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Rebuilding after disaster demands speed and permitting fluency, not just a better wall.
Our Altadena rebuild, underway for a family displaced by the 2025 Eaton Fire, is where that gets tested. It's currently in design, and the permitting, zoning, and multi-hazard risk management behind it was the subject of a session at the California Green Building Conference at UC Berkeley.
Urban infill lives or dies on stakeholder coordination.
We're currently under a purchase option agreement for a mixed-use development in St. Paul, Texas — early-stage, and exactly the kind of multi-party, multi-constraint project IDD was built to manage.
Institutional housing needs a team that's actually delivered it.
Tim Sweeney has designed panelized institutional housing before. We're now bringing that experience together with our own building system — where it hasn't been possible until now.
Rebuilding after disaster demands speed and permitting fluency, not just a better wall.
Weathertight and sealed, the MgO panels on the Equinox Project in Reno await exterior siding. That same discipline is guiding a rebuild currently underway in Altadena, CA for a family displaced by the 2025 Eaton Fire. The project, currently in design, is led by our partner Sweeney Architecture and features an application of the Simplus Building System. The permitting, zoning, and multi-hazard risk management behind that project were the subject of a session at the California Green Building Conference at UC Berkeley.
Urban infill lives or dies on stakeholder coordination.
We're currently under a purchase option agreement for a mixed-use development in Texas — early-stage, and exactly the kind of multi-party, multi-constraint project IDD was built to manage.
Institutional housing needs a team that's actually delivered it.
Tim Sweeney has nearly three decades of experience designing and delivering panelized institutional buildings. We're now bringing that experience together with our own building system, making possible what wasn't before.
Tim Sweeney
Chief Executive Officer
An architect with nearly 50 years of practice, Tim is a Certified Passive House Designer (CPHD), LEED AP, and AIA member. He set the technical foundation the Simplus Building System is built on and holds final delivery authority across every project.
Timothy Lorang
Chief Information Officer
Timothy leads digital strategy, marketing architecture, and systems infrastructure at Simplus, with 30+ years of production management and systems-integration experience behind it. He's the architect of the company's digital presence, from CRM to the website itself.
James Croft
Consultant
James brings over 30 years of construction experience to operations, fabrication oversight, and technical development at Simplus. He's also building out the financial modeling that underpins how the company prices and delivers its projects.
Timothy Lorang
Chief Information Officer
Timothy leads digital strategy, marketing architecture, and systems infrastructure at Simplus, with 30+ years of production management and systems-integration experience behind it. He's the architect of the company's digital presence, from CRM to the website itself.
Pending Position
Pending Officer
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