When a heavy timber project hits the fabrication floor, the timber engineer will do a kick-off walking the team through the nuances of the frame. Here you see Evan Clow doing just this with the conical gazebo project for North Carolina. That's not to say it's the only time the shop and office meet -- the back and forth between the craftsmen in the CNC/hand shop and the engineers behind the modeling programs are often what makes for a smooth installation on site.