Rethinking Aged Care Construction - Consider Timber

Forsythe, PJ

Rethinking Aged Care Construction - Consider Timber

Forsythe, PJ

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Publisher:: Forest and Wood Products Australia Limited
Publication Type:: Report
Citation:: 2015, pp. 1 - 31
Issue Date:: 2015-12

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Forsythe, PJ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0997-9118	en_US
dc.date.issued	2015-12	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	2015, pp. 1 - 31	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-925213-22-5	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/41463
dc.publisher	Forest and Wood Products Australia Limited	en_US
dc.title	Rethinking Aged Care Construction - Consider Timber	en_US
dc.type	Report
utslib.for	1202 Building	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Built Environment
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CCDP - Contemporary Design Practice
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.commissioning-body	WoodSolutions	en_US
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pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.rights-statement	As trends in Australian housing indicate decreasing affordability and the need to accommodate an increasing ageing population, there is a subsequent need to deliver cost efficient housing construction systems. Of note, aged care housing involves a different regulatory compliance pathway compared to the likes of detached housing (where timber construction is already known to provide a cost effective construction solution). This research developed a model aged care building involving application of a lightweight timber-framed solution, and compared it with a common lightweight steel-framed solution. The report provides an explanatory understanding of cost and design related decision making and provides guidance for compliance under the National Construction Code (NCC). The timber solution was found to be cheaper than the steel framing solution in both a quantity surveying based cost planning exercise and a market oriented cost study. Of note, the timber solution used stud walls, roof trusses and I-beam floor joists; the steel solution used studs, trusses and C section joists. The deep timber floor joists for the upper floor construction was found to be the main differentiating feature between the two options. Of less overall impact, timber wall frames were found to be more expensive than steel wall framing. The study enables more accurate construction cost decision making.	en_US

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