Three big names dominate the Australian market. Integrating with machinery, complex modern software is driving the shift to timber offsite construction, making it safer, more economical and more reliable.įrom the first quotes, through to final detailing of a project, houses and mid-rise timber structures can exist virtually to allow for precise planning of everything from budgets and timings to connections and services, well before the first piece of timber is cut.Īnd on the fabricator’s floor, management systems are now guiding the processes well beyond directing cuts and joins, from picking timber to delivery scheduling, increasing productivity and smoothing workflows.
Since then, we’ve seen technology advance through slide rules and calculators to CAD and now 3D modelling. We talk to a leading developer about how software is driving the future of timber construction.Ĭalculations for building with timber were once done with chalk and string.
