The timelapse we’ve been waiting for…
On Friday we hit a big milestone at Heretaunga House with the ‘topping out’ of the mass timber structure. Some quick facts for context:
- 400m³ of TimberSpan LVL
- 1,000m³ of Red Stag TimberLab CLT
- 44,000 Rothoblaas screws holding it all together
- 59 working days to complete
WoodWorks Issue – 18 Aug 2026
Welcome
Greetings from your WoodWorks team. First up, check out the great timelapse video of Heretaunga House with the ‘topping out’ of the mass timber structure.
VoMo is progressing toward a completed hotel room, using exposed New Zealand-made CLT to reduce finishes and create a warm, premium timber environment.
A former closed sports site in Les Mureaux, France is now an open public campus connecting nearby neighbourhoods and bringing education, sport, and community use together beyond school hours – and beautifully built in timber no less.
When it comes to developing export markets at scale for wood products, the Canadians are hard to beat. Not just because forestry is to Canada as dairy is to New Zealand, but they are well-supported by both provincial and federal governments.
Next time you’re in Seattle, Washington, visit The Wayland Mill, and you’ll notice the standing tables by the door and outside. They’re made from mass timber and concrete cores salvaged from kitchen venting work by the Mētis Construction, Inc. team.


Heretaunga House ‘topping out’

Milestone reached for the VoMo hotel solution

Léo Lagrange – Timber Structure for an Open Public Campus

Canada Wood: Market development lessons in wood export

