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27 January 2026

NEW Techlam pre-engineered truss packages

We’re showcasing our new pre-engineered truss packages in Builders and Contractors Magazine (Issue #161) https://lnkd.in/eprHVnaC For many builders, getting engineered trusses approved is a familiar bottleneck. That’s exactly the problem...
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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...
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12 August 2025

90 Devonport Road in Tauranga Receives Prestigious Award

The 90 Devonport Road project in Tauranga has received the prestigious Building Award at the 2025 SESOC – Structural Engineering Society New Zealand (SESOC) Awards. Congratulations to the team at...
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5 August 2025

Punakaiki’s Dolomite Point Visitor Centre

The Dolomite Point Visitor Centre isn’t just a striking build in a stunning location, it’s a benchmark for how engineered timber can meet sustainability goals and deliver in remote, challenging...
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29 July 2025

World-First Success at 211 High Street

Construction at 211 High has wrapped and the new mass timber connectors were a huge success. The feedback from the team on site was incredible: The design started as a...
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22 July 2025

Building consents are stuck at low levels

Here is the text from Shamubeel Eaqub at Simplicity:  Building consents are stuck at low levels. Yet another indicator suggesting a winter muddle economically.  Non-residential building consents have slowed more...
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Hamlink House
15 July 2025

Project Feature: Hamelink House

This thoughtfully designed home strikes a perfect balance between sophistication, innovation, sustainability, and warmth – creating an ideal family sanctuary. Compact in footprint yet generous in feel, this open-plan home...
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Parliament building
8 July 2025

New Parliament building makes progress, flat-pack style

Construction of the new six-storey parliamentary building on Museum Street, behind the Beehive, has reached a new milestone. Contractors have begun installing a mass timber frame, the building’s main structure,...
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1 July 2025

Construction woes: Here’s why it’s hurting out there … 

There’s a winter muddle in housing. BUT it’s not all bad news, with interest rate trends a good sign for long term growth. And because of KiwiSaver funding, it is...
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24 June 2025

Growing Native Forest Champions at Fieldays ’25

A solid Taranakipine Long-Span deck supporting the winners of Growing Native Forest Champions at Fieldays ’25. Exotics and natives working in harmony! Read more:Tom Boon’s LinkedIn post  ...
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17 June 2025

WoodWorks South – Seminar & site visit wrap-up

It’s a wrap for our sold-out WoodWorks seminar and site visit last week. We’ve received excellent feedback. We’re pleased to bring you photos of our big day out in Christchurch,...
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10 June 2025

Embodied carbon is a misleading term

It has created significant confusion across the industry, particularly as it becomes more widely used by professionals and the public. One of the most problematic areas of mis-understanding is the...
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3 June 2025

211 High Street

Stage 2 of the timber superstructure has commenced and is rocketing up. The Leighs Construction Ltd team have installed the final double-height columns and are making progress on the level...
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27 May 2025

Sustainable new office development for central Hastings

This month, at 90 Devonport Road, Tauranga City Council (TCC) staff have come together in a single office building, complete with its mass timber structure and interior features.  Hard on...
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20 May 2025

Beca’s 5 story building recognised at Architecture Awards

Beca’s 5 storey timber seismically resilient structure was recently recognised at the Architecture Awards in Auckland! Showing that no matter where you are in the world, timber and educational buildings...
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13 May 2025

We are pleased to announce our next two WoodWorks events

A one-day seminar and site visit in Christchurch on 10 June.  Our seminar programme will include a range of topics from AI in architecture to BIM case studies, and local...
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6 May 2025

Addressing the design-construction gap during the Court Theatre Rebuild

Builders and installers of mass timber structures can enhance productivity and reduce risks by addressing the design-construction gap. Many builders overlook this gap as an opportunity, often pushing trade coordination...
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23 September 2025

Video: A Better Way of Building

OneForty One: As a forestry business we wanted to show how timber can be used to achieve a cost-effective carbon neutral build. We have taken all the components that we’d...
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