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Greetings for another Tuesday mass timber update. This week we begin with photos and a recap of our WoodWorks South Seminar and Site Visit which happened in Christchurch last week. Next we have an informative article about how important managing moisture on a building site is for maintaining the hardness of screws. From the northern hemisphere, Harvard University is building a ‘treehouse’ conference centre made almost entirely from wood. Check out an eye-catching unsupported CLT spiral staircase from the KF Aerospace Centre in Canada. Finally, view the GETS tender for new, transportable, modular inpatient units for Health New Zealand.
The next WoodWorks event is our annual conference being held in Rotorua on 4-5 November. If you have an innovative local project to share, please get in touch, as we have space for a couple more speakers.
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17 June 2025
Harvard is building a new conference centre – and it’s made entirely of wood
Harvard University is building a new conference centre, to open in autumn 2025. It will be the university’s first campus-wide conference facility – but that’s not the most impressive thing...
17 June 2025
The world’s first doubly-curved cross-laminated timber spiral staircase
The world’s first doubly-curved cross-laminated timber spiral staircase (to our knowledge), spanning 70′ unsupported throughout its spiral. We look back on the KF Aerospace Centre for Excellence project. Structural engineers...
17 June 2025
Tender: modular health units – A job for mass timber?
See GETS tender for full details. At least four new rapidly deployable relocatable inpatient units will be rolled out across the country to ensure hospitals can continue delivering care to...
17 June 2025
Why moisture management matters…
… as much as screw hardness in preventing Hydrogen Embrittlement issues When we think of fastener integrity in the timber space – especially high-strength screws – the conversation often centers...
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