Big opportunities for prefabricated timber products for high rise buildings, professor says
9 years, 7 months ago

Big opportunities for prefabricated timber products for high rise buildings, professor says

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There are hopes Tasmania's timber industry may find a new path to profitability, with the increasing use of prefabricated timber structures in major building projects. Associate Professor Greg Nolan from the University of Tasmania said European and US builders were using prefabricated timber in major projects already, some up to 14-storeys high. Associate Professor Nolan works with the University of Tasmania's Centre for Sustainable Architecture with Wood, which helped design the university's four-storey student accommodation development being built at Inveresk near Launceston. To produce the job efficiently you might prefabricate large components of that in a plant in Hobart or Launceston Associate Professor Nolan said the building model could help reduce costs where projects were being built in remote areas and building skills were hard to find, or the site was exposed to the elements.

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Tasmania's first timber high-rise building taking shape on Launceston skyline
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Tasmania's first timber high-rise building taking shape on Launceston skyline

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Timber skyscrapers reach for record heights and sustainable Australian cities
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Timber skyscrapers reach for record heights and sustainable Australian cities

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