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New Zealand’s tallest mass timber icon – The Auckland City Mission HomeGround building has received another prestigious award.  NZIA announced the winners of their named awards – Aotearoa’s highest tier of architectural achievement.⁠ The...

Timber may be one of the oldest and most common building materials, but innovations like these are transforming its role in the future of construction. Here are four Australian projects...

CLT market projected to top $2 billion by 2027 – According to the current analysis from Reports and Data, the global cross laminated timber market was valued at $786.71 Million...

Materials Innovations: What is Structural Engineered Bamboo (SEB)? – Pretentious as it may sound, we can say with certainty that bamboo is one of the most promising materials for the...

There’s no getting away from it: the construction of new buildings, with the traditional materials of steel, iron and cement, accounts for around 39% of all global carbon emissions. Reducing...

How this New Zealand local council office building became a “timber hero” – One of New Zealand’s leading architects Warren and Mahoney has designed the country’s largest mass timber building...

Techlam supplying the glulam components and systems for New Zealand’s largest mass timber office building – Tauranga City Council’s new six-star Green Star office building, 90 Devonport Road to feature...

Timber Development UK has released an article co-authored by Waugh Thistleton associate director David Lomax and Whitby Wood director Kelly Harrison that looks at emerging solutions for mass timber construction,...

Purpose of the report The purpose of the annual report is to provide an overview of the current and emerging trends in the building and construction sector; and fulfills section...

More than six years and $14 million of works are complete at the Queensland Fire and Emergency Headquarters in the heritage city of Maryborough, but this is a building like...

The New Zealand Timber Design Society (TDS) is happy to offer two professional development grants for consulting engineers actively involved with timber design.Successful recipient(s) will receive financial assistance to cover...

Kirk has created an “experimental” office tower in Brisbane that thoughtfully navigates a complex brief, a challenging site and a tight timeframe by utilizing locally grown and manufactured CLT. In...

With the increased demand for taller wood buildings as a low-carbon alternative, there is a greater need to better understand the building performance of wood structures. Computer modelling allows demonstration...

Lloyd Alter, Treehugger Editor: I try to distill many of the thoughts discussed on Treehugger into coherent lectures when teaching Sustainable Design at Toronto Metropolitan University’s School of Interior Design...

From Bates Smart: Great news out of Chicago, as 55 Southbank Boulevard has been named overall winner of the Renovation category at the 2022 CTBUH Awards. This comes after director Julian...

Looking for an opportunity to get away from the construction site, step up your career, while being part of the future of construction? Offsite Design Ltd are experts in prefabrication...

Ruamoko Solutions is proud to be involved with Portus Property and Ignite on the innovative structural design of this mass timber building. The development of this iconic site into a...

This is a story about Irving Smith Architects’ new studio in Nelson. It’s as much about its outer contextual boundaries as it is about its lack of interior ones, and...

Created for the developer/investor audience, these case studies discuss qualitative influences and provide quantitative data to examine investment success, challenges and lessons learned. WoodWorks US – click here for more. Steel...

10 Reasons to Build With Mass Timber – Are you considering using mass timber as a structural system for your next building project? If so, you will want to check...

Mass Timber Connections Index: Optimal Connection Considerations – The cost of connections in a mass timber structure can significantly affect the overall project cost. However, because mass timber connection design...

Taking the form of a series of timber and glass rectangles stacked on top of each other, the Robert Day Sciences Center for California’s Claremont McKenna College is likened to...

Designing with low carbon in mind doesn’t take away from a project, it enhances it giving it an innovative edge that makes it unique. Using Techlam Glulam takes away the...

RM Designs have released the first images of ‘Te Ara Pounamu’. The building will be at the gateway to Mawhera and the flagship for the Pounamu Pathway on the West Coast...

RNZ: Wood is making a comeback as the construction industry looks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from high carbon materials like concrete and steel. The government’s Building for Climate Change...

A new edition of the 150-page Swedish Wood CLT handbook has been adapted for the UK market and brought up to date with the latest research and developments by industry...

Building with renewable engineered wood rather than concrete offers a significant win for the environment and the financials, a new case study has revealed. The study used Clearwater Quays luxury...

