Hensel Phelps Headquarters

Hensel Phelps Headquarters

Beyond the Beam by Carpentry Plus Inc
S1 · E4
Oct 13, 2026
35:40

Episode notes

On this episode, we talk with Mark Rothman, Enterprise Director of Design and Sustainability at Hensel Phelps, and Jacob Apple, Project Architect and Associate at Gensler, alongside Levi Brotnov from Carpentry Plus, about building Hensel Phelps’ new mass timber headquarters, from early collaboration to a game-changing factory mockup.

0:00 Intro and Guest Roles

2:55 Why Mass Timber

5:50 Designing for Mass Timber From Day One

6:44 A Headquarters for Employee-Owners

10:45 Partnering With Carpentry Plus

14:45 Progressive Design-Build and Early Involvement

17:50 The In-Factory Mockup

26:02 Solving Challenges Together

29:44 Schedule and What's Next

31:30 The Value of a Timber Intermediary

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Keywords

Business
Construction
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Timber
Design