Building Smarter, Sustainably.

The trusted nexus for construction innovation

Timber-centric solutions rooted in experience, insight, and industry connections.

About Us

What We Do

Business Development

Leveraging global networks,
improving manufacturer and specialist value propositions, connecting new
segments and markets

Supply chain consulting & engineering

Optimising Dfma approaches and
connecting project developers and consultants with logical manufactured modular innovation

Innovation

Working with Industry and academia to identify develop and bring to market new and improved materials and processes

Mission + Vision

To catalyse a smarter, greener built environment by connecting visionary ideas with practical, scalable solutions.

We envision a future where innovation in construction, materials, and supply chain systems drives environmental resilience, social progress, and industry transformation.

How We Work

Leadership Team

Kevin Hill

30+ years executing
successful projects
many in new markets. Mass timber specialist
& innovator, Professional Trainer Lecturer at BCAA, Past British Chamber of Commerce ‘Entrepreneur of the
Year’

Gary Hill

LLB (Hons) Law Construction Dip 20+ years experience in the timber centric construction sector Responsible for global partnerships

Amber Tan

12 years experience in research and design strategy
SDG Academy trained, ISO-certified sustainability-focused.
Bachelor Biomedical Sciences Monash University Melbourne Australia

Yukio Hasegawa

Yukio Hasegawa is the Founding Director of ART+CHORK PTE LTD and FLETCH-LINK PTE LTD.
Yukio is an architect and landscape architect, dedicated to integrating ecological principles with design and material science.

Wiehann Myburgh

10 years delivering challenging offsite timber centric projects that span Maldives, Caribbean, Gulf & SE Asia.

Advisory Team

Aravind Dasari

Associate Professor at MSE Nanyang Technological University Singapore

Darren Thomas

CEO Double Helix Tracking Technologies UK

Adam Grant

Climate Impact & Commodity Due Diligence Strategist UK

Shaun Smithson

ESG Advisory at Lightwheel Advisors Singapore

Andrew Lowe

Professor at Environment Institute, University of Adelaide

Alex Lau

Board Chair Carbon America Canada

Kevin Berry

MD TTW Engineers Australia

Tanabe, Kimiaki

President Triad Co Japan

Innovation

3 pillars of Innovation

03 The Carbon Economy

02 Building Smarter

01 Future in Materials

Fire

Factory applied, cost effective, clear epoxy intumescent coating for improved response to fire, ideally suited to Mass Timber.

Phase: Commercialisation

Decay

Infused Silicate based technology with mineralised CO2. Stores carbon whilst bolstering fire and decay protection. Potential to mitigate embodied carbon during production.

Phase: Development

Ongoing research into new Infused nanotech treatment

Detection

Solutions leverage existing genotyping and ‘esniffer’ technologies facilitate the detection environmental threats of wood-destroying fungi, facilitating proactive approaches to mitigate risks and extend life.

Phase: Feasibility

Epoxy Intumescent Fire Coating

Invented by NTU

Invented by NTU and commercialised by Nautilus Innovation via a 20 year licence agreement for this groundbreaking durable epoxy based, clear wood fire coating.

Tested Class B by TUV SUD : Academia & Industry
Japan evaluation to date: meets semi combustible and semi fire resistant requirements
Formulation is stable across diverse environments
Key ingredients are cost effective and widely available
Uniquely formulated with the view to scale factory application
Reduces the cost of fire compliance & creates new markets
Proof of concept projects completed in Singapore

Fire Coating Pilot

Jurong Lake Gardens CLT Soffit And GLT Beams

The product was been approved for use under a ‘Waiver’ in order to save the
Developer from installing a sprinkler of encapsulating the Mass timber.

Architect : Liu & Wu Architects P/lL
Engineer : AECOM Singapore P/L
Owner : National Parks
Main Contractor : Kuan Aik Hong Construction Pte Ltd
Scope : Apply to Enhance Surface Flame Spread @ P2 and P10
Applied : April / May 2024

Approval granted by SCDF for project use. Applied to GLT structural components.

Tested Class B, TUV Singapore
Application via roller .

02 Building Smarter

System Innovation

System Innovation – Smart approaches to hybrid buildings, products and spaces ; Dekloc Modular panel systems , refined over 20 years , key advantages are products are aligned with export ready manufacturers who produce a finished full format custom panelised product, Reduces waste, and labour skill required to install delivers predictable quality

Phase: Prototyping

Nautilus Waterscape Spaces

Leverages our proprietary technology and approach to manufature robust shippable full format enclosed modular hulls , ready for a variety of uses and structures.

Phase: Prototyping

Hybrid Buildings

New Solution under development that leverages the advantages from regionally high strength glulam bending frames with durable ultra high strength concrete decking , nett Zero from day one.

