Turnkey Delivery
Earth'smart™ Path A brings architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturer input, and permit coordination into one aligned team from concept through construction for a clearer, more reliable custom home path.
Earth'smart powered by tect delivers integrated custom home building for Northern California homeowners who need more than conventional construction. From wildfire-prone WUI sites in the North Bay, Tahoe, and Sierra foothills to high-performance estates, our coordinated architecture, engineering, construction, and manufacturer network helps create resilient 100+ year homes built for fire, seismic exposure, comfort, long-term value, and local terrain.
Integrated custom building, rebuild, resilience, and performance services for Northern California’s most demanding residential sites.
Earth'smart™ Path A brings architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturer input, and permit coordination into one aligned team from concept through construction for a clearer, more reliable custom home path.
Wildfire-resistant custom homes are designed for WUI conditions with fire-resistive walls, Class A roofing, ember-resistant vents, defensible-space coordination, and integrated on-site fire suppression systems.
For homeowners rebuilding after major California fires, earth'smart powered by tect creates replacement homes as permanent upgrades with resilient assemblies, dedicated fire water, suppression strategies, and insurance-aligned documentation.
High-performance custom homes combine refined design with efficient envelopes, all-electric systems, solar and battery integration, healthy air strategies, water conservation, and lower long-term operating costs.
Earth'smart powered by tect supports sophisticated $10M+ estate projects with integrated fire, water, energy, structural, envelope, and mechanical systems coordinated through advanced owner-side delivery methods.
Mountain, lakefront, and vacation homes are engineered for wildfire exposure, snow loads, remote monitoring, limited fire access, and on-site water supply in Tahoe and Sierra environments.
We begin with the homeowner’s goals, site conditions, hazard profile, budget range, and delivery preference. For Northern California WUI properties, this includes wildfire exposure, access, water supply, smoke, seismicity, and insurance documentation priorities.
Earth'smart powered by tect gives homeowners a more coordinated, performance-driven way to build.
Architecture, engineering, construction, permits, and manufacturers align early for fewer gaps and better decisions.
Northern California wildfire, smoke, seismic, and insurance realities inform every major system choice.
TectApp™ connects projects with manufacturers behind the home’s structure, envelope, water, and systems.
Homes are designed as 100+ year upgrades for safety, comfort, durability, and lower lifecycle cost.
Architect-led guidance for resilient custom home decisions in California.
AIA — Founder, Architect and Manufacturer Advisor
Bob Habian, AIA, brings a rare cross-sided perspective to the building industry: he has been a licensed architect specifying products, a building product manufacturer owner selling them, and an advisor to more than 300 manufacturers working to reach architects and project teams more effectively. That combination sits behind everything tect does. On the owner side, Bob leads Tect's Earth'smart™ practice delivering 100+ year homes engineered to perform across structure, systems and envelope for homeowners across Northern, Central and Southern California — homes built to withstand fire, flood and earthquake exposure while minimizing long-term maintenance cost. On the manufacturer side, Bob leads the tect network of nearly 70 participating building product manufacturers and the Manufacturer Resource Hub, helping manufacturer CEOs, sales and marketing leaders, technical leadership and product representatives understand how architects actually choose products, contribute earlier in design, build genuine product-category expertise, form complementary alliances, and make credible human expertise discoverable in search and AI. His consistent argument to manufacturers is that project teams do not need another channel that exposes products — they need trustworthy expertise available at the moment a decision is forming. Bob draws on AIA specification research, anonymized patterns from work across hundreds of manufacturers, and direct experience on both sides of the specification conversation.
Earth'smart powered by tect integrates architecture, engineering, construction coordination, manufacturer input, permit strategy, and system documentation much earlier than a conventional builder typically does. Instead of selecting products late or solving conflicts in the field, earth'smart powered by tect coordinates the home’s structure, envelope, roofing, mechanical systems, water, fire suppression, and resilience strategy as one performance system.
Talk with earth'smart powered by tect about your goals, risks, and best path forward.
tect serves wildfire-prone Northern California markets where resilience, documentation, and coordinated delivery matter most.
Northern California WUI
Service Area
Path A & Path B
Delivery Paths
70+ Partners
Manufacturer Network
Share your location and goals to confirm the right delivery path.
Architect-led resilient design and delivery guidance.
Access to 70+ building product manufacturers.
Risk-reduction records for high-risk homes.
Tell earth'smart powered by tect about your site, goals, budget range, and risk concerns. The team will help determine whether turnkey delivery or advisory support is the right next step.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at (310) 913-5000. You can also send us a quick email at bob@tect.com.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at (310) 913-5000. You can also send us a quick email at bob@tect.com.