Sustainability Blog

As designers and builders become more familiar with the new engineered wood products, the possibility of fast and modular construction come to realization. Here is an from the north Minneapolis metro. In addition to these commercial applications, micro banks may be coming soon. Stay tuned.

Southfield 4 in Dallas by PDMS  Design Group (https://www.pdmsdesign.com/) makes the point well: a project can have can comparable first cost, market appeal, and offer the bonus of a reduced carbon footprint.

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The design solution combined a metal panel exterior with a cross laminated timber ("CLT") wall. It both satisfied local regulatory approvals and gained national recognition as an energy effective commercial real estate project.

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Wilkinson Building Advisors is leading a design and construction team to design a wood superstructure and enclosure system for the mid-west marketplace.

https://wilkinsonadvisors.com/blog/item/107-wood-superstructure-and-enclosure-systems-in-the-mid-west

https://wilkinsonadvisors.com/blog/item/108-announcing-new-commercial-industrial-building-product-line

Emerging markets, advancing building science, and improved logics are changing how we design, build, and finance our real estate assets.

(Southfield photo credits to PDMS Design Group)

A Wilkinson Building Advisors-led team in the mid-west is designing a product line of commercial and industrial buildings that are assembled from a kit-of-parts. This kit (“Building in a Box”) is composed of the renewable building materials for the superstructure and enclosure system (cross laminated timber, mass timber and sawn lumber components).

The kit-of-parts can be disassembled at the end of the intended service life and reused; thus regenerative and recyclable. These systems are combined with advanced energy exchange and ventilation systems to yield low operating costs.

The combination of low first cost and operating expenses are attractive to investors/owners seeking a favorable ROI and a low carbon footprint. This team intends to help reduce the out-scale amount of energy used by buildings in the US (40%).

The WBA team will work as a design-build, prime subcontractor (superstructure and enclosure systems) or a design-builder for complete projects.”

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A Wilkinson Building Advisors (“WBA”) led team in the mid-west is designing a product line of commercial and industrial buildings that are assembled from a kit-of-parts. This kit (“Building in a Box”) is composed of the renewable building materials for the superstructure and enclosure system (cross laminated timber, mass timber and sawn lumber components). The kit-of-parts can be disassembled at the end of the intended service life and reused; thus regenerative. These systems are combined with advanced energy exchange and ventilation systems to yield low operating costs. The combination of low first cost and operating expenses are attractive to investors seeking a favorable ROI and a low carbon footprint. This team intends to do is part to reduce the out-scale amount of energy used by buildings in the US (40%).

The WBA team will work as a design-build, prime subcontractor (superstructure and enclosure systems) or a design-builder for complete projects.”

In the early 1950s and after a long struggle, McCarthyism was waning. The American spirit though bruised is intact and on the rise; a good thing because the Russians didn’t hesitate to launch Sputnik after closing the iron curtain on Eastern Europe.

In a evermore globally competitive marketplace, the US construction industry is lagging behind other nations. This is remarkable considering that in 1955, the United States was the only fully formed democracy, and industrially intact country on the planet. Thus, 65 years later, here we are… in a horse race to hold a place in the global markets.

Wilkinson  Building Advisors  ("WBA")  provides experienced lender consulting

  • Project budget review and validation
  • Field observationsa and interim reports as requested
  • Application for payment review both monthly and final
  • Inspection reports as required by the lenders

Our approach

  • Remote or on-site support; seasoned professional knowledge and skills
  • Compliance with lender’s document management process and technology
  • Budget friendly and outcome based; firm fee and schedule proposals

Our credentials

  • George Wilkinson is a p rofessional building engineer with a depth of planning, design, and construction experience
  • In-house administrative support for timely processing of documentaton

The Foundation

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The McKinsey Global Institute published "Reinventing Construction: A Route to Higher Productivity" in February 2017.

The premise is that we need a "product" development process not just a one-off project way of thinking and that designing with regenerative assemblies is a professional responsibility to the greater society.

Wilkinson Building Advisors ("WBA") is here when you are ready to do our part in pushing back climate change. By various estimates, "buildings" consume approximately 30% of energy in the United States. The WBA products are a step in the right direction of pushing back climate change with the design, construction, and finance assistance of High Perfomance Buildings.

The Product

Building in a Box(BiB) is an innovative design and construction concept that creates high-performance buildings. High-performance buildings are a repeatable and environmentally sustainable way to engage the traditional design and construction industry.

  • It responds to current climate change crisis and supply chain disruptions
  • It also satisfies user needs for more cost effective and sustainable construction methods.

BiB is intended for design and construction of commercial buildings (branch office, warehouse/industrial space, or freestanding retail use). Buildings are designed from a "kit of parts". Many are manufactured off-site, and then delivered to the construction site for assembly.