Welcome to WoodWorks
Greetings from your WoodWorks team. 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 site visit option on the final day to RedStag where they introduced Timberlab 2.0. Read on for a summary of the key takeaways from expert speakers and other stories below.
- Sumitomo Forestry has announced a new build-to-rent development of a nine-story wooden multi-family rental building in the suburbs of Sydney.
- Mercer Mass Timber has announced its involvement in designing and fabricating Alabama’s largest mass timber project, the new Cheaha State Park Lodge in Delta, Alabama.
- This mixed-use development just scored LEED Gold certification, featuring stylish office spaces made from post-tensioned concrete alongside cozy light-frame wood residential units.
9 December 2025
New 9-story wooden multi-family rental building for Sydney
Sumitomo Forestry has announced a new build-to-rent development of a nine-story wooden multi-family rental building in the suburbs of Sydney. It will be called Wolli Creek Co-Living Project. Eight stories...
9 December 2025
Mercer Mass Timber deliver large lodge in Alabama
Mercer Mass Timber (MMT), a leading manufacturer of sustainable timber building materials and a subsidiary of Mercer International Inc., on Tuesday announced its role in the design and fabrication of...
And One to End the Issue
What God looks like
A kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom of children while they were drawing. She would occasionally walk around to see each child’s work. As she got to one little girl who was working diligently, she asked what the drawing was.
The girl replied, “I’m drawing God.”
The teacher paused and said, “But no one knows what God looks like.”
Without missing a beat, or looking up from her drawing, the girl replied, “They will in a minute.”
