Nautilus Innovation

Hospitality Shell & Core Solutions · Design · Innovation · Build · Sustainability

We design, procure and build resort shell & core — one group, from first study to standing structure.

Sustainable timber-led buildings for resorts on remote islands, where conventional supply chains lose months. Nautilus Innovation engineers the structure, locks the right manufacturers at factory pricing and supplies the products; our group builder Venturer Timberwork puts it up. Three decades. The hardest sites on earth.

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30+ yrshospitality shell & core
30+hospitality projects delivered
100+commercial projects delivered
952 tCO2-e stored — one canopy

NAUTILUS INNOVATIONImplementation Partner

Preconstruction engineering, manufacturer-direct marketplace procurement, innovation products, verified carbon.

VENTURER TIMBERWORKThe Builder · Same Umbrella

Specialist timber constructor since 1995 — engineering, BIM and QS from Venturer India, install crews on site worldwide.

▶  Watch: Venturer Projects since 1996

DOUBLEHELIX TRACKINGIndependent Verification Partner

Deliberately outside the group: PEFC auditor providing supply-chain traceability, EUDR compliance and the Verified Biogenic Carbon Statement — we build it; they check it.

Built Work

Three decades of leading timber-centric commercial and hospitality projects.

The practice is grounded in construction — resorts, overwater structures and public-area buildings in remote and demanding locations. A selection of delivered and current projects, built with Venturer Timberwork.

Under ConstructionLive · Belize
Six Senses Belize — Complete Resort Infrastructure

Shell & core for overwater villas, two-bed residences, public areas, walkways and jetties — including project management services and installation crews.

Built with Venturer

Under ConstructionLive · Maldives
Rosewood Maldives — Resort Packages

FOH structures, cladding and screens through the NI marketplace.

Built with Venturer

Maldives · 2020
Ritz-Carlton, Fari Islands — Kerry Hill Architects

Largest mass timber adoption at a Maldives resort. 3,000 m³ MET, envelopes to all villas and front of house, 14-month install.

Built with Venturer

Maldives · 2016
St Regis Vommuli — WOW Architects

First mass timber adoption at a resort in the Maldives. 450 m³ MET across key front-of-house structures.

Built with Venturer

Maldives · 2020
Sky Amarta Skyspace — James Turrell, Patina

Award-winning Skyspace; concept by MK27 with Hermann Blumer. Featured in Global Construction Review.

Built with Venturer

Phuket · 2019
Amanpuri Boutique — Kengo Kuma

Award-winning pavilion; CLT braced with GLT, engineered with Arup. Four-week installation.

Built with Venturer

St Barts · 2017
Villa Marie — Sibuet Hotels

Shell & core on six CLT and glulam buildings — first CLT on the island. Hit by the 2019 hurricane that devastated neighbouring islands; sustained minimal damage.

Built with Venturer

Bahamas · 2019
Ocean Cay Marine Reserve — MSC Cruises

Shell & core on 100+ CLT and glulam buildings, 23 typologies — first adoption of CLT in the Bahamas.

Built with Venturer

Red Sea · 2025
Shura Island — Red Sea Global

240 guest-room canopies in CNC-cut FSC hardwood glue-laminated Sapele.

Langkawi · 2025
Marriott Langkawi

Keruing GL44 hardwood glulam speciality restaurant, manufactured by Woodsfield Glulam, Malaysia.

Singapore · 2024
Geneo Canopy — CapitaLand

World’s tallest timber canopy: 1,145 m³ PEFC glulam, 950 t CO2-e stored, GiRod connections, 2-hour fire rating.

Built with Venturer

Qatar · 2022
Katara Hills VIP Camp — FIFA 2022

14 villas: steel frames with 758 m³ LVL wall, floor and roof panels plus thermo-treated pine cladding.

Built with Venturer

Singapore · 2022
Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery

Glulam with ETFE cushions — creating beautiful spaces whilst safeguarding nature.

Built with Venturer

Bahamas · 2019
Norman Cay — Mock-up Villa

GLT, CLT and Dekloc panel mock-up villa — proving the system before the island build.

Built with Venturer

Miami · 2024
Yntegra Floating Padel Court — Nautilus Water Suites

Two Nautilus modular hull sets (8 pcs) installed in 2 days. Radical Innovation Award 2023 design.

Nautilus Modular Hulls — nautiluswatersuites.com →

Photography from NI project archive (PEFC presentation, Jul 2026). Live-job cards (Belize, Rosewood) await cleared site photography.

