Could this deliver you better returns on your next project?
Australand's 'The Green' - a 5 storey timber-framed apartment building
Free (recorded) webinar on reducing costs and improving margins by using wood for medium sized multi-residential and commercial projects.
The webinar is an approx. 40 minute presentation, followed by 15 mins of Q&A
This project developed realistic timber costing information for building professionals in the non-housing building sector.
It compared the cost of constructing four commercial building types in timber and using traditional materials. The building types were a 7 storey office building, an 8 storey apartment building, a 2 storey aged care facility and a single storey industrial shed.
Each building type was designed and then independently costed for a timber option as well as a more conventional concrete framed or steel framed building in an urban location.
In all cases constructing the building in timber had lower costs than for the competing non-timber solution. Cost savings were 2.2% for the 8 storey apartment building, 9.4% for the single storey industrial shed, 12.4% for the 7 storey office building and 13.9% for the 2 storey aged care facility.
The report found the greatest potential benefits to the timber industry are in the industrial shed, aged care and office building markets