This opportunity comes with a free conference registration – up to about eight of them in fact for – for this year’s WoodWorks event running in Rotorua, New Zealand on...

Architecture studio Mitsubishi Jisho Design has completed an 11-storey hybrid timber hotel in Sapporo, Japan, that was designed to use as much local timber and as little concrete as possible....

Launceston’s $30 million, 28-metre-high timber building is set to become the most sustainable and carbon-positive office in Tasmania. Encompassing 500m2 of Cusp CLT, it also aims to be the first...

This opportunity comes with a free conference registration – up to about eight of them in fact for – for this year’s WoodWorks event running in Rotorua, New Zealand on 8-9...

WoodWorks NZ followers now have access to premium content on the Wood-Works USA websites. To take advantage of the free access to events and content use the code: FreeNZ Click on...

Join the Timber Design Society for the ninth webinar of the Timber Design series with David Carradine. The detailing and performance of SIP systems can be significantly different to other...

(Prince George, BC, Canada) — Combining steel and wood in building design can make our structures more sustainable, but how do these hybrid buildings handle fire, earthquakes and other cascading...

Our WoodWorks conference is now just over a month away and registrations are pouring in.  Early bird rates finish this Friday so this is your last chance to take advantage of...

From the team at Logic Group: Recently we were given the chance to truly test our V-Quest comparative analysis tool as a service. The project, Five 5 storey apartment blocks,...

Check this out, if this doesn’t make you want to go back to kindergarten again, what would? The project brief was to create a unique early childhood centre that would...

The new building at Taranaki Cathedral will be a centre for peace and reconciliation; called Te Whare Hononga – The House That Binds. The single storied structure consists of a...

Running in early November, our 7th annual WoodWorks mass timber conference brings together leaders in engineered wood design and construction. Mass timber technology developments, including LVL and CLT, prefabrication and...

World’s Tallest Timber Residential Building: Hear first-hand from the Danish Architect Places at the Mid-Rise Wood Construction event hosting Enlai Hooi, Global Head of Innovation at Schmidt Hammer Lassen, are...

FPInnovations launches its new Modelling Guide for Timber Structures. FPInnovations is a Canadian organisation performing state-of-the-art research, developing advanced technologies, and delivering innovative solutions. Their new guide aims to reduce...

Construction firms from Japan and Australia have started work on a 182-meter-high skyscraper in central Sydney in what is planned to be the world’s tallest hybrid-timber building using an eco-friendly...

On an official visit to Dunedin, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern took the time to visit the Otago Polytechnic, for a tour around the building site of what will eventually become...

Join TDS for a full day design workshop to share expert knowledge and meet likeminded colleagues Feature Topics Adoption of the new Detailed Connection Design to the NZS AS 1720.1...

The Forest Owners Association President is predicting massive increases in the worldwide demand for engineered timber construction. Grant Dodson has told delegates at the Forest Institute Conference in Auckland today...

A different kind of mass timber is thinner and stronger. The Black and White Building is a future office structure in London’s Shoreditch neighborhood that started construction this summer under...

This week the American Wood Council issued the first-ever ANSI accredited version of the Fire Design Specification for Wood Construction (2022). This document has been updated and expanded through a...

Taranakipine are leaders in the design, manufacture, and marketing of engineered timber products. Established 40 years ago, Taranakipine holds a significant position in both NZ and overseas timber products markets...

Launceston’s $30 million, 28-metre-high timber building is set to become the most sustainable and carbon-positive office in Tasmania. Encompassing 500m2 of Cusp CLT, it also aims to be the first...

Government Law Changes To Enable Faster Consenting, More Prefabs, Comes Into Force; from Hon Dr Megan Woods, Minister for Building and Construction. BuiltReady scheme will streamline consenting for offsite manufacturers...

Update from the team involved in the Otago Polytechnic Trades Training Centre. This week the final LVL and CLT installation will take place in Zone 3 as well as the...

The award winning HomeGround building is the venue for a stand-alone Mass Timber Case Study seminar brought to you by Mid-Rise Wood. About this event A fantastic opportunity for those...

