About the grid beam authors

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We are the authors of How to Build With Grid Beam from New Society Publishers: Phil Jergenson, Richard Jergenson, and Wilma Keppel. Wilma runs this website.

Designer Phil Jergenson is one of the main developers of modern grid beam. Since 1978 he has built grid beam furniture, shop benches, buildings, industrial equipment, solar trackers, and numerous grid beam vehicles. Phone Phil at 707-459-4240 (Willits, California, USA), or email him.

Phil's brother Richard Jergenson has been building with grid beam since 1977. He was part of the team that built the Sol Train, the world's first solar-electric rail vehicle. Phone Richard at 707-459-6362 (Willits, California), or email him.

Phil and Richard operate QuikStix, a supplier of wooden and aluminum grid beam in Willits, California. Visit their Gridbeamers.com website.

Writer Wilma Keppel worked as a welder and metal fabricator in the mid-1980s. She switched to building with grid beam in 1995 because it's so much faster and easier, and costs much less. She lives near Berkeley, California. Email Wilma.

Author appearances

We are each available for:

Radio interviews
Live talks and book signings
Print interviews

We can also supply grid beam articles and photos for your publication — contact Wilma.