About Chad Taylor

I founded Taylor Timber in 2022 after two decades working on technically demanding buildings with architects pushing ambitious designs.

By the end of my time at Degenkolb Engineers and through my years at Morrison-Maierle, I was already the engineer of record, the main point of contact, and the person accountable for every drawing. Taylor Timber lets me do that work on my own terms.

Earthquake engineering shaped how I think. Eight years at Degenkolb in Seattle, on hospitals, medical facilities, and institutional buildings across the West Coast, taught me to follow forces through a structure from the smallest detail to the complete system, and to design for the long term. I still work that way, whether the project is a timber pavilion or a steel airport terminal.

I built the practice around three pillars: Climate, Community, and Timber. Buildings use resources, shape the places people live, and outlast the project team.

Credentials

Registered Professional Engineer: Montana
Registered Structural Engineer: California, Illinois, Oregon, Washington

Experience

Taylor Timber, Missoula, MT, 2022 to present

Morrison-Maierle Engineers, Missoula, MT, 2016 to 2022

Eclipse Engineering, Missoula, MT, 2013 to 2016

Degenkolb Engineers, Seattle, WA, 2005 to 2013

Magnusson Klemencic Associates, Seattle, WA, 2005

Education

University of California, Berkeley, MS Civil Engineering, 2004

Washington State University, BS Civil Engineering, 2003