Thirty years in four minutes.


▶Play: Venturer Projects since 1996

Venturer Projects since 1996 — the delivery record on film.

World Architecture Festival award

Recognition.
World Architecture Festival — Best Use of Colour: Turrell Pavilion, Maldives (Studio mk27)
Radical Innovation Award 2023 — Turtle Bungalow, with Luxury Frontiers — Nautilus modular hull design
AHEAD Asia Best Resort 2022 — Ritz-Carlton Maldives, Fari Islands
Prix Versailles 2020 — Special Prize, Exterior: Amanpuri Retail Pavilion, Phuket (Kengo Kuma)
Prix Versailles 2017 — Special Prize, Exterior: St Regis Vommuli, Maldives (WOW Architects)

Venturer Timberwork

The specialist builder: Venturer Timberwork

Nautilus Innovation is the market implementation partner of Venturer Timberwork — Nautilus advises, procures and develops the products; Venturer constructs, with engineering, BIM and QS from the Venturer India operation and site teams worldwide.

Explore Venturer Timberwork →▶  Play: Venturer Projects since 1996

Why Owners Move To Us

The largest source of resort overrun is not unit cost. It is iteration.

Three things decide these projects: time to market, cost, and confidence in the solution. The u-turn cycle — concept, DD, IFC, reset, re-engineer, re-procure — attacks all three at once, and owners pay for the indecision multiple times. Our model answers all three together, with a truly global outlook: the right system, manufacturer and material fitted to each project in each market, never one product sold everywhere.

8–16 weekslost per reset cycle
3–5 roundsof consultant fees re-spent
Every layerre-prices contingency back in — hidden across every cost line

Lock the spine early. Stay agnostic on material.

Structure is the spine — locked at concept stage so every other variable flexes around it. Hardwood GLT, pressure-treated softwood or steel hybrid, chosen on engineering merit with the right manufacturer named and committed. We sell engineering certainty; the materials follow the brief.

A low-cost first step.

Four to six weeks of pre-engineering on a spine package of your choosing — a competitively priced fixed fee, structured to keep early engineering costs moderate. The outcome is a locked, costed, scheduled package. The GC tenders around it, not for it.

Certainty without the GC premium.

For owners who want the lump-sum-and-bond feeling: liability defined across four domains with an instrument behind each, insurer-backed defects cover, payments tied to documents and delivered value, agreements assignable to lenders. Target on every scheme: net zero — in carbon, and in additional price.

Ritz-Carlton, Fari Islands, Maldives — 3,000 m³ of mass engineered timber, installed in 14 months
What We Do

Three areas of practice.

Engaged together or separately. Each is grounded in delivered work.

PILLAR 01

Design & Preconstruction

Shell & core consulting that de-risks the decision before you commit: BIM, pre-design and engineering in-house.

  • Pre-engineering & feasibility studies
  • Supply-chain mapping & ROM pricing
  • Optimised shell & core solutions
  • Value engineering on live geometry
PILLAR 02

Innovation Products

NI-carried IP and branded products — fire, protection, connections, fixings, waterproofing, decking.

  • VENGUARD · Patina+ · Dekloc
  • VIKING fixings & waterproofing
  • Venturer Epoxy Paste connections
  • Factory-applied, project-proven
PILLAR 03

Climate Services

With DoubleHelix: verified net biogenic carbon for hospitality — evidence that survives scrutiny.

  • Verified Biogenic Carbon Statements
  • ISO 14064 on an ISO 17029 audit basis
  • Wood Product Protocol™ & reuse data
  • Traceability & EUDR readiness

How We Engage

A staged engagement model.

Defined outputs, timescales and fees at each stage. Projects enter at the stage that suits them.

Stage 1 · Nautilus

Preconstruction

Concept-to-ROM study: pre-engineering, supply-chain options, order-of-magnitude pricing on your actual design — structured to keep early engineering costs moderate.

Fixed fee · competitively priced · 4–6 weeks

Stage 2 · Marketplace

Procurement

Validated manufacturers quoted on bankable terms; coordination through to factory inspection before shipment.

No separate fee — Nautilus services included in the manufacturer’s price

Stage 3 · Venturer

Delivery

Specialist builder on the ground: logistics, site engineering, QS, coordination, install crews and labour supply.

Management & labour agreements

Stage 4 · In-Service

Operate & Verify

Monitoring, maintenance systems and verified carbon claims across the life of the asset.

Annual programmes · audit & verification fees

Product Range

Products developed on our own projects.

