ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Beyond the Beam is a Carpentry Plus podcast about the people, projects, ideas, and relationships shaping the future of Mass Timber construction. Through practical, story-driven conversations with builders, designers, owners, and industry partners, each episode explores what it really takes to bring complex Mass Timber projects to life — from early coordination and field experience to trust, problem-solving, and lessons learned along the way.
Update frequency:
biweekly
Average audio length:
30 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
5 episodes
since Aug. 18, 2026
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
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 collaboratio…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
On this episode of Beyond the Beam, Russ and Erin of Carpentry Plus are joined by KL&A Structural Engineer Chris Kendall to trace the origin of Timber Core — a prefabricated, modular mass-timber stair system born from the frustration of slow on-site stair installs. They dig into the craftsmansh…
In this episode we sit down with Jason Fehlman and Russ Brotnov to talk about CPI's origin story, what we're about, and where we are going.
0:00 Intro & Guest Introductions
1:04 Carpentry Plus Origins
6:33 Early Standout Projects — Heavy Timber & the Tillamook Bridge
11:25 Leadership Trans…
On this episode, we speak with Willy Chandler (Holst Architecture), Bryan Ware (Walsh Construction Co), and Russ Brotnov about the Julia West House Project. They discuss the unique challenges that came with building on a small footprint, design choices that highlighted mass timbers use on the proje…
A brief conversation about the Beyond the Beam Podcast. What we are doing, what you can expect to hear in future episodes. Featuring: Caleb Brotnov, Jason Fehlman, Justin Olson, and hosted by Joe Points. Huge thanks to the Oregon Mass Timber Coalition for being our founding sponsor!
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