In the next four years, the world’s tallest residential building with a load-bearing structure in wood, will rise above the ridges in the Swiss city Winterthur, close to Zürich. The...

A team of prestigious architects and engineers, including Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), HOK and Buro Happold, has revealed plans for an ambitious new airport expansion for Zurich, Switzerland. The building will be primarily constructed from...

The past few years have seen tremendous interest in the development of mass timber buildings of increasing height, in urban settings, many of which are hybrid structures with other materials....

The Engco team are proud to have delivered the structural design on this exciting project. It is a benchmark project for the industry made possible by our specialist timber design...

An invisible coating that can “fireproof” wood has been invented by scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore). With the popularity of mass engineered timber growing in the construction...

“TTW are proud to be part of the team who are bringing to life this world-leading sustainable tower that will become Atlassian‘s flagship home in Sydney. It’s an incredible hybrid timber...

A fantastic opportunity for those in the wood industry; architects, project teams and industry partners, to step inside this award winning Mass Timber building and learn more about the processes...

Mid-Rise Wood Construction is pleased to welcome Enlai Hooi, Global Head of Innovation at Schmidt Hammer Lassen, to share inspiring insights into the project and to discuss the opportunities for...

The New Zealand Timber Design Society (TDS) is happy to offer two conference support grants for the WoodWorks Conference, 8-9 November 2022, Rotorua, New Zealand. Successful recipients will receive financial assistance...

Auckland City Mission’s HomeGround development took home the Supreme Award at this year’s Property Council New Zealand Rider Levett Bucknall Property Industry Awards. The complex, which is designed to give...

Hector Egger New Zealand has a unique opportunity for an intermediate/advanced Cadwork CAD/CAM technician to join their fast growing team in Central Otago. The successful applicant will be working in...

Surging interest in sustainable construction has seen one of the country’s oldest mass timber businesses combine with one of the youngest. After 64 years in McIntosh family ownership TimberLab Solutions...

Veteran developer Barrie Harrop’s Thrive Construct will build the world’s tallest timber hotel in the Adelaide city centre, and a second timber hotel in regional Whyalla, as part of a...

A new Murdoch University project is to be the largest mass-engineered timber building in Western Australia. Large mass-engineered timber construction projects require placing hundreds of thousands of screw fixtures. A...

The Fire Safe Use of Wood (FSUW) global network has published the “Fire Safe Use of Wood in Buildings – Global Design Guide”. The guideline is edited by Andy Buchanan and...

Auckland City Mission’s new HomeGround, a striking new Mansons TCLM Fanshawe St office block and many homes won regional architecture awards recently. Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects...

Wood has similar strength to concrete, yet one fifth of the weight, meaning timber buildings naturally have much lower earthquake loads. A novel approach to the way cross-laminated timber (CLT)...

When it comes to reducing the energy intensity of buildings, turning out the lights and easing up on the air conditioning will only go so far. Ultimately, reducing the carbon...

Melbourne design week is an annual showcase of the best collectible contemporary design in Australia. It is the event for Australia’s leading designers to exhibit their work. Jon Goulder and...

Two manufacturing companies can take the next step in innovation and sustainability thanks to a cash injection from the Government’s Regional Strategic Partnership Fund. Economic and Regional Development Minister Stuart...

Mass timber is going through a meteoric rise within NZ, with many major projects committing to significant timber content of the building’s structure. Locally, Holmes have worked with the RM...

While new build office development activity is ramping up in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch, now is still the best time to proceed, says Colliers. Development plans are being readied and...

Burrard Exchange will offer premium AAA-calibre office space, with large floor plates reaching up to 30,000 sq ft — suitable for the unique needs of tech companies and other larger...

We are pleased to announce our conference programme for WoodWorks NZ Conference on 8-9th November in Rotorua. The programme is now online and registrations are open.  Be sure to register quickly at...

With the built environment contributing nearly 40% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions1, awareness and demand for more sustainable materials are increasing. The MBIE led ‘Building for Climate Change’ programme...

