About Mass Timber Advisors
Our Practice
Mass Timber Advisors is a Vermont-based structural engineering firm focused on residential and light commercial buildings. The firm emphasizes clarity, practicality, and thoughtful engineering solutions that reflect how buildings are actually constructed and used.
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Our Intent
What Drives Us
Our Mission
Our mission is to help people understand their buildings and make informed decisions that lead to safe, durable, and well-performing homes. Through thoughtful structural engineering, clear communication, and practical solutions, we provide homeowners, designers, and builders with the clarity they need to confidently maintain, improve, and build lasting structures.
Our Vision
We envision a built environment where homeowners feel informed rather than overwhelmed, where structural issues are addressed thoughtfully rather than reactively, and where buildings are cared for with an understanding of how they work and how they endure over time
Our Team
Meet Our Engineer
Ricky McLain
Ricky McLain
Mass Timber Advisors is led by Ricky McLain, Structural Engineer, who has over 17 years of experience working as a structural engineer in Central Vermont.
Ricky is intimately familiar with local building codes, regional loading and weather conditions, and the permitting processes common throughout Vermont and New Hampshire.
As a homeowner himself, Ricky understands the uncertainty that often come with structural concerns — as well as the fulfillment that comes from improving and maintaining a home.
He also brings a long history of hands-on construction experience, from small addition projects to gut renovation and large-scale construction, and believes engineering solutions are only effective if they are practical, buildable, and cost-conscious.
These principles — along with absolute clarity — guide every project.
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Geographic Service Area
Mass Timber Advisors is based in Woodbury, Vermont and typically works on projects within approximately 60–90 minutes of our office, with occasional projects beyond that range. Common service areas include:
Vermont (VT)
- Burlington
- Williston
- Shelburne
- Stowe
- Montpelier
- Barre
- St. Johnsbury
- Fairfax
- Colchester
- St. Albans
- Orleans
- Hardwick
- White River Junction
- Waitsfield
- Windsor
- Royalton
New Hampshire (NH)
- Lebanon
- Hanover
- Littleton
- Lancaster
- Laconia
- Franconia
- Woodsville
- Bretton Woods