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17 Feb 2026

WoodWorks National Conference 2026

We are pleased to announce our WoodWorks National Conference will be held at Toitoi / Hawke‘s Bay Arts & Events Centre in the heart of Hastings on 13-14 October with...
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10 Feb 2026

What the studies tell us about fire safety in timber construction

Understanding how mass timber buildings react to fire is essential for everyone involved in shaping a sustainable built environment. Whether you work in design, engineering, construction, manufacturing, policy or insurance,...
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03 Feb 2026

Museum Street building

LT McGuinness are proud to be helping deliver the new Parliamentary buildings that will support New Zealand’s Government for generations to come, see here for the project featured by Newsroom....
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27 Jan 2026

NEW Techlam pre-engineered truss packages

We’re showcasing our new pre-engineered truss packages in Builders and Contractors Magazine (Issue #161) https://lnkd.in/eprHVnaC For many builders, getting engineered trusses approved is a familiar bottleneck. That’s exactly the problem...
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20 Jan 2026

Mass timber to the rescue

The potential demolition of the Gordon Wilson Flats in Wellington has been controversial.  Here’s a great proposal involving mass timber!...
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16 Dec 2025

Your feedback please

We are looking for potential regional site visits to mass timber building projects – one for each quarter.  In addition to the site visits we will be hosting panel discussions...
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09 Dec 2025

Introducing Timberlab 2.0

Thanks everyone who attended our recent WoodWorks conference last month.  A major highlight of the 2025 event was the new collaboration with Mid-Rise Wood Construction. This partnership introduced an additional...
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02 Dec 2025

Unique aspects of new Atlassian building

Sydney’s skyline is changing with the reveal of the first timber habitat at Atlassian Central – the world’s tallest hybrid timber commercial tower, co-owned by Dexus and Atlassian. Atlassian Central...
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25 Nov 2025

Ruamoko Solutions wins ACE award

When it comes to getting great exposure for mass timber the Court Theatre has to be right up there in terms of how we let the mass timber do the talking...
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18 Nov 2025

Glulam propels sustainable building at Tāwhaki National Aerospace Centre

With New Zealand’s government setting an ambitious goal to double the combined space and advanced aviation sectors – currently valued at near $3 billion – by 2030, the recently opened...
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11 Nov 2025

Hidden in plain sight: A Game-Changer for Iwi Housing in Far North

PanelLock’s innovative Triboard housing panels are proving to be a game-changer in addressing the housing crisis in New Zealand. Luke Matthews and his partners at PanelLock have taken on the...
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04 Nov 2025

Why can’t we build New Zealand’s new hospitals like this

The Cowichan District Hospital Replacement Project in Duncan, BC, is setting a precedent for the use of mass timber in healthcare facilities. At 607,601 sq. ft. and seven storeys tall,...
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28 Oct 2025

Punangairi Wins Big at International Awards

Very cool to hear that Punangairi – the Visitor Centre in Punakaiki, designed by Sheppard and Rout Architects, is a winner in the international BLT Built Design Awards. Great to...
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21 Oct 2025

Construction paused on world’s tallest mass timber building

Local developer Neutral has stated that construction on its mass-timber Edison skyscraper in Milwaukee, which it claims will be the “world’s tallest”, has been halted due to rising tariffs. According...
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14 Oct 2025

EBOSS 2025 Architect Sentiment Report

In July, we surveyed over 500 architects and designers to capture a broad perspective on industry sentiment. Funded by the BRANZ Building Research Levy, the report delves into both current...
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07 Oct 2025

Largest timber arch aircraft hanger in the South now open

With Pride, We Present: Air New Zealand Hangar 4 – A Landmark in Timber Engineering ~ We’re proud to announce the successful completion of Air New Zealand’s Hangar 4, a...
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30 Sep 2025

Innovative connectors presented at building showcase

Holmes took part in the Building 4.0 CRC Showcase in Sydney, where government policymakers, Homes NSW, builders, and technology providers came together to explore Modern Methods of Construction for affordable...
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23 Sep 2025

Parliament’s new building is reaching new heights

Parliament’s new building is reaching new heights, with the top section of its mass timber frame in place. Mass timber uses small wooden panels engineered into large sections to form...
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16 Sep 2025

