NZ’s first mass timber office block: 1,500 pieces of giant Lego

NZ’s first mass timber office block: 1,500 pieces of giant Lego
Willis Bond senior development manager Will Ellison says wood is best (Image: NZME)
Andrea Malcolm
The developer of New Zealand’s biggest mass timber office block, which will house Tauranga City Council, says nothing comes close to wood for reducing embodied carbon. The council’s new premises, due for completion next year, use 1,500 pieces of prefabricated engineered timber instead of traditional steel and concrete. Developed by Willis Bond, the eight-storey,10,000sq m building has half the embodied carbon – emitted through manufacture, transport and installation of building materials – of a traditional stee...

More Infrastructure

Auckland apartment construction declines
Economy

Auckland apartment construction declines

Market conditions are ‘very, very difficult’ says Simplicity’s Sam Stubbs.

Murray Jones 30 Dec 2024
Navajo suffer in drive to entice data centres
Infrastructure

Navajo suffer in drive to entice data centres

In fierce battle for electricity, thousands on Navajo land lack power.

Litigation against McConnells settles
Infrastructure

Litigation against McConnells settles

Ex-Hawkins directors settle without admission of liability.

Victoria Young 27 Dec 2024
Crafting a menu of infrastructure projects
Policy

Crafting a menu of infrastructure projects

NZ has only got so much money. So what should we build?

Oliver Lewis 24 Dec 2024