Turnkey Delivery
A fully aligned Path A engagement connecting architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturer input, and permit strategy from concept through construction for a coordinated high-end homebuilding experience.
Create a prestige custom home engineered for beauty, resilience, and long-term performance. Earth'smart powered by tect brings architecture, engineering, construction coordination, and manufacturer input into one aligned system for high-end residences, wildfire rebuilds, and estate-scale homes. From Northern and Southern California to California’s WUI markets, every decision supports safety, comfort, durability, and a true 100+ year vision.
Integrated luxury home services for resilient, high-performance residences designed to last for generations.
A fully aligned Path A engagement connecting architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturer input, and permit strategy from concept through construction for a coordinated high-end homebuilding experience.
Wildfire-resistant custom homes engineered for WUI conditions with non-combustible assemblies, ember-resistant details, Class A roofing, defensible-space coordination, and integrated suppression strategies.
High-performance custom homes that combine prestige design with energy efficiency, all-electric systems, filtered fresh air, solar, battery storage, water conservation, and low-lifecycle operating costs.
Sophisticated $10M+ estate projects for high-net-worth homeowners, pairing architectural ambition with integrated fire, energy, water, mechanical, and insurance-grade documentation systems.
Healthy, energy-efficient, and intelligent home systems including MERV-13+ filtration, ERV/HRV ventilation, automation, leak detection, solar integration, battery backup, and predictive monitoring.
Non-combustible material specification using concrete masonry, ICF, AAC, steel framing, mineral wool, Class A roofing, fire-rated openings, and manufacturer-coordinated assemblies.
Earth'smart powered by tect begins by clarifying the homeowner’s architectural goals, budget range, site risks, insurance realities, and long-term performance expectations. This creates a precise foundation for a prestige home designed as a permanent upgrade, not a conventional replacement.
Earth'smart powered by tect brings commercial-grade coordination to high-end residential homebuilding.
Architecture, engineering, construction, and permit strategy are coordinated from concept through completion.
TectApp connects projects with direct input from manufacturers behind critical home systems.
Homes are engineered for fire, flood, earthquake exposure, and 100+ year performance goals.
Documentation supports brokers and underwriters evaluating today’s California wildfire risk environment.
Experienced leadership for resilient 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.
Earth'smart powered by tect operates as an integrated delivery system rather than a conventional builder working from disconnected handoffs. Architecture, engineering, construction planning, manufacturer input, permit strategy, and risk documentation are aligned early. This gives homeowners access to the coordination usually reserved for advanced commercial projects, helping high-end homes perform better across structure, envelope, systems, safety, and lifecycle cost.
Speak with earth'smart powered by tect about your goals, site, and delivery path.
tect serves homeowners in Northern and Southern California and select California high-risk residential markets.
Northern & Southern California
Flagship Area
By Project
Availability
70+ Partners
Manufacturer Network
Contact earth'smart powered by tect to confirm fit, location, and project scope.
Licensed architect-led resilient home delivery expertise.
70+ manufacturers coordinated early in design.
System-level records for risk evaluation.
Tell earth'smart powered by tect about your site, goals, budget range, and resilience priorities. The team will help determine whether Path A turnkey delivery or Path B advisory is the right fit.
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.