Techlam wins Tonga Parliament project

Techlam has been awarded the structural timber package for the Tonga Parliament redevelopment project. We will supply and fabricate glulam timber for the new NZ$60 million Fale Alea, which is...
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09 Sep 2025

11-storey timber building on K Road gets green light after appeal

A successful appeal against a decision labelled as “mad” by Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown has cleared the way for a developer to build an 11-storey timber building on K Road....
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02 Sep 2025

Big country, big beams: Austrian beams for an Adelaide Pool

Australia’s largest wooden beams, by weight and volume, have now been installed over the Adelaide Aquatic Centre designed by JPE Design Studio and Warren and Mahoney – a major milestone...
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26 Aug 2025

Wood is Good – When Understood

Wood is good – when understood. So true. At Techlam, they’ve spent years delivering engineered timber solutions across Aotearoa and beyond. From bespoke glulam beams to large-scale structural systems, they’ve...
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19 Aug 2025

CLT-on-Steel Frame

Enovate Ltd are proud to showcase one of their recent projects — a new three-storey care building. The structure features two wings and a central common area. The north and...
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12 Aug 2025

90 Devonport Road in Tauranga Receives Prestigious Award

The 90 Devonport Road project in Tauranga has received the prestigious Building Award at the 2025 SESOC – Structural Engineering Society New Zealand (SESOC) Awards. Congratulations to the team at...
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05 Aug 2025

Punakaiki’s Dolomite Point Visitor Centre

The Dolomite Point Visitor Centre isn’t just a striking build in a stunning location, it’s a benchmark for how engineered timber can meet sustainability goals and deliver in remote, challenging...
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29 Jul 2025

World-First Success at 211 High Street

Construction at 211 High has wrapped and the new mass timber connectors were a huge success. The feedback from the team on site was incredible: The design started as a...
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22 Jul 2025

Building consents are stuck at low levels

Here is the text from Shamubeel Eaqub at Simplicity:  Building consents are stuck at low levels. Yet another indicator suggesting a winter muddle economically.  Non-residential building consents have slowed more...
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15 Jul 2025

Project Feature: Hamelink House

This thoughtfully designed home strikes a perfect balance between sophistication, innovation, sustainability, and warmth – creating an ideal family sanctuary. Compact in footprint yet generous in feel, this open-plan home...
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08 Jul 2025

New Parliament building makes progress, flat-pack style

Construction of the new six-storey parliamentary building on Museum Street, behind the Beehive, has reached a new milestone. Contractors have begun installing a mass timber frame, the building’s main structure,...
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01 Jul 2025

Construction woes: Here’s why it’s hurting out there … 

There’s a winter muddle in housing. BUT it’s not all bad news, with interest rate trends a good sign for long term growth. And because of KiwiSaver funding, it is...
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24 Jun 2025

Growing Native Forest Champions at Fieldays ’25

A solid Taranakipine Long-Span deck supporting the winners of Growing Native Forest Champions at Fieldays ’25. Exotics and natives working in harmony! Read more:Tom Boon’s LinkedIn post  ...
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16 Jun 2025

WoodWorks South – Seminar & site visit wrap-up

It’s a wrap for our sold-out WoodWorks seminar and site visit last week. We’ve received excellent feedback. We’re pleased to bring you photos of our big day out in Christchurch,...
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09 Jun 2025

Embodied carbon is a misleading term

It has created significant confusion across the industry, particularly as it becomes more widely used by professionals and the public. One of the most problematic areas of mis-understanding is the...
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02 Jun 2025

211 High Street

Stage 2 of the timber superstructure has commenced and is rocketing up. The Leighs Construction Ltd team have installed the final double-height columns and are making progress on the level...
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26 May 2025

Sustainable new office development for central Hastings

This month, at 90 Devonport Road, Tauranga City Council (TCC) staff have come together in a single office building, complete with its mass timber structure and interior features.  Hard on...
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19 May 2025

Beca’s 5 story building recognised at Architecture Awards

Beca’s 5 storey timber seismically resilient structure was recently recognised at the Architecture Awards in Auckland! Showing that no matter where you are in the world, timber and educational buildings...
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12 May 2025

We are pleased to announce our next two WoodWorks events

A one-day seminar and site visit in Christchurch on 10 June.  Our seminar programme will include a range of topics from AI in architecture to BIM case studies, and local...
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05 May 2025