Phase: Prototyping

03 The Carbon Economy

Climate Action With Wood Product Protocol™

Features

Validates the sustainable sourcing and processing of timber material
Calculates and tokenises the embodied and biogenic carbon in timber buildings
Stores immutable data on the material: certifications, manufacturer data, engineering, architectural and compliance data
Facilitates the pathway for the creation of carbon offset credits and qualifies for emissions reporting

Key Benefits

Creating supply-chain transparency
Puts manufacturers in competition for the lowest embodied carbon solution, promoting sustainable practices
Validates the biogenic carbon value of timber, promoting its use as a building material
Circularity enabled by tech – allows for onward reuse of material after building end-of-life, recording compounding avoided emissions

WPP - Proof Of Concept Project

Geneo - Capitaland Singapore

Slated for completion in Q2 of 2024, Geneo features a 27m-tall mass timber canopy containing 1,145 m3 of structural glulam, storing 952 tonnes of CO2-e

A 2 hr fire rated Canopy sprawling over 3100m2
Innovation includes girod connections full
assembly tested in singapore.

Current LCA calculations put GHG emissions for the entire value chain at around 70 tonnes of CO2 equivalent, which results in the timber
structure being carbon negative – a carbon storage value of over 950 tonnes of CO2-e.

GHG data, with manufacturing, certification and compliance data, was tokenised on a Web3 format Forming the building blocks for onward use in emissions reporting or converted into carbon storage credits . Setting up the material for future BuyBack programs.

Wood Product Protocol ™

Partnership With DoubleHelix

At DoubleHelix, we are a group of individuals who love forests and the amazing materials that come from them.
We understand that replacing environmentally damaging materials with wood-based products is key to meeting Sustainable Development Goals, so long as they come from known, legal, well-managed forests.

We want everyone to care about where their products come from as much as we do because it’s so important to our future.

Projects

Project Qualifications

Proven expertise in nurturing new markets and refining product value proposition to the direct benefit of the manufacturer, achievements with KLH Massivholz, Hasslacher Norica, MM Holz, Versowood and Woodsfield Glulam Manufacturing.

Thirty years of Global timberwork presence encompassing; Asia, Caribbean, and the Gulf, first adopters of Mass Timber in Singapore

Past projects with leading hospitality brands: Marriott, IHG, Red Sea Group.
Commercial projects: Airports, education faculties, commercial developers, defence
agencies, parks & recreation

Relationships with leading architects: Kengo Kuma, Kerry Hill, Foster & Partners;
and Engineers: Arup, TTW
and Project Managers: Mace and Aecom.

Founder Regional Mass Timber Pioneer Venturer Timberwork est. 1995 & Timber Traceability and Climate
Auditor Double Helix Tracking Technologies est 2006, Nautilus Innovation est 2023

Kevin Hill

Founder

KONG MENG SAN PHOR KARK SEE MONASTERY - SINGAPORE 2022

Singapore Geneo Canopy by Serie Architects

Amarta Skyspace by James Turrell Fari islands Maldives

Ocean Cay Marine Reserve - 2018 - Public Area Structures - First Adoption of CLT in the Bahamas

Ritz Carlton Maldives by Kerry Hill Architects

KATARA Hills, Qatar, 2022

Sustainability

ESG Impact

Climate & ESG Impact

A strong commitment to advancing the future of sustainable materials is reflected in innovative breakthroughs promoting the adoption of mass timber and engineered wood in construction, driving significant progress in Climate and ESG impact.

Short Term

Long Term

Incentivising Timber Building

Forests are carbon sinks, more productive timber industry protects the global acreage of forests. Repurposing components from MET buildings enables true circularity.

Supporting Sustainable Timber

Our services ensure that the supply chains are rooted in sustainable forestry practices

Long Term

Stored Carbon in Timber

Mass Timber Carbon Credits can have long-term value on the voluntary carbon market Supports Article 6 in COP26 supporting Climate Action

Carbon Emissions Reduced

Timber is significantly less carbon-emitting than most traditional construction techniques

Curated Marketplace

Value Generation

MANUFACTURERS

BUILDERS

DEVELOPERS

Feasibility study, supply chain options & initial budgeting
Facilitate climate & sustainability initiatives and green finance
Monetise Carbon initiatives; reporting, grants and credits
End of life scenarios with balloon payment and net present value

Validation

In December 2023 the UK Government published a policy paper right that sought To identify and provide impetus to raise the uptake of timber in construction.

These challenges are echoed in global markets.

INDUSTRY CHALLENGES

Improving data on timber and whole life carbon
Promoting the safe, sustainable use of timber as a construction material
Increasing skills, capacity, and competency across the supply chain
Increasing the sustainable supply of timber
Addressing fire safety and durability concerns to expand the use of engineered mass timber
Increasing collaboration with insurers, lenders, and warranty providers
Promoting innovation and high performing timber construction systems

NAUTILUS RESPONSE

The Wood Product Protocol
Generating project success stories
Engaging with academia, enhancing technology uptake
Pivoting underutilized resources to long-term element of structure
Bringing to market enhanced responses to fire and durability
Streamlining responsibility from manufacturers to final build
Engaging with academia on locally relevant building solutions & materials