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Tuesday | 6th August | 2019

Where have we come from? Where are we now? and What is Next

Stages of Design

Founded in 2001

Factory built in 2003

First LVL produced in 2004

Neerabup, Western Australia

$110 Manufacturing Facility

The only Australian made LVL

Using Australian sustainably sourced timber

Supporting Australian jobs

Full chain of custody

EWPAA third party accreditation

Strong, Efficient, Sustainable and Innovative

Who is Wesbeam?

Australian Softwood Plantations grow approximately 30-40 m3/min

Assuming 500kg/m3 density approximately 15 – 20 tonne timber/minute

About 50% of a tree is carbon.

21 million tonne of CO2 per annum

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WHAT CHANGED?























NCC 2016 - a deemed to comply timber solution

WHAT CHANGED?

F O R T E B U I L D I N G

FORTE LIVING –LENDLEASE 2012

THE BEGINNING OF THE TIMBER

ECONOMIC REVOLUTIONo Proof of Concept for Lendlease.

o Timber used primarily as a structural

material and had to stack up

economically!

o Made possible by offsite manufacturing

using precision CNC Machinery.

o Made possible due to timbers light

weight

o Number of Similar projects.

THE GLOBAL MOVEMENT AWAY FROM CLT WALLS

F O R T E B U I L D I N G

PHOENIX APARTMENTS -STRONGBUILD

o Costed against Concrete as a full

CLT construction. Cost savings $800

000

o Costed as a Post and Beam

construction. Cost Savings +$200

000

o Costed as a light weight wall frame.

Cost Savings +$500 000

339 Williamstown Road, MELBOURNE

o Currently up for tender.

o 9 m x 30 m base, 10 stories high.

o Horizontal plates span 7m

o Lateral Stability Challenge


1. Floor Solution LVL

Cassette

2. Lateral Bracing Solution

using Lift Core and Stair

Core.

What’s Next?T O P I C ST O P I C S

1. BE TIMBER AWARE

2. CONSIDER TIMBER FIBRE DIRECTION

3. REMEMBER TIMBER CAN BE REINFORCED

4. BE PREPARED TO INNOVATE

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