5 May 2026

Welcome to WoodWorks

Greetings from the WoodWorks team. Firstly, let’s check out the Tawhaki Nui-a-Hema: Motueka High School Maths and Horticulture Block. A full mass timber two level classroom block using mostly locally grown and manufactured timber.

News just in — Potius joins the Prowood Group to grow New Zealand’s engineered timber future.

The Advanced Manufacturing Research Facility (AMRF) ‘First Building’ in Bradfield City utilises approximately 475m3 of MASSLAM glulam timber.

One for the Value Engineering team: From the US a great example of using the best materials in the right places.

Then it’s “Coffee-Time” — Pour yourself a tea or coffee and spend 10 minutes seeing the creation of the Portland International Airport — one of the largest seismic projects in mass timber to date.

This Issue

Tawhaki Nui-a-Hema

Prolam joins with Potius Building Systems

Frontier Credit Union HQ Update

The Advanced Manufacturing Research Facility (AMRF)

Portland International Airport

And one to end the issue on... What foresters get up to

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And one to end the issue on... What foresters get up to

Just in case you ever wonder what us foresters get up to:

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