Since shifting from a pilot to a national program in 2012, WoodWorks has maintained the consistent funding required to drive sustained market growth. By positioning wood as a solution to pressing challenges—like affordable and attainable housing—we’ve earned strong alignment with the architectural community, which is deeply aware of its power to create meaningful change.
How We Do It
Our strategy is simple and effective:
Direct Support
Expert staff help teams choose wood for innovative and non-traditional building types, and offer support from design through construction.
Education
Webinars, events, and on-demand learning expand wood knowledge for thousands, while connecting teams with regional staff for project assistance.
Resources
Technical materials and case studies provide practical know-how and inspration.
By combining hands-on support with expert resources, WoodWorks helps teams develop skills they can bring to wood projects throughout their careers.
Expanding wood use in non-traditional buildings creates a more sustainable, durable built environment while supporting forest health by increasing demand for high-value products from well-managed forests.
EDUCATION GENERATES NEW CONTACTS AND PROJECT LEADS – 2026 YTD
OUTREACH VARIETY – PROVEN SUCCESS
Nationwide Project Support | 2026 YTD
WOODWORKS REPORTED PROJECTS
This map shows the location of the 214 directly influenced projects reported YTD. While concentrated in the major metro areas, it demonstrates the reach of our assistance across both primary and secondary markets.
KEY STATS DRIVING SCALE
ACCELERATING MARKET ADOPTION OF WOOD CONSTRUCTION
3,015 AECs
attended the WoodWorks co-hosted International Mass Timber Conference
64% GROWTH IN 5 YEARS / 24 EDUCATION SESSIONS / 4 TOURS
1,900 specifiers
learned data center wood design through Q2 national webinar: 72% of survey respondents gained ideas to use wood where other materials are typical
5 cities
began pursuing their first tall wood projects in Q2 with WoodWorks support: Post Falls, ID / Philadelphia, PA / Los Angeles, CA / Brooklyn, NY / Eugene, OR
125 developers
at ULI session learned firsthand from the developer of Bunker Hill how they cut construction time by 50% and costs by 20% by going with a wood solution
8,000+ decision makers
INFLUENCED THROUGH 4 WEBINARS
Q1 topics: senior housing, large light-frame multi-family, mass timber systems
1,238 projects on WIN
Up from 137 in 2020; self-serve way to build design teams and reach material suppliers
tall wood projects being supported by WoodWorks
21 have gone to construction since 2017
33 companies
in the WoodWorks Partner Program – all helping fund our work to grow the market together
REMOVING THE SILENT VETO on mass timber use
75 installation training centers, 12 added in Q1, 50K training hours deployed by others since 2019 based on WoodWorks curriculum
new technical resources in Q1, including three solution papers, one partner case study, seven expert tips, and one LCA study – all enabling specifiers to self-educate, scaling our impact
10 Accelerator Programs
supported by WoodWorks—four with support currently underway
Education and risk-focused engagement with San Francisco housing agencies positioned wood as a viable alternative for major affordable housing developments; same model can be used in other cities
Feature Projects – Q1
Distel Circle
After meeting his local RD at the International Mass Timber Conference, an architect emailed to discuss a unique affordable housing concept: four stories of volumetric modular light-frame wood units over a mass timber podium. After answering detailing questions, the RD presented a lunch and learn to discuss the nuances of hybrid multi-family design. The architect said, “Partnering with WoodWorks has been highly valuable to the development and construction of this project.”
LOS ALTOS, CA 115,990 SQFT | 1.7 MM BF*
KTGY Architects
Terracotta Terrace Senior Living
A firm getting ready to design their first five-story light-frame building reached out after a WoodWorks webinar. They were concerned about precedent in the jurisdiction, and the RD provided input on technical design topics as well as their approach with the city. The architect said this was one of the ‘lucky’ projects to start construction in 2025 and having us on standby gave their client confidence it would be approved.
BELLINGHAM, WA 195,990 SQFT | 2.6 MM BF*
Forum Architecture & Interior Design
David Douglas High School Future Careers Center
After an RD presented two lunch and learns to help an architecture firm incorporate wood into their school designs, they decided to pursue a mass timber roof and floors for this high school building. It was the architect’s first mass timber project and WoodWorks provided support on a wide range of topics. The client said both the assistance and our online resources were invaluable.
PORTLAND, OR 42,000 SQFT | 540,000 MM BF*
BRIC Architecture
Guernsey Headquarters
Two years after a WoodWorks lunch and learn, Guernsey contacted the RD to discuss mass timber scenarios for their new office. This was their first mass timber building and they had continued to attend WoodWorks education in the interim. We assisted both Guernsey, which is the architect and engineer, and the contractor, and the engineer said our resources and guidance helped them move forward with confidence.
