Tallest timber apartment building opening today

Tallest timber apartment building opening today

Friday 22 Feb 2013

Lend Lease will be launching its AU$11 million, 10-storey tower Forte at Victoria Harbour in Melbourne today and tomorrow. Further details on the festival to launch the building can be found here. The complex, with 23 apartments and ground floor retail space, is a showpiece for cross-laminated timber (CLT), which is manufactured using layers of timber to create solid panels.

According to Lend Lease the material reduced CO2 emissions by more than 1600 tonnes compared to structures built from concrete and steel. "The state of the art production processes of CLT ensure a very high precision outcome compared to steel or pouring concrete on-site," the company's operational excellence head Daryl Patterson said.

"Using CLT offers better thermal performance and requires less energy to heat and cool which means reduced energy and water costs which averages savings of $300 per year or up to 25 per cent less than a typical code-compliant apartment," Mr Patterson said.

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