Addressing the design-construction gap during the Court Theatre Rebuild

Builders and installers of mass timber structures can enhance productivity and reduce risks by addressing the design-construction gap. Many builders overlook this gap as an opportunity, often pushing trade coordination...
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28 Apr 2025

Tauranga City – Pokapū Hapori me Whare Pukapuka, Library and Community Hub

As part of our exciting plans to get the heart of our city pumping, we’re building a new library and community hub in the city centre on Willow Street. A...
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21 Apr 2025

Timber Feature Walls at 90 Devonport Road

Last week we had a look at the structural timber involved in the new Tauranga City Council building. This week we hear from Summerhill Timbers who grew the timber to...
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14 Apr 2025

Tauranga City Council team will occupy the largest timber office building in New Zealand

It’s time to celebrate our collective progress as an industry in growing mass timber in commercial building!  Soon the largest timber office building in New Zealand will be officially opened...
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07 Apr 2025

New Sydney Fish Market – The largest wooden roof in the southern hemisphere

The construction of the iconic roof, which is intended to float above the fish market and connect all elements of the structure, will require some 1,600 m3 of glulam spruce,...
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31 Mar 2025

Industry across Aotearoa represented in new Paliament buildings

Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt Hon Gerry Brownlee and Parliamentary Service Chief Executive Rafael Gonzalez-Montero led a visit recently to the Nelson Pine Industries timber plant which will...
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24 Mar 2025

Techlam’s Glulam has earned the Declare label

Techlam is thrilled to announce that a range of their Glulam products have earned the Declare label, a leading standard for product transparency. This means their engineered timber is further...
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17 Mar 2025

New Zealand Timber for the Win at the New Zealand Artificial Limbs Society

Local collaboration brings together a brilliant new facility in Canterbury. The client wanted a sustainable building to showcase New Zealand’s natural resources while enabling rapid construction. The success of the...
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10 Mar 2025

Full-scale testing of a two-story CLT specimen

Over 100 visitors from the construction industry were hosted at the The University of Auckland Structure Test Hall for the full-scale testing of a two-story specimen, where all structural elements—walls,...
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03 Mar 2025

Korora Road | Project Case Study

Nestled in a stunning natural setting, the project site presented several challenges. Limited accessibility made transporting and assembling construction materials difficult, requiring innovative solutions to ensure a smooth and efficient...
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24 Feb 2025

Timber stadium proposed for new, relocated Gabba Stadium

A new Gabba, built right across the road from the old cricket ground, could break records as the world’s largest timber stadium. Architecture firm Kirk Studio’s proposal appeals to the...
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17 Feb 2025

‘Future Growth’: New Fire Station for Hawke’s Bay Airport

TW Construction: We are excited to announce the commencement of a major project at Hawke’s Bay Airport Ltd – the construction of a new fire station. This 550m² facility represents...
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11 Feb 2025

Family Trees

Deryn Barton calls meeting Richard Naish “one of those good-luck things”. The feeling is mutual. Rich met her soon after he founded the practice at a time when she and...
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04 Feb 2025

Seismic Plates Installed at ‘211 High’ Christchurch Project

Jono Skinner, Asset Delivery Manager, Portus Property Ltd: Last week Leighs Construction Ltd were back onsite and straight into installing the perimeter seismic column baseplates. These baseplates are beasts, up...
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28 Jan 2025

New WoodWorks Expert Tip: How to Create a Vertical Addition with Mass Timber

This detailed article examines the use of mass timber for vertical additions in the US, addressing topics such as code compliance, construction type, fire-resistance ratings (FRR), structural reinforcement, and constructability....
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21 Jan 2025

Why Must New Zealand Farmers Carry Concrete?

