frame and panels went up, as well as the Den and Screen Porch wings. On the opposite side of the residence, the Library/Office was raised, all in one week! The structure is fully enclosed and is almost ready for the general contractor. #beamteam #lakelife #sustainablebuilding
Glass panels divide two species of wood in these unique glulam timber entryways - Douglas Fir on the interior and Alaskan Yellow Cedar on the exterior. #beamteam #glulambeam #timberframe #douglasfir #yellowcedar
Check out this in-progress custom staircase! A true collaboration - designers, woodworkers, and timberframers all came into the shop to help out on these stairs that are headed to Brooklyn, NYC. #customwoodworking #bigapple #beamteam
Bensonwood's Building Systems crew poses in front of a completed OpenBuilt® Wood Fiberboard exterior wall panel. This wall panel is features 10" deep framing on 24" centers, high-density recycled cellulose insulation, a continuous exterior layer of 40 mm rigid cellulose-based insulation board, and a water-vapor diffuse exterior membrane. Windows and doors are triple-glazed, aluminum-clad solid wood frames. The stated R-value of this panel out of the factory is R-41 and will approach R-50 with site-installed insulation on the interior, with minimal thermal bridging.
This wall panel will be part of a high energy performance. carbon-neutral development of multiple single-family homes in upstate NY.
The price of energy is not going down. Buildings with this level of precision and performance are the future of construction!
#thecatskillproject
#Sigamajvest
#Steicoduodry
#unilux
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