Image

The Grand Ring to be burned as “chips for fuel”

27 January 2026

The Grand Ring in Osaka will be mostly turned into firewood.

Constructed to encircle the site of Expo 2025 Osaka, which ran from April to October, The Grand Ring was the largest wooden structure in the world, with a circumference of two kilometres and covering more than 61,000 square metres.

WoodWorks Issue – 27 Jan 2026

Welcome

Greetings from your WoodWorks team. Hello fellow masstimberers – With a solid year of achievements behind us as a sector, let’s hope growth is here this year. Positive outcomes like the Fisher & Paykel HQ, Tauranga Library and Museum Street Parliament building in Wellington demonstrate to the public, quantity surveyors, lenders and property developers what mass timber can deliver. Standardising our offerings is key. We embrace using our regional site visits and get-togethers to help strengthen our combined efforts to get better faster for providing excellent environments for people to work and live. 

In coming weeks and months we’ll be inviting you, the leaders in our industry, to share your views in our weekly news. So, if that’s you, please get in touch with your energy and vision to communicate more widely with everyone in our network.

Editor's Signature