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Project / Completed 2025

Australian Oak MASSLAM drives low embodied carbon at CIT Woden

/ By Gray Puksand
Australian Oak
Mass Timber
Adam McGrath, John Czechowski, ASH
2025
Gray Puksand
Lendlease
Infrastructure Canberra
2026 - Finalist - Australian Timber Design Awards - Australian Certified Timber

2026 - Finalist - Sustainability Awards - Institutional and Public Buildings

2026 - Winner - Australian Institute of Architects’ ACT Architecture Awards - Educational Architecture

2026 - Winner - Australian Institute of Architects’ ACT Architecture Awards - Interior Architecture

2026 - Winner - Australian Institute of Architects’ ACT Architecture Awards - Social Impact Prize

2026 - Finalist - IDEA Awards - Institutional Category

The Space

Australia's largest mass timber building by volume, CIT Woden, is a 22,500-square-metre, 6-Star Green Star vocational training campus in Canberra. Built using approximately 1,200 cubic metres of mass engineered timber, the project drew on Australian Oak MASSLAM to help achieve an impressive 50-percent reduction in structural embodied carbon. It's yet another example showcasing the advantages of locally made structural timber to support ambitious sustainability goals in large-scale construction.
2026 - Finalist - Australian Timber Design Awards - Australian Certified Timber

2026 - Finalist - Sustainability Awards - Institutional and Public Buildings

2026 - Winner - Australian Institute of Architects’ ACT Architecture Awards - Educational Architecture

2026 - Winner - Australian Institute of Architects’ ACT Architecture Awards - Interior Architecture

2026 - Winner - Australian Institute of Architects’ ACT Architecture Awards - Social Impact Prize

2026 - Finalist - IDEA Awards - Institutional Category
Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) Woden campus featuring Australian Oak mass engineered timber (MASSLAM)
Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) Woden campus featuring Australian Oak mass engineered timber (MASSLAM)
Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) Woden campus featuring Australian Oak mass engineered timber (MASSLAM)
Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) Woden campus featuring Australian Oak mass engineered timber (MASSLAM)
Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) Woden campus featuring Australian Oak mass engineered timber (MASSLAM)
Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) Woden campus featuring Australian Oak mass engineered timber (MASSLAM)
Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) Woden campus featuring Australian Oak mass engineered timber (MASSLAM)
Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) Woden campus featuring Australian Oak mass engineered timber (MASSLAM)
Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) Woden campus featuring Australian Oak mass engineered timber (MASSLAM)
Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) Woden campus featuring Australian Oak mass engineered timber (MASSLAM)
Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) Woden campus featuring Australian Oak mass engineered timber (MASSLAM)
Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) Woden campus featuring Australian Oak mass engineered timber (MASSLAM)
Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) Woden campus featuring Australian Oak mass engineered timber (MASSLAM)
Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) Woden campus featuring Australian Oak mass engineered timber (MASSLAM)
Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) Woden campus during construction. Featuring Australian Oak mass engineered timber (MASSLAM).
Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) Woden campus during construction. Featuring Australian Oak mass engineered timber (MASSLAM).
Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) Woden campus during construction. Featuring Australian Oak mass engineered timber (MASSLAM).
Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) Woden campus during construction. Featuring Australian Oak mass engineered timber (MASSLAM).

Detailed project feature coming soon.

Learn more about MASSLAM

Timber used

MASSLAM 45
Glue-laminated mass timber system of columns, beams and floors utilising Australian Oak (Tasmanian Oak).

Applications

  • Mass timber columns & beams
  • Timber/concrete composite floors (ATC)
  • Parallel laminated timber
  • Mass timber stairs
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MASSLAM 45

MASSLAM 45 is ASH’s brand of glue laminated (GLT) mass timber systems including columns, beams and floors.

Manufactured specifically for large-scale commercial construction projects. MASSLAM 45 uses Australian Oak due to the high strength-to-weight ratios compared to timbers worldwide. The only glue-laminated timber in Australia to hold EWPAA certification.

Suitable applications:

  • Mass timber columns
  • Mass timbe beams
  • Timber/concrete composite floors (ATC)
  • Parallel laminated timber
  • Mass timber stairs

These samples are cross sections of a typical mass timber column or beam, intended to provide an accurate representation of the appearance and scale of these elements. As such, they are substantial in size and weight, and generally reserved for architects and building firms working on commercial, large-scale developments. If you are looking for structural timber (traditional F17 or laminated and finger-jointed SUPALAM F17 for an architectural look, please select the Australian Oak Uncoated sample. 

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