In partnership with Make Architects and Sir John Soane’s Museum, World Architecture Festival (WAF) announces the call for entries for the sixth edition of The Architecture Drawing Prize, sponsored by Iris Ceramica Group. Launched in 2017, the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

“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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The world’s largest companies are striving to lead the way in building space for their staff and communities.  Here is some inspiration from Steven Paynter, an architect who was the...

Cheaper, quicker, and more environmentally friendly… is this the future of New Zealand’s multi-story construction industry? We talk with Red Stag Timber CEO, Marty Verry about how the Clearwater Quays project, they are delivering...

Mass Timber Site Visit:  We invite all design and construction professionals to a site visit to the Tryp Hotel building project in downtown Wellington JOIN US on 7th April from 4pm. The...

Woodspan PLT Panels is growing. Seeking a Market Manager to lead this growth. Role can be based in New Plymouth, Auckland or Waikato. Woodspan are a proudly NZ owned manufacturer and fabricator of PLT (Parallel Laminated Timber) providing sustainable mass timber solutions to the construction market.  This innovative company was founded in 2018 and its success has resulted in a strong reputation and repeat business built from providing high quality, fit for purpose products and great customer service. Woodspans’ rapid...

(Australia) The Clean Energy Finance Corporation will offer $300 million in debt financing to encourage greater use of cross-laminated timber and cut embodied carbon in commercial projects such as office...

New seaweed plasterboard design provides safer, more sustainable building option – A revolutionary new plasterboard design incorporating seaweed could reduce the carbon footprint of building materials and contribute to safer,...

Seven years after the inauguration of Bosco Verticale in Milan, Stefano Boeri Architetti presented a video documentary of Trudo Tower, the first Vertical Forest in social housing. The 19-storey residential...

A 27-year-old civil engineering student at the University of Waterloo has caught the attention of mass timber engineering and design professionals in Europe through his design proposition for a seven-storey...

Scion’s Te Whare Nui o Tuteata is putting New Zealand on the architecture world map. Scion’s innovation hub, Te Whare Nui o Tuteata, has won 14 domestic and international awards...

Changes are coming to the way Kāinga Ora works with architects, with the establishment of preferred supplier panels. These panels will give preferred suppliers visibility of the Kāinga Ora pipeline,...

Otago Polytechnic’s 231-bedroom Student Village is New Zealand’s largest completed* cross-laminated timber structure. Designed by architecture firm Mason&Wales, the project represented a significant opportunity for the institute to incorporate some...

Engineered timber experts, TimberLab, has been working alongside community representatives since early 2020 on the design and supply of a new hall for the Niutao Island community. Situated on Tuvalu’s...

The award-winning Sara Cultural Center by White Arkitekter building is located in Skelleftea, Sweden. Completed late 2021, it’s currently one of the world’s tallest timber buildings and includes a hotel,...

Red Stag Wood Solutions Limited (Red Stag) is seeking a quality Operations or Plant Manager to be responsible for its Engineered Wood Product (EWP) plant in Rotorua within the greater Red Stag site. Red Stag is New Zealand’s largest Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) manufacturer in the country, and is in the process of becoming the largest manufacturer of Glue Laminated Timber (GLT) in New Zealand.  Red Stag is also a leading independent manufacturer of timber frames and trusses and prefabricated...

A pivotal moment. Three years ago NZGBC commissioned thinkstep-anz to consider emissions from buildings. They set out that around 20% of NZ’s carbon pollution is from buildings (when one excludes...

Architects and cities around the world are turning to timber construction for its sustainable attributes. Amsterdam’s new mandate that 20% of all new housing must use wood (or other bio-based...

Google’s First Sunnyvale Mass Timber Office Building – Construction has topped out, with facade installation starting at 1265 Borregas Avenue in Sunnyvale’s Moffett Park area. The project will open as...

Billion-dollar Queenstown development dubbed ‘Alpine Britomart’ a step closer to reality ~ Lakeview | Taumata, the stunning residential, hospitality, and retail precinct planned as an expansion to Queenstown’s CBD has...

The Green Star points system is under review so it is timely to ask; what does ‘green building’ mean to you? And therefore, what weightings should be given to the...

(its eco-friendly, value for money in construction and good a protecting us in an earthquake) Eco-friendly timber walls could replace steel or concrete, research finds ~ Two University of Canterbury researchers...

