21 October 2025

Greetings from your WoodWorks team. This issue lands in your inbox while we are running the Bioeconomy Innovations and Residues2Revenues conferences in Rotorua (21-22 October). Our next event is the WoodWorks Conference, 4-5 November in Rotorua. Registrations are going strong – so register now before it sells out.

• Construction on a new mass-timber Edison skyscraper in Milwaukee, which it claims will be the “world’s tallest”, has been halted due to rising tariffs.
• Ruamoko Solutions is proud to see The Court Theatre project nominated as a finalist in the 2025 ACE New Zealand Awards for consulting engineering.
• One for the installers, construction managers and engineers: Got 2 minutes to see how construction teams can save time and energy?
• It’s shaping up to be a big year for mass timber in Japan.  In March their massive “Grand Ring” at the Japan World Expo 2025 received an award or “The largest wooden architectural structure” by Guinness World Records.
• Book giveaway – pick up a ‘Macintosh: Glulam’ book for free – read more to claim yours.