Marty Verry, Group CEO of Red Stag Group: Last month’s Economist magazine had two different articles quoting exactly the same figures; ‘7-8 percent of global emissions’. One related to the...
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14 Jan 2025

Something for your Hesitant QS

Well before we started promoting mass timber in New Zealand, there were 2 leaders in mass timber promotion, education and project support also called ‘WoodWorks’ in Canada and the US. ...
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19 Dec 2024

WoodWorks News Special Edition

Season’s Greetings from your WoodWorks news team!  This year we’ve been delighted to bring you more mass timber project news from close to home and around the world. We thank...
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22 Oct 2024

Healthier and Adaptable Build Focus for Tauranga Development

The Arvida Development team have been working hard to achieve two New Zealand building ratings that will set the Bethlehem Shores Care Centre and Apartment project apart from others.  Located...
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15 Oct 2024

Update from Site of New Fisher & Paykel HQ

Luke Luijten, Project Manager, Naylor Love: In the past 6 weeks, the Naylor Love team have made some serious progress since the Timber arrived onsite at Fisher & Paykel Appliances...
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08 Oct 2024

Tāwhaki National Aerospace Centre

Tāwhaki National Aerospace Centre is a multi-use facility in one of the world’s best locations to take flight, launch, and discover new horizons. Located at Kaitorete on the east coast...
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24 Sep 2024

First Photos Revealed of ‘Grand Ring’ by Sou Fujimoto for Expo 2025 Osaka

In preparation for Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, The “Grand Ring,” designed by renowned architect Sou Fujimoto, has reached a significant milestone. As of August 2024, the wooden construction of this structure...
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17 Sep 2024

Video: A Better Way of Building

OneForty One: As a forestry business we wanted to show how timber can be used to achieve a cost-effective carbon neutral build. We have taken all the components that we’d...
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10 Sep 2024

Sydney Opera House Concert Hall Reopens After Extensive Renovation

The concert hall at the iconic Sydney Opera House in Australia has reopened following the long-awaited renovation of its dated acoustics, functionality and accessibility. Carried out by a team led by Australian studio ARM Architecture and engineering...
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03 Sep 2024

Atlassian Breaks Ground

The world’s largest hybrid building is “a timber building inside a much, much larger building,” that is according to Tim Allen, one of the Taylor Thomson Whitting (TTW) structural engineers...
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27 Aug 2024

Woodspan Launches Glulam Technical Guide

Woodspan recently added a new resource to their website, the new Glulam (GLT) Technical Guide. This comprehensive guide covers everything you need to know about our Glulam products, including essential...
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20 Aug 2024

World’s Largest Mass Timber Airport Opens to Travelers in Portland

American studio ZGF Architects has completed an expansion to the main terminal at Portland International Airport, installing a massive mass-timber roof that was prefabricated to keep the airport operational. The airport’s giant roof was...
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13 Aug 2024

90 Devonport Road Awarded 6 Star Green Rating

90 Devonport Road has been awarded a 6 Star Green Star rating, setting a new globally relevant benchmark for sustainability and a new standard for design quality. Set to be...
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06 Aug 2024

Speaker Focus: WoodWorks 2024

This week in our ‘Speakers Focus’ we have Nick Hewson from Arboralis in Sydney, Australia, who is kicking Session 2 off with his presentation titled “Mass Timber Lessons from Australia:...
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30 Jul 2024

Speaker Focus: WoodWorks 2024

Join us at the upcoming WoodWorks conference along with the optional post-conference Mass Timber Building Site Visit at Arvida’s Bethlehem Shores. Bethlehem Shores is Arvida’s fourth mass timber development and...
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16 Jul 2024

NZ’s Tallest Mass Timber Office to Rise in Downtown Auckland?

A new 11-storey mass timber building—set to become NZ’s tallest commercial timber building—could rise in downtown Auckland after James Kirkpatrick Group lodged plans to redevelop 538 and 582 Karahgahape Rd...
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09 Jul 2024

WoodWorks Conference Speaker Programme Released!

We’re delighted to announce the programme for our WoodWorks Conference on 22-23 October running in Rotorua and Tauranga. We have a great speaker lineup and some unique site visits so...
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02 Jul 2024

James Kirkpatrick Group Plans $100m Karangahape Rd Mass Timber Offices

A new 11-storey mass timber building—set to become NZ’s tallest commercial timber building—could rise in downtown Auckland after James Kirkpatrick Group lodged plans to redevelop 538 and 582 Karahgahape Rd...
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25 Jun 2024

Two Storey Office Building for Silks Audit

This project consisted of a 195m² two-story office building for Silks Audit, a team of chartered accountants who specialise in audit and assurance engagement. They needed a new building for...
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24 Jun 2024

Canada’s Blueprint for Mass Timber Success Unveiled

A Canadian pan-industry group in Canada has released a “Mass Timber Roadmap” with an associated report outlines an ambitious and strategic vision for the future of mass timber in Canada...
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18 Jun 2024

Lendlease Taps Interest for $1.8b ‘Tallest’ Timber Tower in Sydney

Lendlease has begun pitching a $1.8 billion office development in the Sydney CBD to potential capital partners while undertaking exclusive due diligence on a luxury apartment project in central Melbourne,...
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11 Jun 2024

Perth Airport’s $5B Facelift: Is Mass Timber Set for Takeoff?

