STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Thomas Timmons, PE
Columbia Engineering Group
Obsessed with Lego since a child, Thomas was born to engineer and build. Thomas built a reputation as one of the few engineers mastering shipping container homes and buildings, with works such as Fortress Obetz in Ohio, The Box Garden in Texas, and Taco Bell Shipping Container Restaurant in Michigan. Thomas also assembled a portfolio full of sustainable buildings such as earthbag & rammed earth, bamboo, livable treehouses, ICF, wood and steel SIPs, modular, and shipping container buildings. If an engineer has ever told you that your building was "out of the norm", Thomas has engineered it. Yes, even a full-sized Lego home!
“Many engineers say that form follows function, but Mother Nature is the master of engineering, and she has perfected combining form and function, which is something I strive to do as well.” – Thomas, P.E. CEG
EDUCATION
Oregon Institute of Technology
BS Civil Engineering
RELEVANT PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Fortress Obetz | 122 Shipping Container Sports Facility
Lexus Box Garden | Two-Story Shipping Container Venue and Stage
Container Taco Bell | 5 Shipping Containers and Light-Gauge Steel
Di Palace | 7,000 sqft Two-Story Light-Gauge Steel and Ferrocement
USDA Seismic Retrofit | 14,400 sqft Two-Story Unreinforced Masonry and Wood
Fabric Covers | Multiple Fabric Structures on Shipping Containers and Stand-Alone
Reset Hotel | Resort w/ 60 Steel Modules
Treehouse Saloon | 1,200 sqft Saloon Built into Living Trees 20 to 40 ft Above Ground
Modular Apartment | 40,000 sqft Four-Story Steel Modular
Private Residence | 3,600 sqft Earthbag Dome
Private Residence | 54 ft diameter Yurt and Wood Loft
Private Residence | 360 sqft Wood and Steel Tiny Home on Wheels
Private Residence | 3,000 sqft Strawbale and Wood Construction
Private Residence | 2,400 sqft Two-Story Reverse ICF Light-Gauge Steel SIP
Private Residence | 3,840 sqft ICF and Wood Trusses
Private Residence | 5,400 sqft ICCF Grid-Screen and Wood Trusses
Private Residence | 4,300 sqft Two-Story Log Home
Private Residence | 1,200 sqft Rammed Earth and Shipping Containers