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Intelligent City opens first urban housing factory as world leader in applying robotics to construction Intelligent City has begun building urban housing projects in the company’s new factory on River...

This week we give you our first instalment of our ‘Be Constructive Podcast’, where we speak to industry leaders and drivers of innovation to discuss the innumerable benefits of building...

This article describes the typical risk assessment considerations applicable to the use of Engineered Wood Products (EWPs) in mid-rise construction, following the approach that I have learnt at the Property...

Eurban Limited have been working closely with Stora Enso to develop the structural solution for some of the concepts. A great collaboration with all different parties involved. It hopefully gives...

TimberLab is proud to announce that we have secured a Callaghan Innovation R&D Project grant to help us develop and standardise connection details for mid-rise mass timber construction. The project...

Scion Innovation Hub Te Whare Nui o Tuteata has won the top award in the Higher Education and Research category at the World Architecture Festival (WAF). The project by RTA...

Updated tall wood resources are available! Gain in-depth guidance on three common topics related to tallwood buildings, including design paths for 2021 code compliance. According to our tall wood expert, Ricky McLain, PE,...

by Vittorio Salvadori I am thrilled to finally be able to share my dissertation “Multi-Storey Timber-Based Buildings: An International Survey of Case-Studies with Five or More Storeys Over the Last Twenty Years.” You can find the digital version here:https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356458852_Multi-Storey_Timber-Based_Buildings_An_International_Survey_of_Case-Studies_with_Five_or_More_Storeys_Over_the_Last_Twenty_Years/link/619c981907be5f31b7acebf1/download  My research includes the largest survey ever done on the state of the art of Multi-Storey Timber-Based Buildings, with an in-depth analysis of the design and contextual aspects of 197 selected case-studies. Sharing this knowledge with as many professionals as possible was the...

As featured in Master Builder New South Wales magazine MODULAR building company Fabprefab has decked out its NSW central coast warehouse with XLam’s Responsible Wood-certified Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) product...

Back in the good old days of cardigans shorts and walk socks as the unofficial uniform of dithering public servants; here is a live dashboard for keeping check on Government’s actual delivery...

The team at Ashburton District Council‘s new library and civic centre is relishing the opportunity to use some of the latest construction technology on the project. As a fully integrated...

Following a national design competition, Adidas selected LEVER Architecture and Studio O+A to realize a 460,000-square-foot expansion of its North American headquarters in Portland, Oregon. The design for the North...

Building a luxury apartment block from timber rather than concrete has kept more than a million kilograms of carbon dioxide out of the environment, a study has found. The timber...

As a Chartered Quantity Surveyor, Linda Lodetti has spent most her life providing construction cost advice in South Africa, the United Kingdom and New Zealand. She is also the author...

Great to see Ngā Kāinga Anamata developed by Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities being celebrated at the virtual pavilion for Build Better Now at COP26 – UN Climate Change Conference now open to the...

Title of Project: New Zealand construction industry’s perspective towards zero-carbon buildings  Researcher Introduction My name is Nidhin Bindhu Kumari Sreekandan Nair, and I am currently completing the Master’s in Construction...

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Mass Timber Giant Techlam has completed a massive (and mass timber) challenge – To produce more than a kilometre of timber rafter beams for Red Stag’s new manufacturing plant –...

Mass timber office building designed to be Tasmania’s greenest – Terroir has designed a mass timber office building in Launceston that is aiming to become “the most sustainable and carbon...

How Ascent Is Pushing Mass Timber to New Heights — Partnerships, planning and perseverance are all critical components of a unique project in Milwaukee. The footings are in. The foundation...

The Mid-Rise Wood Construction team invites you to register for our free on-site tours at the Clearwater Quays Apartment building project in Christchurch. Construction professionals invited to inspect low-carbon demonstration...

These are no Castle Street flats; in fact they are the complete opposite!  Today’s university students are certainly living the dream with this outstanding new award winning mass timber facility...

Isn’t it good, Swedish plywood: the miraculous eco-town with a 20-storey wooden skyscraper – Skellefteå has wooden schools, bridges, even car parks. And now it has one of the world’s...