As school districts seek cost-effective, durable solutions for campus modernization, many remain unfamiliar with how wood solutions perform in real-world applications. By delivering timely expertise, WoodWorks helps reduce perceived risk and accelerates early interest in project opportunities, creating new pathways for wood use. A few success stories this quarter:
The Blake School / HGA / Photo Jasper Lazor
Hosted 53 material decision makers on a tour of a Sacramento elementary school with seven new mass timber classrooms (which WoodWorks had supported), reducing market skepticism and strengthening peer-to-peer learning
Helped a firm with no wood experience pivot from steel to wood on a child education project in New York
Supported an engineer’s journey from self-education using WoodWorks online resources to technical project support for a high school expansion in Texas, helping change their default from steel to wood
Proactively targeted an architectural firm with an extensive portfolio of non-wood schools, securing an education session that led to assistance on two school projects in North Carolina where the team is evaluating wood solutions
Led a technical session at the National Green Schools Conference, promoting the biophilic benefits of wood to school district representatives
Provided an architect new to mass timber with the resources needed to pitch a wood solution to a school district in Atlanta
Advancing Wood in NH
Guidance on feasibility, procurement, installation, and detailing gave a prep school architect new to wood the confidence to propose a wood solution over more traditional materials.
Mass Timber Gains Ground in NC Elementary Schools
WoodWorks helped an education studio team assess all-wood and hybrid options for an elementary school, prompting mass timber training and opening a historically non-wood K–12 market.
Steel-to-Wood Shift for Repeatable NYC Gym
WoodWorks guided a design team new to wood through construction type, fire design, precedents, and partner suppliers, helping convert a steel concept to mass timber and creating a model for future K–12 projects.
Seeing is believing—and experiencing is influence. In Q2, WoodWorks helped advance wood buildings on college campuses nationwide, exposing the next generation of designers to the benefits of wood where they live, learn, and gather.
OR – Helped a team pursue an AMMR for three Type IV-C student housing towers, advancing the area’s first tall wood project to meet campus housing demand
TX – Guided a team new to mass timber on construction type, fire, vibration, connections, wood products, and suppliers for a Texas university’s first mass timber building
MI – Clarified code and performance considerations for a team new to mass timber, reducing barriers to wood use in a medical education building in Michigan
CO – Provided design guidance and precedents to help a Colorado team evaluate wood instead of masonry for a university athletic building
RI – Delivered firm-wide education and project guidance to an architecture firm designing an Ivy League university building, expanding their capacity to advance mass timber as an option
WoodWorks provided lateral system solutions that enabled an Oregon mixed-use project to advance as a six-story light-frame building, keeping wood competitive against steel and concrete alternatives.
Keeping Wood Over Steel in Scottsdale Multi-Family
Technical guidance related to structural performance and fire protection helped designers of a 320,000-sqft multi- family project in Scottsdale resolve complex fire-resistance rating challenges, allowing the team to proceed with wood instead of defaulting to steel.
570K-SF Chicago Multi-Family Advances Through Permit Review
WoodWorks helped an engineering firm respond to questions from the City on a 570K-SF Type V-A light-frame wood project. Our support helped the project move through two rounds of permit review.
Avoiding a Switch to Non-Wood Materials in CA
WoodWorks provided California-specific code guidance on allowable size, sprinklers, fire walls, mixed occupancies, and rated assemblies to keep a five-story, Type III light-frame over podium project on track and avoid a conversion to non-wood materials.
Occupiable Roof Guidance Adds Value
A new WoodWorks expert tip shows designers how to add usable rooftop space under the 2024 IBC without counting it as an extra story or added building area, increasing the value of mid-rise light-frame projects.
Designers of an assembly occupancy project in schematic design utilized WoodWorks guidance to shift from Type I-B to III-A construction, reducing costs and allowing mass timber to be used instead of steel.
The Lighthouse / Gensler / Arup / Photo Jason O’Rear
From No Wood Experience to a Mass Timber Project
After targeted education and hands-on design support from WoodWorks, a local design firm with no prior wood experience is moving forward with a mass timber senior community center.
Targeted Engagement Driving New Wood Projects
Following a Mass Timber Symposium in San Francisco, WoodWorks engagement led a hospitality-focused firm to pursue its first mass timber project in Utah, recognizing wood’s advantages over traditional materials in short build seasons.
Team Turns to Wood for DC Sports Complex
After a WoodWorks tour showed 280-ft steel/timber trusses delivering cost and aesthetic advantages, a team designing a sportsplex began pricing a similar hybrid solution over steel alone.
Training Helps Senior Community Center Team Build Confidence in Wood
WoodWorks’ in-office training helped a design firm with limited mass timber experience understand the structural options and design process, giving them confidence to pursue wood for a senior community center and other projects.
