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Timber buildings: evidence of lower costs emerge
Timber buildings really can be potentially more cost effective to build. New Australian research supports the case and the timber development sector is educating the rest of the industry.    The FWPA funded study, ‘Commercial Building Costing Cases Studies – Traditional Design versus Timber Project’, was developed by Andrew Dunn from the Timber Development Association ...Read More

Final Report For Commercial Building Costing Cases Studies – Traditional Design versus Timber Project
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 ...Read More