The Mid-Rise Wood Construction team invites you to register for our free on-site tours at the Clearwater Quays Apartment building project in Christchurch. Construction professionals invited to inspect low-carbon demonstration...

Building And Construction Sector Trends Annual Report 2021 Indicates Sector Remains Strong In Face Of COVID-19 The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has today released the Building and...

The World of Wood Festival for COP26 With the eyes of the world on COP26 in the first two weeks of November, the global timber industry is collectively hosting the...

Due to current Covid-19 restrictions, we have made a decision to reschedule our event. This will give us the best chance to attend this event in-person and enjoy our Red Stag CLT plant tour...

In mid-November, construction professionals and property developers are invited to attend site visits to the Clearwater Quays Apartments, a model building for low-carbon construction in Christchurch. Earlier this year, open days...

If you’d like a sneak peak of the new mass timber column to column connector Holmes Solutions developed with Lendlease, check out this video showing the prototype in action.  Harriet...

“Sure, no problem” says Fast + Epp. Just add some steel plates, lots of screws and some cool concrete cylinders. Problem solved at Timber House Port Royal New Westminster BC. Source: LinkedIn...

The biggest event on the mass timber calendar is our 6th Annual WoodWorks Conference.  We have had great support for this event and the associated tours to the nearby Red Stag...

(Australia) Fire safety professionals impressed by timber demonstration building – Recent tours of the FWPA-supported WoodSolutions mid-rise timber demonstration building were a big success with some of Australia’s leading fire safety professionals. ...

Designed by White Arkitekter, one of the world’s tallest timber buildings at last opens its doors to the public. The ‘Sara Cultural Centre’ rises 75 metres (246 feet) above the...

Mass Timber Giant Our Challenge – Produce more than a kilometre of timber rafter beams for Red Stag’s new manufacturing plant – no problem for Techlam.Designed to be 161 meters...

Among the steel and concrete buildings in Brisbane’s landscape, Aurecon’s client, Lendlease, offered an opportunity to be part of something special. Lendlease had an aspiration to construct tall buildings made of timber as part...

Lauded as one of the “must-see” highlights at this year’s Expo 2020 Dubai, the entry from the United Kingdom stands above the crowd thanks to a unique collaborative design from...

Changes are coming fast to the building industry, driven by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s (MBIE) Building for Climate Change programme. This is the direction we need to...

US real estate firm Hines will break ground on Melbourne’s tallest mass-engineered timber office building later this year after pausing plans for the $200-million project last year. The 15-level office project, dubbed...

Germany’s tallest wooden skyscraper broke ground in Hamburg. The building is called ‘Roots’ and the impressive wooden structure stands at 65 metres with 19 floors. The building is set to...

Case Studies Showcasing Adaptive Reuse & Engineered Timber – Opportunities for Balancing Carbon Chris Scott, Principal – Registered Architect, JASMAX Jasmax have researched the carbon emissions of a number of...

Design funding is now available for qualifying, yet-to-be-constructed wooden buildings as part of a partnership between the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and Red Stag. Funding of several hundred thousand...

Housing affordability – A select committee report is due back this week on a bill reforming regulations for apartments, townhouses and other types of high-density property. As more home buyers...

British architecture studio Stufish has revealed the first image of a temporary performance venue that is set to host Swedish pop group ABBA’s reunion tour at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic...

A new development in Auckland, dubbed ‘Symphony303’ is a great example of an adaptive reuse project being rebuild anew with mass timber. This latest residential project is   taking place on...

Passive House is a performance based standard that is first and foremost about delivering on a promise: a comfortable, well-ventilated home that needs very little energy. These homes regulate their...

Build-to-Rent: An Opportunity for Engineered Wood and Commercial Builders Shamubeel Eaqub, Economist, Sense Partners House building is twice as big as non-residential. The way we build houses is about to...

Our climate is changing. Human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean, and land, according to the 2021 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) report. 39% of global GHG emissions are...

We’ve recently come across a clever saying “Planted-based Building Materials” of which wood is right up there as one of the best.  Well, those even cleverer folks at Abodo have...