Carried as Nautilus brands and supplied through the marketplace for commercial and hospitality projects — project quantities, specification-driven. Not supplied for one-off retail or domestic use. Specifications and certification references available on request.

PATINA+
Surface Protection
Patina+

Single-stage mineral silicate timber protection. Water-borne, it penetrates the fibre and forms a mineralised barrier that improves durability and weathering resistance — developing an even silver-grey patina progressively across the surface.

One coat instead of three. Born of ten years applying three-stage silicate systems on resort projects, Patina+ replaces the pre-wash, protector and catalyst passes with a single application — one mobilisation, one drying window, one crew pass.

Coverage approx. 8 m² per litre. Two-part concentrate for efficient freight, or ready-to-use liquid. Non-DG for transport. Supplied with application guidance, a substrate assessment and a structured care programme.

Available nowDatasheet →  Flyer →

Dekloc
Decking Systems
Dekloc

Systemised, prefinished decking panels — a proven ACQ-treated system developed over 20 years with our Indonesian manufacturing partners. Manufactured under licence.

Surface preparation: Dekloc MTCE Wash+ & Dekloc Brightener — acidic preparation chemistry for bare timber.

MTCE Wash+ removes mill glaze, machine oils and handling grime from new and weathered bare timber, so finishes and treatments absorb evenly. Brightener restores oxidised timber to fresh colour without sanding and removes iron staining and black spot — repeatable through the life of the building. Concentrated powders: water is added on site, so a 4.2 kg pail replaces around fifty litres of shipped liquid. For bare, uncoated timber only — not for coated, oiled or silicate-treated surfaces.

Dekloc MTCE Wash +Dekloc Brightener
Available nowMTCE Wash+ TDS →  Brightener TDS →

VIKING
Structural Fixings
VIKING Fixings

Competitively priced CE-rated stainless steel and structural fixings and accessories, curated for mass timber in aggressive environments. Supplying live resort projects today.

Available nowRequest catalogue →

VIKING Waterproofing Systems
Waterproofing
VIKING — Thermo Shield & RoofGuard

Tropics-suited membranes and coatings: Thermo Shield replaces conventional peel-and-stick underlays; RoofGuard protects overwater soffits and secondary layers.

Available nowSpecs →

Venturer
Connection Systems
Venturer Epoxy Paste

Glued-in rod (GiRod) connection systems — full assemblies tested in Singapore on the Geneo canopy — plus a concrete/rebar starter line.

Available nowTechnical data sheet →

VenguardNTUitive Pte Ltd
Fire — NTU Technology
VENGUARD

Clear intumescent fire coating invented at NTU, commercialised by Nautilus. Class B tested (TÜV SÜD); SCDF waiver precedent at Jurong Lake Gardens. Factory-application ready.

Launching Q4 2026TDS →Register interest →

Product and project enquiries: hello@nautilus-innovation.com

Timber Care Range

One range, four stages.

What stage, what product, what surface — at a glance.

PrepareDekloc™MTCE Wash+Bare timber, new or weathered. Removes mill glaze, machine oils and handling grime.RestoreDekloc™BrightenerBare, oxidised, iron stained. Restores colour without sanding.TreatPatina+Patina+Prepared bare timber. Single-coat mineral silicate treatment.CarePatina+Care WashSilicate treated. Annual clean without acid attack on the treatment.
Prepare & Restore Treat Care
Brand Dekloc™ Patina+ Patina+
Chemistry Acidic Alkaline silicate Mild alkaline
Format Powder concentrate Liquid Powder concentrate
Applied by Contractor Contractor Facilities team
Frequency Once, before finishing Once, long recoat interval Annually

Timber Care & Treatment Range brochure (PDF) →   Handling instructions — all four products (PDF) →
Safety data sheets are issued prior to shipping.

Substrate Guide

What goes on what.

Two chemistries, kept apart: Dekloc prepares bare timber with acid; Patina+ treats and cares for it with alkaline silicate. Wash, rinse thoroughly and dry before any silicate goes on — and never mix cleaning products on site.

