
The team sheds light on the important role that budget, structure type, and project location plays in mass timber planning and decision-making.

Excellent customer service comes naturally to Cassie, who approaches every task with a can-do attitude. As Executive Administrator, she enjoys working with people that encourage her and test her limits but allow her to have fun along the way. She manages her time—and many others’—with extraordinary ease and keeps things running like a well-oiled machine. Outside the office, you’ll find Cassie hiking, exploring the city, and when the sun comes out, boating on Lake Washington—all with her husband and pups by her side.

You may have noticed an increase in references to mass timber in recent months. These two words are finding their way into everyday AECO language.

Together we faced countless uncertainties in 2020 + learned that one thing remains true…

2005 Poplar team give a virtual tour of the first commercial building in Issaquah, WA to use cross laminated timber.

GLY was one of the first General Contractors to embrace the challenge and our partnership with Salmon-Safe has led to a richly rewarding relationship.

Kevin praises the aspect of GLY’s culture that provides a variety of paths for diverse abilities and personalities to flourish. Hired on as a Project Engineer, his exceptional preconstruction planning and cost estimating talent quickly developed. As our Chief Estimator, he provides 24 years of building experience and practical knowledge of construction methods, materials, resources and LEED criteria. A generous mentor and creative thinker, Kevin gets involved to guide and directly support estimating efforts on varied and complex projects at GLY.

In 2017, we published a brief synopsis about the future of cross laminated timber [CLT]. Interest in sustainable construction continues to gather momentum.