South Australian building company System Built Homes has just completed the first display village on the Central South Wales coast in which each house utilises steel for floor and wall framing, roof trusses and roof cladding. Four houses were prefabricated in Adelaide, transported and erected at the Pacific Lakes development near Lake Munmorah. Neil Davis, who operates the company with fellow director Alex Karytinos, says steel was the optimum solution for System Built Homes prefabricated transportable buildings, with its light weight and strength making it suitable for transporting over 1300km. The steel framing is manufactured from BHP Zincalume steel and the modules delivered for assembly on site. Our sister company and specialist steel building products manufacturer Olympic Industries supplies its patented prefabricated Rotalok steel framing, trussses and roofing for the homes, he says.
Every structural piece is made to the exact specifications from the factory.
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