What is on the timber now Route Product
New bare timber, mill finish Clean, then finish or treat Dekloc MTCE Wash+
Bare, weathered, grey Restore colour, then finish or treat Dekloc Brightener
Bare, iron stain or black spot Restore, then finish or treat Dekloc Brightener
Oiled or coated, sound Clean by other means, re-oil None in this range
Coating failed or peeling Strip mechanically first Then Brightener, then treat
Silicate treated, dirty Routine clean Patina+ Care Wash — coming soon
Silicate treated, spent Strip back, restore, re-treat Brightener, then Patina+

Caring for a treated surface

A mineral silicate treated facade does not need stripping and recoating on a short cycle — it needs cleaning. Atmospheric grime, salt deposits and light biological growth obscure the patina and hold moisture against the surface; removing them once a year keeps the building looking as specified and extends the interval before any re-treatment.

What not to use: acidic cleaners — including preparation products intended for bare timber — chlorine bleach and percarbonate cleaners all attack the silicate structure. A treated surface needs an alkaline cleaner formulated for the job: Patina+ Care Wash, supplied as a powder and dissolved on site, applicable by a facility-management team without specialist equipment.

The NI Marketplace

Manufacturer-direct procurement.

Owners contract manufacturers directly at factory pricing. Nautilus provides the engineering, quality assurance, coordination and documentation — through to inspection at the factory before shipment. Fees are transparent and payments are tied to documents and delivered value.

Due-diligenced manufacturers. Every timber system. Any geography.

The marketplace is not a catalogue — it is a network of manufacturer partners we have audited, inspected and delivered through, across Asia, South America, Europe and North America. That breadth is the versatility owners buy: the right system, from the right factory, for the right project in the right place. Current projects are combining hardwood and softwood glulam in single structures — under NDA, but on real buildings now.

STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS

Softwood glulam & CLT — incl. pressure-treated, durability service class 4
High-strength hardwood glulam (GL28H–GL44)
Hardwood–softwood hybrid glulam — in development on live projects
LVL panel systems — walls, floors, roofs
Timber–concrete composite slabs
CLT composite panels

ENVELOPE & ROOFING

Process-modified cladding — heat-treated & pressure-treated
Canadian cedar shakes & shingles
Roofing products & membranes

FINISHING & ARCHITECTURAL

Cladding & decking systems (Dekloc)
Joinery manufacturing
Architectural features & accessories
Fixings, coatings & protection (VIKING · Patina+ · VENGUARD)

Factory control room
Hardwood glulam press

In the factories: curved hardwood glulam in the press; CNC line control. Inspected before shipment — every package.

Tier 1

Validated Manufacturer

Vetted capability, track record and references — matched to your package and quoted on our standard supply terms.

Tier 2

Prevalidated Supply Chain

Manufacturers we have already run product, QA and logistics through on live NI/Venturer projects — performance you can call and check.

Tier 3

Insurer-Backed

Supply carrying insurer-backed defects cover and inspection regimes — the confidence level institutional funders ask for.

Lender-ready delivery

Documentary payment structures, title & vesting, third-party pre-shipment inspection, assignable agreements, certification packs and insurance with no gaps between policies — packaged for credit committees, proven on live financings.

Request the delivery pack →

Geneo Canopy, Singapore — the world’s tallest timber canopy, 950 t CO2-e stored
Climate Services · with DoubleHelix

Verified carbon, measured not estimated.

Nautilus carries ISO 14064 GHG verification competence, applied on DoubleHelix’s ISO 17029 audit basis — producing Verified Biogenic Carbon Statements built for the hospitality sector. The Wood Product Protocol™ systemises the data behind every component, enabling end-of-life reuse and extending the stored-carbon life of the timber.

  • Net biogenic carbon, verified — not estimated
  • Traceability & chain of custody via Nature’s Barcode
  • EUDR readiness for European supply
  • Component-level data for circularity and reuse

Read: The Verified Biogenic Carbon Statement — How It Works →

Read: Verified Biogenic Carbon Statement — Operator & Asset-Owner FAQ →

2,950 t CO2-e
total carbon delta on the Geneo Canopy — 950 t net biogenic stored plus 2,000 t avoided versus concrete and steel. Valid because the timber came from a verified renewable source.
DoubleHelix Tracking Technologies

DoubleHelix Tracking Technologies — PEFC auditor; supply-chain traceability, EUDR compliance and carbon verification. VBCS pilot 2026; productised service from early 2027.

One Group, One Standard

Our preconstruction advice is written by the same group that builds the work — costs, methods and manufacturer selections come from delivery experience, not desk research.

Verification sits deliberately outside the group: DoubleHelix Tracking Technologies audits and countersigns independently — we build it, they check it. Nautilus Innovation advises and procures. Venturer Timberwork constructs (▶ watch the showreel) — engineering, BIM and QS from the Venturer India operation; site teams worldwide.