Addressing Building Official Concerns Over Light-Frame Hotel
After attending WoodWorks education, an architect asked for help responding to complex permit comments related to the fire design of a light-frame wood hotel. Our support helped advance the project while strengthening the architect’s confidence in wood for future hospitality work.
Improving Cost Efficiency in Industrial Wood Buildings
WoodWorks guidance helped shift a biomass energy facility from Type IV-C to V-B construction, enabling a more cost-effective solution.
Unlocking Code Pathways for Mass Timber Warehouses
Strategic analysis from the WoodWorks technical team helped designers of a warehouse project leverage unlimited area building provisions and resolve occupancy challenges, reducing risk and advancing mass timber as a viable alternative to conventional industrial construction.
Warehouse Templates Move Toward Light-Frame Wood Roof Standard
WoodWorks helped a major industrial developer and timber engineering team evaluate replacing metal deck roofs with light-frame panelized wood systems across two base warehouse templates, creating a pathway for repeatable high-volume wood use.
Tech Campus Parking Opens New Wood Market
WoodWorks helped a team move beyond a default concrete garage by addressing code paths, layout efficiencies, approval strategies, and project precedents, keeping wood viable for a 340–400K-SF parking structure.
Converting a Concrete-Focused Architect to Tall Wood
Targeted outreach to a Washington, DC architect known for concrete high-rises led to support on a Type IV-B, 12-over-3 project. WoodWorks is providing expertise and connections to position mass timber as a viable tall building alternative.
Advancing Tall Wood Through State Policy in Virginia
WoodWorks guidance to the Virginia Department of Forestry supported early adoption of the 2024 IBC tall wood provisions, enabling mass timber housing up to 12 stories and reducing reliance on costlier concrete construction.
Preserving Tall Wood Opportunities in Multi-Building Development
By addressing contractor concerns, WoodWorks helped a Massachusetts developer keep mass timber in a project with four buildings up to 13 stories, preventing a fallback to conventional materials.
11 E Lenox / Monte French Design Studio / H+O Structural Engineering / Courtesy Monte French Design Studio
Converting Nashville Developer to Wood
Through sustained, proactive engagement with a developer, WoodWorks turned exploration to understanding and implementation as they transition a previously envisioned seven-story concrete tower into an innovative wood solution.
Supporting NYC’s Tallest Wood Building
After attending a WoodWorks seminar, a team reached out to discuss the feasibility of constructing NYC’s tallest mass timber building. At the time, NYC had few completed mass timber projects. WoodWorks assisted with code pathways, construction type, logistics, and suppliers, and later with fire resistance requirements and design.
12-Story Concrete-to-Wood Conversion in OR
WoodWorks helped an architect and developer new to mass timber convert a post-tensioned concrete building in design to the first tall wood project in Eugene.
Supporting Mass Timber Affordable Housing in WA
By assisting a first-time tall wood contractor with cost benchmarking, procurement, installer selection, schedule savings, and trade impacts, we helped advance two mass timber affordable housing projects in Seattle.
Landmark Affordable Housing Development in VT
WoodWorks helped a team designing a 1,400-unit affordable housing project identify funding pathways and wood’s benefits related to sustainability and the regional forest economy, advancing Vermont’s first major mass timber affordable housing development.
Evaluating Wood vs. Concrete for 10-Story TX Office
We guided a major developer through Type IV-B, AMMR, fire, hybrid structure, MEPF, exposed timber, and business case considerations, positioning mass timber as a competitive option for a large office development.
Edelman Fossil Park & Museum, KSS Architects, Ennead Architects, photo Jeff Goldberg/Esto
OFFICES
Preparing Contractors for Large-Scale Mass Timber
WoodWorks training and direct proposal support is helping a national contractor deliver a competitive quote to build a 950,000-sqft global headquarters campus featuring multiple mass timber office buildings in the south, replacing conventional construction at scale.
DC Tour Delivers Mass Timber Data Center Opportunity
A WoodWorks-led tour of three Washington, DC mass timber buildings connected an engineer working on confidential data center projects with critical design resources, advancing wood as an alternative to steel and concrete in this emerging market.
WoodWorks support helped NAVFAC MIDLANT advance its first mass timber pilot project in Virgina, replacing conventional materials by addressing technical concerns and positioning mass timber for future DoW projects.
Supporting Advanced Mass Timber Design Applications
WoodWorks connected an experienced architecture firm to qualified manufacturers and relevant case studies to help inform a complex civic project with a radial roof grid, expanding the feasibility of mass timber in place of traditional systems.
Influencing NYC Public Projects Toward Mass Timber
Through targeted training and code guidance, WoodWorks enabled New York City’s Department of Design and Construction to advance its first mass timber recreational facility, positioning wood as a scalable alternative across its large public building portfolio.
