Chris Minerva

Chris Minerva is a structural engineer and co-founder of Trave Structural, a Toronto-based firm specializing in high-performance mass timber and hybrid building systems across Canada. With more than 25 years of experience across major residential, institutional, and civic projects, Chris is known for making mass timber work — architecturally, structurally, and economically – through a constructability-first approach that bridges design ambition with real-world delivery. A long-time advocate for Modern Methods of Construction, Chris specializes in hybrid timber systems, DFMA-driven structural solutions, and prefabricated assemblies that accelerate project timelines and improve cost certainty. His work spans post-and-beam glulam frames, CLT floor and wall systems, and hybrid timber-concrete assemblies — the systems that make factory-manufactured mid-rise housing viable at scale. Chris is licensed across multiple Canadian provinces and U.S. states and lectures at McMaster University. The