Perth is getting a new airport hub, with Qantas—Australia’s national carrier—and Perth Airport yesterday revealing plans for an AU $5 billion-plus airport precinct. The new airport will include two multi-storey...
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04 Jun 2024

RTA Studio Fisher and Paykel HQ Project

RTA Studio: The responsibility for redefining the physical home of one of New Zealand’s iconic brands is a weighty one – but also a huge honour. As a practice focused...
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28 May 2024

Hilti Jaibot: A Game Changer in Construction

The BIMSafe team were recently in Dunedin filming case study videos for the ACC Ōtepoti Project, and while we were there, we had the opportunity to pop across the road...
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21 May 2024

2024 WoodWorks Annual Conference: Call for Speakers for October

Once again with our plans now progressing for our annual conference on 22-23 October we are seeking people to submit a presentation proposal.  We are also considering running a pre-conference workshop...
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14 May 2024

Fisher & Paykel to be Constructed with Engineered Timber Diagrid Frame

Fisher & Paykel Appliances has released the design of its new global headquarters in Auckland’s Penrose. The move to Great South Road will see the whiteware manufacturing giant leave the...
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07 May 2024

Update on 90 Devonport Rd from LT McGuinness

LT McGuinness Ltd: 90 Devonport Rd, our latest project in Tauranga for Willis Bond! The project team talk about the benefits of mass timber construction in New Zealand and promoting...
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30 Apr 2024

WoodWorks Site Visit and Seminar – Christchurch

The Court Theatre is located on the corner of Colombo and Glaucester Street, Christchurch. Join us in person next month as we take an exclusive look at the site of one of...
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16 Apr 2024

Fire Impacts on Point Supported Mass Timber

Ricky McLain: More and more attention is being paid to point supported CLT over the past couple of years as it has proven to be a viable solution for materially-efficient...
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02 Apr 2024

Kennedy Point Marina Features ‘Northbeam’

Located on Waiheke Island in the centre of the stunning Hauraki Gulf and only 40 minutes from Auckland, Kennedy Point Marina provides safe, modern and serviced berthage, as well as...
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26 Mar 2024

Air NZ’s Massive Single-Span Arch Roof is World’s Best Practice!

Air New Zealand will finally move into its state-of-the-art Airport Campus next year after plans to build the campus initially proposed in 2019 before COVID-19 caused widespread disruptions to global...
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19 Mar 2024

Paris Olympics: Forget Steel, for 2024 the Story Is Wood!

With just 180 days before the 2024 Olympic Games begins, Paris organisers are flat out to complete venues behind schedule – with the mass timber Olympic and Paralympic Athletes Village finally inaugurated last...
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12 Mar 2024

The Botanic Retirement Village

Pacific Environments’ design of The Botanic Retirement Village, recently reached a significant milestone in unveiling The Clubhouse & Pool House alongside the Nikau Apartments. In time, the eight-hectare site of...
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05 Mar 2024

Parliament’s New Buildings

New Parliament offices set to start using mass timber. Nestled behind our New Zealand Parliament Buildings and the neighbouring Beehive on the site of a former carpark (on Museum Street)...
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20 Feb 2024

Scion Outranks Google’s Bay View to take Top Award in Dubai

RTA Studio and Irving Smith Architects’ Scion was awarded ‘The Most Beautiful, Innovative and Iconic Building’ award at the Dubai International Best Practices Award for Sustainable Development recently in Dubai....
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13 Feb 2024

West Coast Visitor Centre Utilises Mass Timber

Sheppard and Rout Architects: The redevelopment of Dolomite Point in Punakaiki is a very important project for the West Coast and a new visitor Experience Centre is a key part...
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06 Feb 2024

