Australia’s growing urban population is having a major impact on property development from increasing density of living in inner and middle suburbs within our cities, encouraging construction of mid-rise and high-rise multi-residential apartments to meet demand. Source: Timberbiz
Commercial property developers are seeking more efficient methods to meet the challenges of construction in this competitive sector, with a solution emerging from the utilisation of timber and engineered wood construction systems.
A major breakthrough for the construction sector to consider taller timber buildings is the 2016 National Construction Code, which includes provisions for the use of both lightweight and mass timber construction up to an effective building height of 25m (up to eight storeys), effective from May 2016.
In a coincidence of timing, the national conference Frame Australia 2016 is being held on Monday 23 May at Park Hyatt Melbourne with the theme “Building construction with prefabricated timber and engineered wood”.
Presentations will cover the NCC code changes and new opportunities, with topics for both major sectors of prefabricated timber and engineered wood; and building design and construction; held in parallel sessions to enable a one day program.
Conference Director Kevin Ezard said: “Timber and wood construction is a viable alternative to current systems, due to much faster construction, site safety improvements, less complexity on site, and lower overall construction costs”.
