Multifamily flooring budgets haven’t kept pace with real construction costs. The result: overfunded line items, disposable surfaces, and NOI losses disguised as “value engineering.” Here’s why hardwood often pencils out when the math is updated.
Flooring delays cost more than time. They inflate budgets, disrupt schedules, and strain client relationships. Learn the real risks and practical ways to prevent them.
Modern engineered hardwood has evolved beyond residential spaces. Across hospitality, retail, and mixed-use environments, wide plank hardwood delivers both visual scale and structural reliability. The commercial design market is rediscovering real wood as a performance surface — not just a decorative one.
Wide plank performance depends on precision. Here are the tolerances, HVAC requirements, and substrate standards that keep engineered hardwood stable across any project.
The Real Cost of Compromise Somewhere along the way, value engineering stopped meaning improvement.In too many projects, the phrase has become shorthand for cutting quality to meet a number — a quick swap on paper that seems harmless but carries a plethora of problems once construction begins. Every project manager and designer has faced the…
Not all wide plank hardwood is built the same. After years of research and real-world testing, Haute Plank solved the stability problems most flooring still faces. Learn how internal engineering works together to keep wide planks consistent through every season and every space.
Phoenix, AZ | October 14, 2025 — Haute Plank had the privilege of visiting the Gensler Phoenix firm today to present our engineered hardwood collection. We’re grateful for the time, thoughtful questions, and the chance to discuss how real wood performs in busy commercial settings. Our engineered hardwood products are built for places that work…
How Architects Integrate Real Wood on Ceilings and Walls for Project-Scale Work When I walk through a well-executed lobby or restaurant, believe it or not, I look up first. Of course, flooring is my passion but I even have to admit that ceilings and walls set the tone. Real wood brings texture and scale into…
Design intent is set early, long before the first submittal lands on a contractor’s desk. Choices made during schematic and design development determine how well a specification will hold up through procurement, value engineering rounds, and alternate reviews. At the commercial level, specification language carries weight. When it is clear and complete from the start,…
Elevating Commercial Spaces with Next-Generation Hardwood Commercial teams live in the reality of fixed openings, compressed schedules, and unforgiving maintenance budgets. Flooring either supports the program or becomes a problem. Hardwood can do the former, if it’s built for scale and planned early. At Haute Plank, we approach wide-plank engineered hardwood as a performance material…