Turnkey Delivery
tect’s Earth’smart™ Path A aligns architecture, engineering, construction, permit strategy, and manufacturer input into one coordinated team from concept through construction.
Build a custom steel frame home with a fully aligned team focused on fire resilience, seismic performance, and long-term comfort. Earth'smart powered by tect coordinates architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturer input, and WUI-ready systems from the start—helping Northern and Southern California and California homeowners create durable, low-maintenance homes built to perform for generations.
Integrated custom home building services for resilient, non-combustible, high-performance homes in wildfire-prone regions.
tect’s Earth’smart™ Path A aligns architecture, engineering, construction, permit strategy, and manufacturer input into one coordinated team from concept through construction.
Homes are engineered for WUI conditions with fire-resistive assemblies, Class A roofing, ember-resistant details, defensible-space coordination, and insurance-aligned documentation.
Non-combustible steel-framed and hybrid structural systems are coordinated with seismic, envelope, roof, and fire-resistive requirements for long-term residential performance.
Earth'smart powered by tect specifies integrated non-combustible systems including steel framing, CMU, ICF, AAC, mineral wool, fiber cement, fire-rated openings, and ember-resistant vents.
Dedicated fire water supply, vapor-dome perimeter protection, FIREBOZZ® water cannons, and smart water technologies are planned alongside the home’s structural systems.
Healthy, energy-efficient systems include filtered fresh air, all-electric mechanical equipment, solar and battery storage, smart monitoring, leak detection, and water-saving technology.
The process begins with a discovery conversation to understand the property, budget range, design ambitions, wildfire exposure, insurance concerns, and whether Path A turnkey delivery or Path B advisory is the right fit.
Earth'smart powered by tect brings commercial-grade coordination to custom homes built for real-world risk.
One coordinated team manages concept, engineering, construction strategy, and delivery from the beginning.
Designs respond to Northern and Southern California wildfire exposure, ember risk, and California WUI expectations.
The TectApp™ community connects projects with 70+ manufacturers before key systems are selected.
Documentation supports brokers and underwriters evaluating fire-resilient homes in high-risk California markets.
Architect-led guidance 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.
Steel framing is non-combustible and can be coordinated with other fire-resistive systems such as Class A roofing, ember-resistant vents, mineral wool insulation, fire-rated openings, and non-combustible exterior assemblies. Earth'smart powered by tect treats steel framing as part of a whole-home performance strategy, not a standalone product, so structure, envelope, suppression, and site planning work together.
Talk with earth'smart powered by tect about your site, risk profile, and goals.
Earth'smart powered by tect supports homeowners in Northern and Southern California high-risk WUI markets.
Northern & Southern California
Primary Area
Project-Based
Availability
Turnkey or Advisory
Support Model
Schedule a discovery call to discuss your property.
Architect-led resilient design and coordination.
Built around California WUI requirements.
Supports wildfire-prepared home performance goals.
Share your site, goals, timeline, and risk concerns. Earth'smart powered by tect 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.