Our work

The work that gets us referred.

Every client here was sent to us by someone who’d worked with us. Most have stayed for years. This is some of what we built for them.

The Ward Cedar Log Homes home page: a cedar log home under “Custom Cedar Log Homes, Planned Around Your Life,” above the plan finder. The Pittsburgh Opera home page Lava built: Rigoletto’s jester under “Next on stage: Rigoletto,” with Buy Tickets, above cards for the 2026-27 season, Sip & Sing and Noteworthy. The MyMassRequest app’s home screen: “Hi, Catherine! Welcome to the MyMassRequest App” over a photo of a chalice, with Request a Mass, Enter Novena Intentions, Donate and My Profile buttons.

Seraphic Mass Association · Custom platform and native app

Thousands of Mass requests a day, and an app in every donor’s pocket.

A custom ecommerce platform on Kentico, integrated with a fulfillment system that had no API, and a native iOS and Android app tied to the same back end.

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The Seraphic Mass Association home page at mymassrequest.org: a priest raising the chalice under “Give the Gift of the Holy Mass,” then “There is no greater gift.” and the novena cards. MyMassRequest app, Your Cart screen The MyMassRequest app’s Select a Card screen: a grid of Mass card designs, including the Madonna and Child, Christ with a lamb, and birthday cards.

Pittsburgh Opera · Website and CMS

A refresh, not a rebuild.

And a new CMS underneath.

Before

The previous Pittsburgh Opera home page, which Lava also built: an “It’s About Time” slider over News & Announcements and the February events calendar.

After

The Pittsburgh Opera home page Lava built: Rigoletto’s jester under “Next on stage: Rigoletto,” with Buy Tickets, above cards for the 2026-27 season, Sip & Sing and Noteworthy.

Decades of seasons, productions, and performances, organized so staff can add a season without a developer, moved from ExpressionEngine to WordPress on an accelerated timeline, and a conversational search assistant that answers in plain language.

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Cronimet Terminals · Website

Part of the family, with a voice of its own.

A decade-old site, new corporate brand standards, and a security review coming. Rebuilt on WordPress, approved by Karlsruhe in three days.

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The Cronimet Terminals home page Lava built: an aerial photo of the terminal on the Ohio River under the headline “Built to move anything,” with Our Services and Get in Touch buttons.

Ward Cedar Log Homes · Website and ecommerce

Since 2005.

A client for 21 years, and a site their own team runs.

Galleries, floor plans, lead forms, a store for maintenance products, and a conversational search assistant that answers in plain language, all managed in-house.

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The Ward Cedar Log Homes home page: a cedar log home under “Custom Cedar Log Homes, Planned Around Your Life,” above the plan finder.

And there’s more. No two alike.

Nonprofits, a builder, an association, a voice science company.

Websites

Each one built for a different job.

The Master Builders’ Association home page: the Pittsburgh skyline and a steel frame under construction, under “Leading the Industry, Building the Region!” Master Builders’ Association Website and CMS Read the story The KidsVoice home page: a smiling young girl and her grandfather under the word “Securing” and a Learn More button, above the KidsVoice Mission heading. KidsVoice Website and donations Read the story The Saint Philip Catholic Parish home page: the church’s painted nave behind the Liturgy Schedule, with Bulletins and Donate buttons, above three feature cards. Saint Philip Parish Website Read the story The IDEAL Compactors & Balers home page: a red compactor behind “Turnkey Compactor and Baler Solutions for Operations of Every Size,” above its four-point strip. IDEAL Compactors & Balers Website rebuild, CMS Read the story

Platforms and apps

As much under the hood as on the screen.

The Legionaries of Christ Mass Request Program home page: a priest at the altar under “Legionaries of Christ, Mass Request Program” and a Request a Mass button. Legionaries of Christ Website, ecommerce, Salesforce Read the story The Estill Voiceprint app on a desktop: a spectrogram of a recorded voice sample, a sung siren rising and falling over twelve seconds with its harmonics up to 4 kHz, under its waveform, with the record, play and save tools down the right edge. Estill Voiceprint Subscription web app Read the story

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