Meet Tim
With over a decade at Minick Materials, Tim Shanahan serves as our dedicated Industry Partnership Developer. He brings a wealth of experience to every project, working closely with architects, designers, and builders to bring their creative visions to life. Tim focuses on building strong relationships and serving as a personal liaison for design professionals - making it easier to navigate materials, logistics, and project needs. He bridges the gap between inspiration and execution.
Book a Lunch & Learn
Our popular Lunch & Learn Program runs all year long, with many opportunities for you to sign up for classes. The program will be hosting courses about landscaping, building, construction, architecture, etc. and help members of the community grow their knowledge and experience.
Meet Tim
With over a decade at Minick Materials, Tim Shanahan serves as our dedicated Industry Partnership Developer. He brings a wealth of experience to every project, working closely with architects, designers, and builders to bring their creative visions to life. Tim focuses on building strong relationships and serving as a personal liaison for design professionals - making it easier to navigate materials, logistics, and project needs. He bridges the gap between inspiration and execution.
Currently Offered Courses: Specs for Success Series
We currently have three courses available that will set you up with the specs for success you need to become an expert on natural materials and how to work with the environment your project will reside in, the best materials and designs for various scenarios, how to create structures that will last, and more. These courses count as Health, Safety, and Welfare courses and will give you credits for the architecture programs you are affiliated with.
The Benefits of
Structural Soil.
1 HSW AIA/LACES Credit
Learning Objectives:
- Decreasing tree mortality and reducing sidewalk
- failure using structural soil
- Reducing heat island effect and pollutants
- Improving tree vigor & preventing sidewalk failure in urban designs
- Reducing the need for drainage infrastructure by incorporating structural soil into the design
- CU Structural Soil in fire lane applications
The Nature of Natural Thin Veneer
1 HSW AIA/LACES Credit
Learning Objectives:
- Describe how quarried stone becomes thin veneer
- Discuss four application methods, adhered veneer codes, and general installation steps
- Analyze comparisons between full, thin, & manufactured veneers
- Recognize sustainable-design and health-safety-welfare qualities of natural thin veneer stone
Regional Stone Selection
1 HSW AIA/LACES Credit
Learning Objectives:
- Overview of the regions around us which produce the sandstone and limestone formations.
- Identification and description of the SANDSTONE available within the region.
- Identification and description of the LIMESTONE available within the region.
- Using sample stones to distinguish limestone from sandstone.
Minick Materials Cares: We Are More than Just Suppliers. We Want To Be A Resource for Our Community
Though our Lunch & Learn program currently offers only Health, Safety, and Welfare credits, our hope is to expand the program to teach courses on a variety of landscaping and construction topics since our goal is to help members of the community grow their skillset and experience in order to lead the path for innovation and creativity in these industries. The Lunch & Learn program is always evolving - we want to offer courses that fill a need in the community based on suggestions from customers like you. If you have any recommendations or feedback about our offerings, please let us know!
