3 June 2025
WorkStack in Charlton, London, is an ingenious solution for a compact, urban site – helping to redefine the future of workspace developments. The first lightweight industrial building of its type and scale in the UK, the design adopts overlapping, cantilevering workspaces, which progressively increase in floor area and size, to create 14 new industrial units scaling in size from 55m2 to 110 m2. Manufactured offsite to achieve both speed and accuracy, cross-laminated timber (CLT) was the ideal material to facilitate this unique and optimised inverted form, and specialist timber subcontractor B&K Structures (BKS) were selected to deliver the CLT and structural steelwork package.
The end client Greenwich Enterprise Board (GEB), a social enterprise with more than 20 years of experience, assembled an expert project team for WorkStack, with dRMM selected to head the design team and ARUP acting as structural engineer and fire strategy consultants. F Parkinson was appointed as the main contractor, with B&K Structures (BKS) selected as the specialist subcontractor responsible for the CLT and steelwork package – including the CLT, glulam and steel connection design – enabling the construction of this innovative, cantilevering five-storey structure.
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WoodWorks Issue – 03 Jun 2025
Welcome
Greetings for another Tuesday mass timber update. We’re delighted to say there are only a few seats left for our Christchurch seminar and site visit. Click here to register now!
We’re keen to showcase more mass timber building projects around the regions. If you know of a mass timber project under construction and the project team is happy to host a group, please call and we’ll see if we make it work.
Thanks to those of you’ve offered presentations for our national conference on 4-5 November. We’ve already received a good mix of case study offers and can take 3-4 more if you’re keen.
With the building costs and tight Government budgets making New Zealand’s planned hospital builds more challenging, do you think there is a place for lobbying to build parts of these new assets with exposed mass timber, as biophilic environments are proven to speed recoveries. How do we do it; got any suggestions? Is there a role for a group of AEC leaders who can make a case for using more mass timber in health facilities?
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...
3 June 2025
Construction wraps up at Khupkhahpay’ay in Vancouver
As construction wraps up at Khupkhahpay’ay on Frances Street in Vancouver with the nine-story building now topped off and fully enclosed – we’re sharing a look back at the mass...
3 June 2025
Case study: Wood insulation
In response to climate challenges and energy efficiency requirements, we must acknowledge the urgent need for the construction industry to transition to bio-based materials as a solution to reduce our...
3 June 2025
Revolutionising industrial developments one storey at a time
WorkStack in Charlton, London, is an ingenious solution for a compact, urban site – helping to redefine the future of workspace developments. The first lightweight industrial building of its type...