New Brewery Ommegang Outdoor Area Nearly Done
We visited Brewery Ommegang with a group of Rotarians from around the world last week and caught a glimpse of their new outdoor area. It's nearly done, and is targeted to open to the public within a...
View ArticleSteel Glulam Connection
We've been welding these interesting base connection 'rings' that will anchor glulam curves. When finished, the glulam curves will rise out of this to create a 'bubble' or 'flower' shape.
View ArticleUnalam - Business Of The Year
Much of the Unalam team was on hand Friday night for the Sidney, NY Chamber of Commerce annual dinner where they honored Unalam as Business of the Year. Ever since moving to Sidney in 1963, we have...
View ArticleWave Glulam Beams
Today, you're getting a sneak peek at an exciting new project we're producing. You'll be seeing a lot of updates on this in the future, too.Some of the first parts we are making are these curved 'wave...
View ArticleGlulam 'Tree' Columns
To give you a picture of what's going on with the 'wave beams' we blogged about earlier, here's a look at the columns they'll sit on.They will form sloped column groups, supporting the exterior trellis...
View ArticleGlulam Beams and Columns at International Motor Racing Research Center
We often miss what's in our own backyard, and here's a example. Our sales professional had a meeting in Watkins Glen, NY and stopped by the International Motor Racing Research Center. We manufactured...
View ArticleGlulam Trusses At Library
In keeping with last week's theme of projects in Watkins Glen, NY, here's a look at the Watkins Glen Public Library. Completed in 1987, we manufactured these trusses to last. Need a refresher on your...
View ArticleGlulam Canopy In Geneva, NY
Today, we're thrilled to share beautiful photos of the new canopies on Senaca Lake in Geneva, NY. A special thank you goes out to our customer Ben at Gradient Architecturefor sharing these photos.These...
View ArticleUnalam Sponsors Series Celebrating New York's Craft Beer Community
Our team had a fantastic time at the Brewed in New York premiere event in Schenectady, NY. As a custom timber manufacturer that has always been based in New York, we've worked on many, many projects...
View ArticleUnalam Participating In Safe + Sound Week
At Unalam, we value keeping our workers safe and healthy on the job and making sure they go home to their families every day. That’s why we're participating in Safe + Sound Week, this August 13-19.Safe...
View ArticleRevisiting A Completed Glulam Building
I can't believe that we delivered this project in 2015, time certainly flies! Back then, we shared photos of the building as it was going up. It is a horse walker building, for horse training.It is now...
View ArticleUnalam Sponsors Catskill Area Hospice Event
Unalam is proud to sponsor this Saturday's Catskill Area Hospice Upstate Food Truck Festival featuring ZZ Top. It's going to be a great day, and we're happy to contribute to our community. See you...
View ArticleGlulam Sign Frame Mimics Gothic Barn
Unalam has a long connection to farming. For 80 years, we supplied Unadilla silos to hundreds of family farms in our area. In fact, it was this farm business that got us into making glulam. Our...
View ArticleLedger: Wednesday's Word of the Week
Remember Wednesday's Word(s) of the Week on our blog? We thought we had done every glulam word imaginable. Then we were looking at a job in finishing and noticed that we were attaching a ledger. It...
View ArticleNew Environmental Learning Center at Drumlin Farm - Lincoln, MA
There's a new Environmental Learning Center at Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary made with our glulam. Liz, our sales professional, visited Lincoln, MA and got a tour of the grounds. Opened in June 2018,...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: St. Lawrence Church Built In 1989
Behind this ordinary looking exterior are some beautiful glulam arches and beams. This church, completed nearly 30 years ago includes design touches featuring glulam Tudor arches and unique skylight...
View Article#ThrowbackThursday - Amphitheater In Liberty Park, Erie, PA
While in Erie, PA last week, we were able to visit Liberty Park to check out the glulam we made for this amphitheater.We manufactured these hybrid barrel and Tudor arches in April 2017 and the...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Long-Span Glulam Trusses in Rochester Area Church
Unalam completed our glulam for St. Jude the Apostle Church in Gates, NY in 1993. For this project, we made long-span glulam parallel chord trusses. These trusses were creatively used as clerestory...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Glulam Tudor Arches from 1968
We manufactured the glulam Tudor arches for this church in 1968, but it took us 50 years to get back there for a finished photo! This is the Lakeview Community Church in Greece, NY, just north west of...
View ArticleConstruction Photos: Wave Glulam Beams
In June, we posted photos of curved glulam beams we were manufacturing. These are now being installed at the Music Center at Indian Hill. For this initial phase of the project, there are approximately...
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