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04 Jul 2022
Tauranga City Council mass timber building
The Tauranga City Council has revealed plans for their new multi-storey office building on Devonport Road. The building, which will house the Tauranga City Council, will aim for a net...
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04 Jul 2022
Call for Appointment of Government Architect
Greater Design Oversight Needed With NZ Set To See Impact Of Developer ‘Gold Rush’ – International Architect Tuesday, 28 June 2022 9:40 am | Sloan Architects Press Release An international...
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04 Jul 2022
Preliminary results from Ottawa mass timber fire tests
After last week’s more detailed story, we now have some initial results from a series of fire research tests on a mass timber structure in Ottawa, Canada. Public and private...
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27 Jun 2022
Haven Road, Nelson: A 6-storey apartment building project: RM Designs and partners
The Canterbury-based RM Designs team proudly shares their experiences with WoodWorks readers on their journey to design and build a new 6-storey apartment complex in Nelson for Vining Investment Properties...
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27 Jun 2022
MBIE: Proposed modular component manufacturer rules
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is consulting on proposed rules to support a new voluntary modular component manufacturer certification scheme. Several changes to support housing supply and...
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27 Jun 2022
Ottawa: Large scale mass timber fire testing
Trial by fire: Largest mass timber test in North America takes place this month Canada’s public and private sectors have partnered to conduct a series of fire research tests on...
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Our Partners

13 Jun 2022
Our WoodWorks NZ team is delighted to welcome Warren and Mahoney as a Sponsor
“Warren and Mahoney is excited to be partnering with WoodWorks NZ in their support of the development of mass timber architecture. We, like other industry leaders, believe that mass timber...
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13 Jun 2022
Conference dates and location for November
PLEASE NOTE: Due to circumstances beyond our control, we have decided to change the DATE and VENUE for this event to 8-9th November, Distinction Hotel Rotorua. Tues, 8 Nov: CLT Plant...
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13 Jun 2022
Hybrid steel and mass timber design guide
The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) has released the first-ever set of US recommendations for hybrid steel frames with mass timber floors, according to a news release. Design Guide...
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23 May 2022
V-Quest soft launch – An embodied carbon design tool
V-Quest is currently going through the final stages of development before we move into our Beta testing programme. We expect the Beta programme to commence upon the soft launch of...
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23 May 2022
Commercial Construction Survey Request/Invitation
BRANZ would like to invite you to participate in an industry-wide survey on the uptake of engineered wood products in the New Zealand construction industry. You have been identified as...
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16 May 2022
Plans submitted: Aussies reach for the sky in Perth
Grange Development submits plans for world’s tallest timber tower in South Perth – The world’s tallest $350 million hybrid timber tower with 245 apartments over 48 levels could soon be...
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16 May 2022
Protecting tall timber buildings from fire
Specialist engineers from WSP were commissioned to design the fire safety system for what is now Auckland’s tallest timber construction. Led by Auckland-based fire and life safety manager Biswadeep Ghosh,...
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16 May 2022
People On the Move
STEVE AVERY Woodspan are excited to introduce Steve Avery who started with them on the 26th of April as their new Woodspan Market Manager. Steve has a great foundation of knowledge...
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Our Partners

04 May 2022
Mass Timber for Nelson Apartments
Nelson apartment project granted special housing status in 2019 is getting underway, and is hoped to be completed in under two years, barring unexpected Covid-19 delays. Vining Investment Properties director...
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04 May 2022
Perth Timber Tower to be World’s Tallest if approved
Melbourne developer James Dibble is hoping to build the world’s tallest hybrid timber building in South Perth after submitting plans for a 183-metre apartment tower that would be three metres higher...
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19 Apr 2022
International trends in mass timber construction
Vittorio Salvadori has a PhD in Timber Hybrid Buildings. As part of his PhD Research he surveyed and analysed more than 200 multi-storey timber-based buildings in the world, built between...
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19 Apr 2022
Investment For Next Gen Earthquake Protection Technology
New Zealand’s leading specialist seismic engineering company, Tectonus has raised NZ$8 million in a recent funding round led by New Zealand deep-tech venture capital firm Pacific Channel. Other investors who...
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29 Mar 2022
Case Study: New Zealand Artificial Limbs Society showcases wood for clients
WoodWorks sponsor, Techlam, are currently manufacturing components for the new NZ Artificial Limbs Society building in Burwood, Christchurch. We got some feedback from the team we’re working with on the...
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29 Mar 2022
Adam Strong, back in prefab along with the “A team”
Adam Strong has emerged in a new role as chief executive of Viridi Group, one of the “verticals” established by Kirk Tsihlis through his ambitious impact investment company TrueGreen. TrueGreen...
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29 Mar 2022
News just in from Sydney – World’s tallest hybrid timber tower approved
Shop Architects and BVN’s $1 billion tower for Australian tech company Atlassian has been approved. Billed as the world’s tallest hybrid timber tower when it was first unveiled in 2020,...
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29 Mar 2022
Meet the 2022 US Wood Design Award Winners
We are excited to announce the 2022 U.S. Wood Design Award winners—and to once again celebrate excellence in wood building design. The annual awards program charts the growing prevalence of...
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22 Mar 2022
Building for Climate Change update
In 2021, the Building for Climate Change team developed a proposed technical methodology for assessing the embodied carbon of new buildings in New Zealand. The proposed methodology has since been...
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22 Mar 2022
A mission to reduce the construction industry’s carbon footprint
CIES Associate Professor Hamid Valipour has long been a man on a mission – a mission to reduce the construction industry’s currently massive carbon footprint. His work over the last...
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22 Mar 2022
New Sydney Fish Market’s distinctive roof to be made with spruce glulam and steel
A flagship project of the New South Wales government to support the tourism and fishing industries, the new Sydney Fish Market is being redeveloped as a world-class social and tourist...
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22 Mar 2022
Mass Timber Building Science Primer
Mass Timber Building Science Primer provides range of insights into how wood brings a range of advantages to commercial construction. While this primer starts from first principles, it does contain...
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22 Mar 2022
Was 2021 the year mass timber broke through?
2021 might be remembered as the year when mass timber finally broke through as a construction material in the US. Last year, the International Code Council updated its International Building...
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09 Mar 2022
WoodWorks 2021/22 conference draws a large audience
Over 260 people registered for the 2021/22 WoodWorks Conference held last week using an online format. Delegate feedback ratings were close to the highest ever received for this event which...
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09 Mar 2022
The Nature of Wood – New publication available
Terrapin’s new paper highlights the experiential and sensory aspects of wood as a building material and illustrates perspectives designers can use in material selection. The authors, Bill Browning, Catie Ryan...
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09 Mar 2022
New Virtual NZ Timber Design Centre announced
An agreement to create an industry advisory service for building designers will promote and facilitate greater use of timber in New Zealand buildings, says Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand...
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