Turnkey Delivery
Path A brings architecture, engineering, construction coordination, manufacturer input, and permit strategy into one aligned team from concept through construction for durable, high-performance custom homes.
Earth'smart powered by tect delivers architect-led design-build coordination for Bay Area homeowners who need homes engineered for wildfire, seismic exposure, smoke events, and the region's tightening insurance reality. From East Bay hillsides to Marin, Wine Country, and the Peninsula, our integrated approach aligns architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturer input, and resilient systems from the start.
Integrated design-build delivery for resilient Bay Area custom homes, wildfire rebuilds, and high-performance residential systems.
Path A brings architecture, engineering, construction coordination, manufacturer input, and permit strategy into one aligned team from concept through construction for durable, high-performance custom homes.
Homes are engineered for WUI exposure with fire-resistive walls, Class A roofing, ember-resistant vents, defensible-space coordination, and integrated suppression strategies.
Specialized support for Oakland Hills, Berkeley Hills, Piedmont, Orinda, Lafayette, and surrounding steep-terrain communities facing wildfire history, fuels, and insurance pressure.
Design-build and advisory services for Marin and North Bay homes needing fire-resilient assemblies, backup power, on-site water, and insurance-aligned documentation.
Custom home and rebuild coordination for Portola Valley, Woodside, Atherton, Los Altos Hills, Saratoga, and Skyline ridge communities with significant WUI exposure.
High-performance custom homes integrate efficient envelopes, electrified systems, solar, battery storage, filtered fresh air, water conservation, and long-life materials.
We begin by understanding your site, goals, budget range, insurance concerns, and exposure profile. For Bay Area hillside, coastside, and WUI parcels, early risk alignment helps prioritize fire, seismic, access, water, and permitting decisions.
Earth'smart powered by tect brings commercial-grade coordination to high-performance residential design-build delivery.
Architecture, engineering, construction strategy, and permits stay aligned from the first decision.
Bay Area hillside and coastside risks guide fire, smoke, water, and access planning.
TectApp connects projects with product experts before specifications become costly field problems.
Documentation supports brokers and underwriters in California's evolving wildfire insurance market.
Architect-led guidance for resilient, high-performance custom home delivery.
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.
A design-build contractor coordinates design and construction under a more integrated delivery structure than the traditional architect-then-bid-then-build model. For earth'smart powered by tect, that means aligning architecture, engineering, construction strategy, permit planning, manufacturer input, resilient systems, and documentation early so decisions about structure, envelope, fire protection, water, energy, and budget are coordinated before construction begins.
Talk with earth'smart powered by tect about your site, goals, and resilience priorities.
Earth'smart powered by tect supports resilient design-build projects across Bay Area WUI, hillside, coastside, and wine country communities.
Bay Area WUI
Service Area
Turnkey + Advisory
Project Models
70+ Partners
Manufacturer Network
Share your location and project goals with Earth'smart powered by tect's team.
Led by Bob Habian, AIA.
70+ manufacturer coordination ecosystem.
Risk documentation for insurance review.
Tell earth'smart powered by tect about your site, rebuild needs, budget range, and resilience goals. Our team will help identify the right delivery path and next steps.
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.