Te Ara Pounamu Completed – On Time and On Budget

Bernie O’Fagen, RM Designs: Te Ara Pounamu, the Pounamu Pathway in Mawhera Greymouth opened at the end of last year, on time and on budget. This was the best example of...
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29 Jan 2024

Haven Road apartment from above

[Nelson] Haven Road is on the rise! The first level of CLT walls/floor (Cross Laminated Timber) was installed this week with 4 more levels to go on this 6-storey CLT...
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12 Dec 2023

Indigenous Leadership Central to Extraordinary Design of new College

Warren and Mahoney: We are excited to announce that the new University of Technology Sydney (UTS) National First Nations College (NFNC) will be designed by Greenaway Architects, Warren and Mahoney...
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28 Nov 2023

Timber Arch Sets Record for Size

On its completion in early 2025, Studio Pacific Architecture’s new flagship hangar for Air New Zealand — Hangar 4 in Auckland — will be the largest single-span timber arch aircraft hangar in the southern...
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14 Nov 2023

Mass Timber Apartments by Enovate for K-O

Enovate: We are thrilled to share the remarkable progress made this week as we erected the very first LVL portal frames for the Highbury Triangle Building B Mass Timber apartment. ...
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07 Nov 2023

Creativity Celebrated at the Timber Design Awards

Timber building projects from across New Zealand were celebrated at the 2023 Timber Design Awards. ‘Collectively the winning projects shine a light on the role that wood construction can play...
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31 Oct 2023

Update on the Court Theatre Construction in Christchurch

Christchurch City Council: Here’s your latest update on construction of The Court Theatre – you can see the first truss being craned into position in what will be the main...
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24 Oct 2023

From Sweden to Mt Albert: Mass Timber Modular Housing

From Sweden to Ōwairaka: First of three modular timber housing blocks go up Evergreen Modular Construction claims to be the first company of its type in New Zealand, aiming to...
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17 Oct 2023

THIS WEEK: Internationally Renowned Architect Tours NZ with Lecture Series

Tye Farrow is a world-recognised pioneer tackling how what we create either gives or cause health. With award-winning projects around the globe that enact salutogenic design – design that actively...
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09 Oct 2023

Internationally Renowned Architect Tours NZ with Lecture Series

Tye Farrow is a world-recognised pioneer tackling how what we create either gives or cause health. With award-winning projects around the globe that enact salutogenic design – design that actively...
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03 Oct 2023

Marian College Progress

Jasper Van der Lingen, Sheppard and Rout Architects: Some progress shots of Marian College we designed. Getting there. The prefabricated timber classroom blocks and school chapel inside the warehouse are...
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26 Sep 2023

Internationally Renowned Architect Tours NZ with Lecture Series

Tye Farrow is a world-recognised pioneer tackling how what we create either gives or cause health. With award-winning projects around the globe that enact salutogenic design – design that actively...
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15 Sep 2023

WoodWorks North Conference – FREE Parking Instructions

If you are registered to attend the WoodWorks North Conference 2023 you will be pleased to know that FREE car parking is available at Sky Stadium for conference attendees. This...
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12 Sep 2023

Job Opportunity: Mass Timber CAD/CAM Technician

Offsite Design Ltd is offering a unique opportunity to work on a wide variety of mass timber buildings with a passionate bunch of people. Domestic and international projects. Offsite Design...
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29 Aug 2023

Christchurch ‘The Court Theatre’ Project Update

Christchurch City Council: Here’s your latest look at how The Court Theatre project is tracking. Our contractors are installing six large LVL portal frames! LVL stands for Laminated Veneer Lumber,...
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22 Aug 2023

Internationally Renowned Architect Tours NZ with Lecture Series

Tye Farrow is a world-recognised pioneer tackling how what we create either gives or cause health. With award-winning projects around the globe that enact salutogenic design – design that actively...
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15 Aug 2023

Launceston Home to New Healthy CLT Building

Tasmania: Launceston’s mass timber building a glimpse into the built environment future – The new headquarters for health insurance company St Luke’s Health is a building ahead of its time....
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08 Aug 2023

WoodWorks Conference Site Visit Announced: Living Pa at Victoria University, Wellington

One of the most exciting mass timber projects is the Living Pa facility at Victoria University Wellington. After 2 years the building is rising fast with mass timber structures now...
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01 Aug 2023

