Executive Chairman | Barrie Harrop, Sustainable Outcomes, Placemaker, with social responsibility.
Australia's housing crisis requires urgent solutions. While prefabrication construction has been proposed as a fix, it's not without its challenges, let alone trucking the half houses along busy roads and the chaos that follows as special escorted requirements exist to clear traffic off the road with the approaching truck loaded with half a dwelling because of road traffic laws across Australia. In Australia, prefabrication construction is essentially a cottage industry, making it challenging to meet the staggering shortfall of over 1 million affordable and social dwellings required now, not to mention the additional 300,000 to 400,000 needed in the next 3 to 5 years. Transporting prefabricated homes across the country presents logistical issues, with half a dwelling requiring police or specialist services to warn oncoming traffic. Infill residential mid-rise apartments on surplus public land may be a more viable solution. Emulating London's policy of setting aside up to 50% of surplus land for affordable housing could be the answer. Additionally, a mandatory 30% affordable housing requirement in rezoned areas near public transport infrastructure could provide an immediate value capture. It's time for an inclusive policy setting that addresses Australia's housing crisis with urgency and social responsibility. The answer is scalable Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) in advanced modular construction platforms, which can be trucked to building sites in shipping containers with their own cranes on board and then assembled on site like "Lego" generally saves up to 75% in time, over slow inefficient custom construction, offering "Speed to Market." #advancedmodular #CLT #housingcrisis #sustainability
Marina Kozul
8mo
Hi Barrie, I've just delivered a permanent modular kinder ~ 400m2. Building plus bulk Site works on a complex sloped site took 4 months from purchase order (Nov 2023 - March 2024 incl christmas break). To liken to a new home which is say 100m2 in size (2-3 bed) ... If there were 10,000 modular builders, they would collectively build 10,000 homes per month. To build 1,000,000 homes at this rate, it would take 1,000,000 homes / 10,000 homes per month = 100 months. Converting months to years, it would take 100 months / 12 months per year = 8.33 years. So, with 10,000 builders, it would take approximately 8.33 years to build 1,000,000 homes. CLT and other efficient methods will rise to the challenge ...The cottage industry just tipped into mass production! How does that sound?
Michael Rahill
8mo
Thx Barrie. Rather than building in half house size segments why not smaller, traffic and logistic friendly components?
Dennis McMahon
8mo
I'm with you Barrie Harrop
Executive Chairman | Barrie Harrop, Sustainable Outcomes, Placemaker, with social responsibility.
8mo"Speed to market "is the market opportunity for advanced modular construction. The Thrive Alliance has over 100,000 major urban projects worldwide. Our "Thrive Alliance" Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) in Australia and Internationally is made from renewable plantation forest trees. Our "Thrive Alliance" Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) in Australia and Internationally is made from renewable plantation forest trees. CLT=stored carbon capacity is up to 40,000 “residential grade” midrise apartments per year, targeting the “Baby Boomers” and "Essential Workers " including social housing on a scale (including disability workers) across Australia, including Regional Australia, built in up to 75% less time than current custom construction methods, in excellent designs, detailing and finishes with almost zero waste of valuable building materials. The concept below in CLT is an affordable, walkable urban village with a sense of community where people can look out for each other near Railway Stations, Tram stops, Jobs, shopping, Schools, Hospitals, and amenities. https://www.thriveconstruct.com.au/