Rethinking Aged Care Construction - Consider Timber

Technical Design Guide 28
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This Guide aims to help those involved in the decision chain (such as cost managers, estimators, design professionals, building developers and project managers) gain a better understanding of the value that timber construction systems offer aged care accommodation projects.

Introduction

Both solutions were designed to optimise functional performance, constructability and cost-effectiveness and provide guidance for compliance under the National Construction Code (NCC). The Guide provides an explanatory understanding of decision-making issues when developing timber solutions.

The timber solution shows costs that are $112,600 (16%) lower than a comparable steel frame solution.