Turnkey Delivery
A fully aligned path from concept through construction, combining architecture, engineering, permitting, manufacturer input, and construction coordination to reduce friction and improve long-term home performance.
Earth'smart powered by tect provides integrated design-build contracting for Los Angeles homeowners rebuilding in high-risk wildfire areas, including Northern and Southern California. From architecture and engineering to construction coordination and permit strategy, our aligned team delivers resilient, healthy, 100+ year homes engineered for fire, flood, and earthquake exposure while reducing friction, lifecycle costs, and insurance-related risk in a demanding Southern California environment.
Integrated architecture, engineering, construction, and resilience planning for homes built to perform for generations.
A fully aligned path from concept through construction, combining architecture, engineering, permitting, manufacturer input, and construction coordination to reduce friction and improve long-term home performance.
Integrated home systems using non-combustible assemblies, durable exterior materials, long-life roofing, and coordinated envelope strategies designed for wildfire exposure and high-risk rebuilding conditions.
Design and system coordination focused on materially reducing risk through fire-resistive construction, integrated suppression planning, and documented performance strategies for today’s insurance realities.
We begin by understanding your property, rebuilding goals, budget range, and exposure to wildfire, earthquake, flood, and insurance pressures common in Los Angeles hillside and WUI communities.
A fully aligned system for homeowners who need more than a conventional rebuild.
One coordinated team manages architecture, engineering, construction, systems, and permits from the start.
Built for Los Angeles wildfire realities, including Northern and Southern California and other high-risk WUI areas.
TectApp connects your project with material and system experts before key decisions are made.
Homes are engineered for fire, flood, earthquake exposure, comfort, and lower lifecycle costs.
Led by 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.
A design-build contractor coordinates design and construction under one aligned delivery system. For earth'smart powered by tect, that includes architecture, engineering, construction coordination, permit strategy, manufacturer input, and resilience planning. This reduces handoffs between separate teams, helps key decisions happen earlier, and creates a clearer path from concept through construction.
Talk with earth'smart powered by tect about resilient design-build options for your property.
Focused design-build support for Los Angeles homeowners rebuilding in wildfire-prone and high-risk communities.
Northern & Southern California
Service Area
70+ Partners
Manufacturer Network
WUI Rebuilds
Project Focus
Ask earth'smart powered by tect about rebuilding support in your Los Angeles area.
Licensed architect guiding resilient home delivery.
70+ manufacturers supporting early system expertise.
Specialized strategies for high-risk wildfire areas.
Share your property goals, rebuild timeline, and risk concerns. Earth'smart powered by tect will help you understand the next steps for an aligned design-build path.
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.