On September 22, 2021, Paul Fast will be giving his Gold Medal Address at The Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) International HQ in London. Paul has over 35 years of...

Member Chris Prier of Naylor Love is currently undertaking an MBA at Massey University and has chosen to do his final research project to determine whether engineered wood products can...

OPINION: The Government is using its own procurement to show how to build green by using less high-emission materials like concrete and steel. The lobbyists from those sectors have attacked...

Case Study: From Paper to Reality – Te Ara o Puanga (Mary Potter Hospice Apartments) Daniel Moroder, Senior Structural Engineer, PTL, and President of the NZ Timber Design Society PTL...

World’s tallest timber tower begins overtaking nearby buildings USA – Construction of Ascent, a 25-story mass timber building, is underway in downtown Milwaukee, and it’s beginning to overtake nearby buildings....

We’ve released a new document! The Treatment & Prevention of Mould on Engineered Timber Products.Have a read on our website, and let us know if you want any more information...

The Tools Required to Advocate for Mass Timber – (Perspectives from a small Christchurch design studio) Bernie O’Fagan, Owner – RM Designs How do you introduce your clients to mass...

WoodWorks 2021 Conference – Our 6th Annual WoodWorks 2021 Conference, incorporating local CLT plant tours, has been rescheduled. It will now run, as an in-person event, on Wednesday 3 November 2021. The BRANZ pre-conference workshop and CLT plant tours to Red Stag’s Waipa site are planned to run on Tuesday 2 November. Further details can be found in the story in this week’s issue or from the event website...

MBIE Update – The team at MBIE are busy analysing feedback received on the embodied carbon methodology, and are incredibly grateful for the time and effort that went into submissions,...

Potential NZS 3602 Changes Relating to Engineered Wood Products Dr. Tripti Singh, Team Leader (Wood Science Design) & Project Leader (Bioactives, Wood Protection), Scion As a chairperson of the Standards committee for the...

Rounding it out! Our curved stairwell is starting to take shape at Clearwater Quays. Amazing how a few new timber members make all the difference to a project. Kobe Construction...

The combination of digital technology and mass timber is revolutionising the way we design and build buildings, according design specialist at Dassault Systèmes. Titled “How Virtual Mass Timber Extends and...

This week we are highlighting Shamubeel Eaqub, an Economist with Sense Partners. He is presenting at WoodWorks 2021 on the opportunities for the sector on solving the housing crisis in New Zealand. Well over 200 will be attending this not to be missed event! CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW!...

One of the biggest complaints about the kind of multi-family housing is noise from neighbours that comes through the walls and ceilings. The problem can be even worse in wood...

More and more, building owners and designers are pursuing mass timber for its speed of construction, aesthetics, sustainability and strength-to-weight ratio. However, while design and code aspects receive a great...

Clearwater Quays Architecture: Showcasing Wood in Design for Apartment Living Phillip Howard, Principal & Registered Architect, Pacific Environments For architects, the attraction of working with timber goes beyond the clear...

Step up your detailing game with this wood design workshop! What is the most economical unit demising wall assembly in a multi-family building? How do you detail the intersection of...

With the Olympics being top of mind for anyone following any news feeds just now, the topic of timber and building athlete’s villages now springs to mind as Brisbane has...

Timberlab’s Sam Leslie and Andrew Hewitt join us to chat about their innovative elements for the Clearwater Quays Apartments currently under construction in Christchurch. Listen below....

Join the upcoming TDS webinar by Andrew Dunbar from Structex, who will talk about his experience while working in Canada at Fast + Epp. The presentation will cover general observations...

A 5-Storey Mass Timber Demonstration Building – It’s Role in Building for Climate Change Marty Verry, Group CEO & Chair, Red Stag Group Marty Verry spearheaded the industry’s advocacy for...

In Session 4 for our WoodWorks Conference we will have 2 speakers outlining how the Kāinga Ora team did the mahi to arrive at their recently announced building system approach....

Build-to-Rent Case Study: New Ground Living Roy Thompson, Managing Director, New Ground Capital New Ground is both a developer and manager of Build-to-Rent housing, and a joint-venture manager of the...