Ruby Falls Headquarters

Chattanooga , TN

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    The Ruby Falls Headquarters is a 14,500 SF mass timber office building located on Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Designed to support flexible workspaces and wellness-focused amenities, the project showcases mass timber as a sustainable and efficient structural solution while pursuing LEED Silver certification. 

    Sterling Structural provided design assist and delegated engineering services in collaboration with KPFF, supporting the mass timber structural system from early coordination through detailed engineering. The team worked collaboratively with the architect, engineer of record, and installer to develop the custom trusses, refining member layouts and optimizing connection details for constructability and ease of installation. A key scope enhancement included modifying a traditional CMU shaft to a CLT shaft, reducing construction duration and simplifying overall project coordination. 

    Project Stats

    YEAR BUILT:

    2026

    NUMBER OF STORIES:

    2

    CONSTRUCTION TYPE:

    VB

    SQ FT:

    14,500

    Project Details

    BUILDING TYPE:

    Office

    MATERIAL TYPES:

    Glulam Post and Beam w/ Trusses at the roof

    CLT floor 

    CLT Roof 

    PROJECT TEAM:

    Connection Hardware Partner: Simpson Strongtie   

    Glulam Partner: Rigid Ply 

    Owner: Ruby Falls Park  

    Contractor: JC Curtis 

    Installer: Stone Mill Log Homes LLC

    Engineer: March Adams and KPFF Delegated 

    Architect: HK Architects