19 August 2025
Can a wood screw actually pull you up into the air?
That was a question MTC solutions were interested in answering for a while, and last week, they found the answer Yes!
This is a powerful demonstration of the strong pulling force wood screws develop when driven into timber. A force so strong it’s easily sufficient to lift a person. This also proves a critical point about installation: you don’t need to apply much pressure to get the screw in, you apply it to counteract the “come out” effect—the bit disengaging from the screw head.
Click here to see the testing video and read the original LinkedIn post by Max Closen of MTC.
WoodWorks Issue – 19 Aug 2025
Welcome
Greetings from your WoodWorks team. To begin the team at Enovate in Auckland are keen to share that CLT on steel hybrid systems continue to be highly effective in terms of construction speed and cost-efficiency, even when compared to traditional steel and concrete structures. Next, check out Jasmax’s award winning AUT building. It is a lightweight timber building on concrete rafts that float on the poor soils.
A disused dock in the Netherlands is set to become a floating community with plans to use strategic planting to clean the water enough for swimming. In the North Dakotan badlands, USA the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential library is being constructed, check out the impressive construction photos.
Finally we have a fun and scientific team putting their own bodies on the line to answer questions about the strength of wood screws.
Happening on the 4-5 November is our national WoodWorks Conference. Come and join us in Rotorua to catch up on the latest developments in the mass timber industry.
19 August 2025
CLT-on-Steel Frame
Enovate Ltd are proud to showcase one of their recent projects — a new three-storey care building. The structure features two wings and a central common area. The north and...
19 August 2025
AUT project an award winner for firm
Jasmax’s AUT Tukutuku project has just won the Education Award at the New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA) Auckland Architecture Awards 2025. Workshopping ways to deal with the practical issues...
19 August 2025
Largest floating housing development in Europe
Architecture studio MAST is designing a floating residential neighbourhood in a disused dock in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, that will be fully accessible by boat. Comprising a series of interconnected blocks, the Spoorweghaven development...
19 August 2025
Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library
In the North Dakotan Badlands, the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library (TRPL) overlooks a stunning expanse of canyons and buttes, honoring the 26th president of the United States – known for...
19 August 2025
“And now for something completely different …”
Can a wood screw actually pull you up into the air? That was a question MTC solutions were interested in answering for a while, and last week, they found the...