Turnkey Delivery
A fully aligned design-build path combining architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturer input, and permit coordination to deliver resilient homes with fewer handoff gaps and clearer decisions.
Earth'smart powered by tect provides an integrated design-build path for homeowners planning resilient, high-performance homes, especially in wildfire-exposed communities like Northern and Southern California. From architecture and engineering to construction coordination and manufacturer input, our aligned team helps critical decisions happen early, reducing friction while improving safety, durability, comfort, and long-term value for homes built to perform for generations ahead.
Integrated architecture, engineering, construction, and resilience strategies for durable homes in high-risk environments from concept through completion.
A fully aligned design-build path combining architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturer input, and permit coordination to deliver resilient homes with fewer handoff gaps and clearer decisions.
Coordinated non-combustible assemblies, fire-resistive exterior walls, long-life roofing, and environmental control strategies designed for homes exposed to wildfire, flood, and earthquake risk.
Integrated water supply and site-scale fire-suppression strategies, including vapor dome system planning, to strengthen fire-event response and improve whole-property resilience.
We clarify goals, site conditions, rebuilding priorities, and exposure risks, including wildfire realities common in Northern and Southern California. This establishes the performance targets that guide architecture, engineering, budget alignment, and construction planning.
Earth'smart powered by tect aligns architecture, construction, and product expertise around homes built to perform.
Architecture, engineering, construction, and permit strategy are coordinated from the beginning.
Solutions address Northern and Southern California wildfire exposure with fire-resistive assemblies and non-combustible materials.
TectApp connects projects with 70+ manufacturers before critical system decisions are finalized.
Homes are engineered for safety, comfort, lower maintenance, and lasting value in high-risk areas.
AIA-led resilient design and construction coordination expertise.
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.
The design-build contracting method combines design and construction under one coordinated delivery structure instead of separating architect, engineer, and builder into disconnected scopes. For homeowners, this means decisions about materials, systems, budget, permitting, and constructability happen earlier. earth'smart powered by tect's version also integrates manufacturer input, helping fire-resilient assemblies and performance systems move from concept to construction with fewer gaps.
Speak with earth'smart powered by tect about your resilient home goals.
Earth'smart powered by tect supports homeowners planning resilient design-build projects in Northern and Southern California high-risk wildfire settings.
Northern & Southern California
Service Area
WUI Homes
Project Focus
70+ Manufacturers
Network Access
Connect with earth'smart powered by tect to discuss your Northern and Southern California project.
AIA leadership guiding resilient architecture and coordination.
Direct manufacturer input for better system decisions.
Performance-first standard for long-life resilient homes.
Share your site, goals, and estimated budget range, and earth'smart powered by tect will help you understand the right next steps for a resilient design-build project.
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.