New Cultural Hub in Tauranga gets Final Green Light

Congratulations to Tauranga City Council and the entire project team, on the final green light to forge ahead with Te Manawataki o Te Papa – a vibrant new cultural hub...
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26 Jul 2023

5 Solutions to Acoustics Issues for Mass Timber Buildings

5 solutions to acoustic issues in mass timber buildings: Acoustic experts explain why noise is often a problem for mass timber projects—and how to address it. Mass timber’s Achilles heel:...
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18 Jul 2023

Building for Climate Change

The Building and Construction sector is responsible for 15 per cent of Aotearoa New Zealand’s total greenhouse gas emissions (excluding biogenic methane), and will play an important role in achieving...
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04 Jul 2023

Warehouse Case Study – Wood IS Good

Mass Timber in Hybrid Industrial Developments: Halcyon Warehouse Case Study – A current project being built in South Auckland by Robert Cunningham Construction for local company Halcyon, showcases the use...
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27 Jun 2023

World’s Tallest Hybrid Timber Tower Enters Next Development Phase

A 52-storey commercial office tower planned for the corner of Pitt and Hunter Streets in central Sydney, is set to become the world’s tallest hybrid timber building. It will cover approximately 51,000...
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20 Jun 2023

Clearwater: Showcase for Sequestration

The first of its kind, Red Stag Investment’s Clearwater Quays — a new mid-rise apartment building in Christchurch’s prestigious Clearwater development — is a case study on the benefits of...
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13 Jun 2023

The Living Pa (VUM): Impressive Double-T Floor-Beam Components

Red Stag: This is a really cool project to be part of. Red Stag Wood Solutions Limited supplying the CLT/GLT box beams, wing beams, floors and more. Built to meet...
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06 Jun 2023

Techlam – One for the Children

An inspiring design which, being a circular building with many wood beams brought the Techlam team plenty of challenges. Design for inspiration (Our Challenge) – Smith Architects purpose designed a...
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23 May 2023

One for the Engineers – Buckling Restraint Design Information 

Do you design mass timber projects? See this month’s Structure Magazine for an informative article with 3 case studies on using CoreBrace BRBs in mass timber structures. The article, written...
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16 May 2023

(NZ) New Builds set to Pay for Climate Change

Plans to cap climate pollution from new buildings – Both residential and commercial new builds would be subject to proposed regulations of climate pollution in the construction and operation of...
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09 May 2023

Adam Jones Interview on Atlassian Build

(Australia) In this episode of WoodSolutions Timber Talks, Adam Jones sit down with Ninotschka Titchkosky, co-CEO of BVNExternal link, to discuss the groundbreaking Atlassian TowerExternal link. As the world’s tallest...
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26 Apr 2023

Australia: New Database for Mass Timber Exemplar Projects

In Australia and around the world, timber is being used in an ever-widening range of building projects. From residential and commercial to educational, aged care and healthcare, the advantages of...
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18 Apr 2023

AUT A1 Building Tour

Event Details: AUT’s A1 building, set for completion in 2024, is the first step in the university’s masterplan to reinvigorate the North Campus, providing a new social and academic heart....
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11 Apr 2023

University of Newcastle by Binderholz 

Binderholz: Innovative in more than one way – The ‘Q Building’ of the University of Newcastle | AUS was built with CLT BBS, glulam and 3-layer solid wood panels. We...
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04 Apr 2023

WoodWorks Christchurch Conference gets top marks

After hosting our popular WoodWorks NZ conferences since 2016 either in the North Island or virtual, our first conference in Christchurch this week was sold out and very well received.  Drawing...
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28 Mar 2023

Stop Press! More Timber for Tauranga City

Tauranga City’s Commission is moving ahead with the next stage of design for the development; and another timber building project is well underway to revitalize the heart of the city...
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20 Mar 2023

New Zealand Post Breaks with Tradition for Taupo Depot

This building development is part of a new light commercial development on land near the AC Baths in Taupo. The development was originally planned as a conventional warehouse using concrete...
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14 Mar 2023

Mass Timber Status in Australia

When it came to mass timber, Australia was ahead of the world pack ten years ago. We had the tallest mass timber buildings for several years, some of the very...
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07 Mar 2023

