12 August 2025

Greetings from your WoodWorks team. First up we celebrate with the team responsible for the project at 90 Devonport Road, Tauranga. The project has won an award recognising the build-ability of the structural design and excellent teamwork among other things. Our second story is from Rotorua where Richard Naish and the team from RTA Studio have built an architecturally designed, light filled 3 bedroom home in 6 weeks for $335,000.

Next up, CLT Toolbox has a generous announcement for students and educators who are now able to access the professional level software for free until 30 June 2026. From Canada, British Columbia will be opening a net-zero carbon hospital in 2027 which will be environmentally and financially cost effective to run.

Freres Wood in Oregon, USA has expanded the range of wood finishes available in mass timber, observe the inspiringly dramatic darkness of the charred finish. To finish up this week we have included a couple of jokes.

Remember to peruse the programme for our national WoodWorks Conference running 4-5 November. We anticipate a productive couple of days in Rotorua.