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.