Spotlight on: WoodWorks Conference Site Visits

Thanks to Sheppard and Rout, Naylor Love and their building project clients we have two site visits demonstrating mass timber applications in two different applications.  Both the AgResearch Lincoln and Marian...
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28 Feb 2023

WoodWorks 2023 South – Speaker Focus

Jasper van der Linden – Director, Sheppard and Rout Architects, New Zealand Jasper has been an Architect for well over 30 years and is currently a director of Sheppard &...
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21 Feb 2023

WoodWorks Christchurch Conference & Site Visits: Register Now so You Don’t Miss Out – Only 160 Seats

Click here to register now for WoodWorks 23 South. With limited seats available we suggest you register your teams as soon as possible.  Thanks to our speakers we have a practical...
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14 Feb 2023

Red Stag Timber Open Day for Industry

RED STAG TIMBER OPEN DAY – organised by the Mid-Rise Wood Construction Programme On 23rd February you and your colleagues can take a tour of 7 mass timber industrial buildings...
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07 Feb 2023

USA: Where Mass Timber Housing is Growing Fast

Why Housing? Why CLT? – The mass timber team at Perkins & Will have a case study that’s worth checking out if you’re considering how multi-residential projects can benefit from...
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31 Jan 2023

AUT A1 Building Construction Well Underway (Jasmax/Naylor Love)

The construction of Auckland University of Technology’s A1 Building has hit a significant milestone with the installation of the first of nine post-tensioned LVL timber frames weighing up to 31...
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16 Jan 2023

WoodWorks > Christchurch > MARCH > Register Now so You Don’t Miss Out: 

See the program and registration details for our WoodWorks South Conference in Christchurch on 28-29 March.  We’ve got an exciting new format to make it easier for your travel timings! We...
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20 Dec 2022

UBC Embraces Mass Timber with $180 million Gateway Building by Evan Saunders

(British Columbia) Wood construction allowed the University of British Columbia to represent three of its core values in designing the new Gateway Building: sustainability, personal well-being and Indigenous collaboration, said...
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12 Dec 2022

Video: How to Build a Wood Skyscraper

Got 12 minutes to see inside the Ascent Building in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA – currently the tallest timber building in the world? Go on – have a peek below:...
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05 Dec 2022

 HomeGround Receives Major NZIA Award

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...
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30 Nov 2022

Warren and Mahoney Designing our Largest Mass Timber Building

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...
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22 Nov 2022

Brisbane: Kirk Creates “Experimental” Office Tower

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...
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11 Nov 2022

Four-level Office Block Planned for Christchurch CBD

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...
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31 Oct 2022

Mass timber: 10 Reasons and 10 Challenges

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...
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21 Oct 2022

Glulam: A Premium Building Product That Ensures Low Carbon Design

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...
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14 Oct 2022

New Apartments Showcase Low Carbon Building Benefits 

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...
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07 Oct 2022

Launceston’s $30 Million, 28-Metre-High Timber Building

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...
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30 Sep 2022

Embodied Carbon Unicorn Moment

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,...
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26 Sep 2022

TE WARE HONONGA Digital Fabrication

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...
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21 Sep 2022

Japanese and Australian Firms Collaborate on World’s Tallest Timber Tower

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...
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19 Sep 2022

PM Visits He Toki Kai Te Rika Building Site

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...
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05 Sep 2022

The Otago Polytechnic Trades Training Centre Update

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...
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29 Aug 2022

State of Tall Timber 2022

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....
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22 Aug 2022

ACM HomeGround Seminar Invitation 

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...
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08 Aug 2022

Red Stag purchases TimberLab

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...
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29 Jul 2022

Fortifying CLT Walls for Earthquake-Proof Buildings

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)...
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18 Jul 2022

Techlam’s Sustainability Expansion

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...
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06 Jul 2022

CHECK OUT OUR NEW CONFERENCE PROGRAMME ONLINE NOW

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...
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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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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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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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16 May 2022

People On the Move

ANDREW FRENCH Red Stag Wood Solutions is very pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew French as its new Business Development & Project Delivery Manager based in Auckland.  Andrew takes...
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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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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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25 Feb 2022

Tryp Hotel Mass Timber Site Visit (Wellington)

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...
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26 Nov 2021

Scion Innovation Hub achieves global recognition

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...
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