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21 June 2007

For over 10 years both Gord and Steve worked as senior project managers with the UK's leading timber frame company Carpenter Oak & Woodland Co Ltd (COWCo), where they led more than 100 successful new projects, and helped to conserve some of Britain's most precious architectural treasures including: Windsor Castle, Stirling Castle, Dolbelydr and many other important medieval buildings.

In 1999, Gord launched a new branch of business for COWCo in Scotland: opening The Framing Yard at Lintrathen. Over the next four years Gord, Steve and Steph grew this new business to a staff of 19, with annual sales over $1 million. The Framing Yard was responsible for some of COWCo's most exciting and innovative projects during that period, earning them a number of awards:

Commendation for Conservation / Restoration 2004, The Wood Awards, Worshipful Company of Carpenters
Regional Award 2002, Royal Institute of British Architecture (RIBA)
Civic Award 2002 for Excellence in Design & Construction, The Arbroath Improvement Trust
Most Innovative New Business Award, Angus County Council
Most Creative, Native & Innovative Building Award, Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland
Most Sustainable New Building 2002, Aberdeenshire County Council
Most Innovative New Building 2002, Aberdeenshire County Council

These photos illustrate some of the many projects that Gord and Steve managed.