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9WOOD Capabilities

1. Experienced Management Team

The four founders of 9Wood have a combined total of 32 years experience in the wood ceiling business. They are leaders in the wood ceiling industry, having worked on some of the most challenging and innovative ceiling projects in North America. Their accomplishments include patented product innovations, successful projects over $1 million in scope, and breakthroughs in manufacturing efficiency. Individually, they possess advanced skills in Project Management, AutoCAD, Financial Management, Timber Frame Construction, Importing and Distribution, and Manufacturing Operations. Together they represent an ownership team that can deliver a project from concept to successful completion. Projects in which their Project Management and Project Engineering have garnered National CISCA awards include Our Lady of Angels Cathedral, MIT Simmons Hall, and UCSD Cancer Center.

2. Experienced Production Team

9Wood's skilled production team consists of numerous employees with several years in the wood ceiling profession. Project managers, engineers, draftsmen, and production craftsmen have a total combined experience of over 75 years. This knowledge based workforce assures the experience that custom production requires.

3. Customer Focus

9Wood understands what it takes for our clients to succeed. Our motto "More Control, Less Time" reflects our dedication to the rapid response of our customer needs and concerns. When coupled with modern Demand and Capacity Planning techniques, this customer focus creates a company value whose aim is to ensure accurate and maintained project lead-times, responsive service and realistic integration with the vagaries of construction schedules (especially at the last phase of interior finishes).
 

4. Capacity

9Wood has a vision for quality products. A watchword built into the foundation of our company is our President's favorite saying, "Quality at the source, continual improvement." We partner with a limited number of vendors who share our vision and can work with the precise tolerances necessary. 38,000 square feet of production space, 2000 square feet of office space, and highly trained and experienced key employees provide ample capacity to meet our growing book of business. To ensure exacting quality control we never outsource the most important steps in custom wood ceiling fabrication: finishing, assembly and packaging. We have specialized equipment to ensure conformity to AWI standards and customer specifications.

Capabilities and Benefits available to our clients include:

  • Species: Standard American species (such as Hemlock, Douglas Fir, Red and White Oak, Cherry, Ash, Birch, White and Natural Maple), as well as imported and exotic species (such as Mahogany, Teak, African Mahogany, Anigre).
  • FSC: Chain-of-Custody certification for the Forest Stewardship Council program (providing LEED Credits) # SCS-COC-00667.
  • Fire Rating: Both topical coatings (for solid woods) or fire rated core materials (for veneered products)
  • Veneers: Both domestic and import veneers, both sequenced and non-sequenced panels.
  • Finishes: Clear finishes and custom stains available, per AWI (Architectural Woodwork Institute) specifications.
  • CNC: Routing and perforation capabilities.
  • Standard Suspension Systems: Most of our wood ceilings suspend from industry standard T-Bar grid systems.
  • Custom Suspension Systems: When the design requirements dictate, we have the capability of providing radiused suspension systems, and other methods, such as Unistrut.
  • Acoustical Enhancement: All of our wood ceiling products can provide acoustical enhancement, either absorptive (via absorptive fiberglass and other materials on the product’s blind side) or reflective. Acoustic Test Data is available for our Acoustic Plank line.
  • 3-D AutoCAD Capability: Much of our collaborative Engineered-to-Order team work over the years has focused on developing methodologies to integrate 3-D virtual drafted ceiling designs proposed by the architectural community with the realities of woodworking and construction. We have developed several approaches to these complex geometric designs including 3-D Survey Control (3SC) and Collaborative System Mock-Ups (CSM).
  • Budgeting and Design Help: We offer a wide range of help during the design phase, including budgets, design and consultative help, guide specifications and samples.

5. Partnership

9Wood was founded with the goal of making ownership of the company available to key employees. We feel that this partnership paradigm is essential to attracting the best staff and retaining them for the long term. We expect and want to be accountable to our employees as well as to our customers for hard work and decisions.

This partnership paradigm includes the partnering with skilled and experienced independent representatives in major metropolitan cities across North America. Reps act as an indispensable bridge between manufacturer and designer in realizing the design within the ever-present budget constraints.