3 February 2026
The Kelowna International Airport terminal expansion is entering its final stages — and its standout feature is impossible to miss: a dramatic mass timber waffle roof engineered for both performance and architectural impact.
Kalesnikoff supplied the cross-laminated timber (CLT) and glulam cassettes that form the signature roof structure, a modern interpretation of the airport’s original concrete waffle slab. Prefabrication played a key role in this project—allowing the roof system to arrive ready for rapid installation, improving efficiency, coordination, and predictability on a busy, active airport site.
WoodWorks Issue – 03 Feb 2026
Welcome
Overall indicators are positive for business leaders for the coming year.  Right now mass timber is also looking positive.  With the Beehive set to have a mass timber neighbour with the Museum St building, we are confident it will provide positive PR for wood. Technically a lot of work is evident with pre-planning and modular systems really starting to come into their own for the market. Got a good case study or potential site for our community to visit and come together for a WoodWorks regional seminar? You call and we’ll make it happen. Enjoy the short week.
3 February 2026
Museum Street building
LT McGuinness are proud to be helping deliver the new Parliamentary buildings that will support New Zealand’s Government for generations to come, see here for the project featured by Newsroom....
3 February 2026
Mass timber is not the future – it is the present
Engineered timber continues to gain momentum across New Zealand and beyond. Techlam’s glulam solutions featured in some of the country’s most ambitious and sustainable projects, including New Zealand’s largest mass...
3 February 2026
One for the equestrians
The Frog Lake First Nations’ Horse Healing Centre will be one of the most stunning examples of our curved glulam in action. The award-winning project’s structural heart lies in its...
3 February 2026
Kelowna International Airport terminal expansion
The Kelowna International Airport terminal expansion is entering its final stages — and its standout feature is impossible to miss: a dramatic mass timber waffle roof engineered for both performance...