Tour Gives Boise Airport Contractor Mass Timber Exposure
Strategic engagement from WoodWorks—including a tour of another mass timber project—helped keep mass timber on course for the Boise Airport Expansion. Hearing from WoodWorks and other AECs increased the builder’s confidence in wood’s viability at the critical preconstruction stage—a time when the builder can make or break a project’s cost-effectiveness.
NC Healthcare Firm Sees Wood Opportunity
A WoodWorks webinar on North Carolina code changes led to in-office training for a healthcare architecture firm, positioning mass timber for future projects in a traditionally non-wood sector.
Aquaculture Lab Advances Mass Timber in AK
We helped an Alaska team new to mass timber refine grid, panel, transport, moisture, lateral design, supplier, and installer strategies, supporting a tribal-owned learning lab in a state where mass timber remains uncommon.
GA Facilities Summit Opens Public Sector Doors
A mass timber presentation to 175 state facilities leaders generated project discussions, three in-office presentations, and future speaking opportunities to expand wood use in government-funded buildings.
Advancing Mass Timber Workforce Housing for School Districts
WoodWorks support helped advance a mass timber workforce housing project for a public school district, demonstrating wood as a scalable, cost-effective alternative to traditional construction for essential worker housing.
Showcasing Scalable Affordable Housing in Los Altos
By leading a tour of Los Altos’ first 100% affordable housing project—featuring modular light-frame construction over a mass timber podium—WoodWorks helped developers and civic leaders see wood as a viable, cost-conscious alternative to conventional materials.
Concrete and Steel-Focused Firm Looks to WoodWorks for Assistance
A Dallas engineering firm specializing in concrete and steel turned to WoodWorks for guidance on a wood hotel project, illustrating how ongoing outreach and education build confidence and expand the use of wood in projects that might otherwise rely on other materials.
After a DC building tour and follow-up, WoodWorks helped a team new to mass timber refine details for a tech company’s first mass timber data center, creating a potential national prototype.
CLT Skid Pathway for Hyperscale Data Centers
WoodWorks helped a hyperscale data center team justify CLT skids in a Type II-B building, avoiding a fallback to steel and opening a repeatable wood-use opportunity.
Assisting with Mass Timber Feasibility in TX
WoodWorks reviewed conceptual drawings under an NDA and provided CLT span, grid, and construction management guidance, helping a GC evaluate mass timber early in a large data center project.
Feature Projects – Q2
DOW Barracks
After serving as a technical resource in the development of specifications that allow CLT and glulam to be used in Department of War buildings, WoodWorks assisted the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Seattle District with a barracks for 200 soldiers. We provided education and resources, reviewed the drawings in depth and met with the team numerous times to discuss comments and design details. The five-story project includes CLT floors / roof with light-frame wood walls.
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WA 115,595 SQFT | 2.5 MM BF*
USACE Seattle District
10-Building Audio/Video Campus
WoodWorks began assisting the Watchtower organization as they considered material options for a 10-building campus. We helped demonstrate wood’s viability during the concept phase and served as a resource during design. We also connected them with a facilities person who had managed a large mass timber university project and with WIN members to arrange building tours. The first three buildings under construction are hybrids with mass timber floors / roofs and light-gauge steel walls.
Alveare architecture firm Steinberg Hart called WoodWorks after reviewing some light-frame details in our CAD/Revit tool. They had unique conditions due to the tightness of the site and wanted to better understand the code requirements and Type III detailing methodology. After answering questions, the RD followed up with a presentation to familiarize their broader team with the detailing nuances of larger light-frame projects. Once complete, Alveare will be the area’s largest affordable housing community.
LOS ANGELES, CA 144,229 SQFT | 2 MM BF*
Steinberg Hart
Henry Horton State Park Inn
After hosting a building tour for Tennessee officials, WoodWorks was introduced to the State’s Design Development Manager, who was new to mass timber. After initial discussions, we gave him a pass to the 2023 International Mass Timber Conference. The following year, he introduced us to EOA Architects to assist in using a mass timber solution for the Henry Horton State Park Inn—Tennessee’s first state-funded mass timber project.
WoodWorks continued its strong performance in the first half of 2026, influencing 214 projects that advanced to construction while maintaining a consistent pace of project conversions over the past four quarters. Although construction activity continues to vary by project and market, the steady conversion rate reflects WoodWorks’ ongoing ability to help move wood projects from design into construction.
The first half of 2026 was distinguished not only by the number of projects, but also by their scale and impact. Average project size reached a record 135,000 square feet year-to-date, supported by several large multifamily and student housing projects and a higher proportion of mass timber construction. Together, these trends position WoodWorks to deliver greater market impact while continuing to build long-term demand for wood products.
