Projects – Page 2 – Meyer Timber

MPP59 – Edmonson Park Cassettes – Mar 2024

When Frasers Property wanted to speed up their build process whilst making it safer as well, they turned to floor cassettes for their development at Edmonson Park, NSW. The 20 units of cassettes is the 2nd project they have completed this way with the 3D files sent to them before manufacture for approval. Not only does this allow conflict resolution to happen; it also means the floors can be imported into their drawings which improves project documentation.

MPP58 – SDWC Truss Screws – Feb 2024

The Simpson Strong-Tie SDWC truss screws have become the builder’s choice when it comes to tie-down connectors. The recent surge of these versatile screws meant we had no choice but to feature the SDWC as a Project Profile, especially to share the organic feedback from builders. The main attraction being its safety, ease of installation and relatively higher design capacities compared to traditional truss connectors.

MPP57 – Passivhaus cassettes – Dec 2023

Westview Frame & Trusses has completed a number of projects for Blue Eco Homes. Blue Eco Homes is run by Joe Mercieca and aims to provide sustainable quality homes with minimal impact on the environment. This is shown in their Warimoo off-grid Passivhaus featured here. The wall panels and roof cassettes were designed and manufactured as closed panels with insulation included and membranes attached, ready for final cladding. A much faster build is the result in this and their other projects

MPP56 – Tathra meyBRACE – Nov 2023

Tathra, on the south coast of NSW, is growing rapidly as people want the sea change in life. We were approached to look at options where the engineer had designed a plywood box beam across the front of a home. A perfect candidate for meyBRACE, this was replaced with 2 separate meyBRACE units. Being pre-fabricated and supplied in kit form including the tie-downs, this allowed the frames to be installed quicker and cheaper than the engineered alternative. And it looks good to, as can be seen in the project profile.

MPP55 – LVL Studs – Oct 2023

Meyer Timber has been offering LVL studs for sometime now, but its current demand has never been stronger since Covid. These studs are branded meyWALL (NSW & QLD), MT-LVL E10 and meyFRAME12 (VIC, TAS & QLD) with the common advantages of dimensional stability, straightness and high-strength. With the impending warm weather, we expect the demand for LVL studs to grow as builders aim to reduce the time spent on pre-sheet frame checks. This month’s project profile takes a look at the widespread use of our red stud in house construction

MPP54 – Three-storey Henley Townhouses Minta Farm Berwick – Sep 2023

Our own, Timber Building Systems (TBS), have partnered with leading Australian builder, Henley Homes, to manufacture and install 150 multi-residential townhomes across suburban Victoria by the end of 2024. Transitioning from traditional building methods to DfMA offsite manufacturing with TBS has enabled Henley to deliver a much faster and more cost-effective end product. To date TBS have manufactured and installed five projects, comprising of a total of 45 two and three-storey townhouses. In this project profile, we have featured the three-storey project at Minta Farm in Berwick.

MPP53 – Precut components – Aug 2023

Stick building a home normally involves getting packs of timber delivered to site where you measure and cut each stick individually. Fast forward to the age of 3D modelling and cutting automation and people like Michael Smith are taking advantage of this. By modelling the home in 3D the timber elements were then automatically exported to a Hundegger cutting file supplied to Meyer Timber to process. By including holes, trenches, angle cuts etc, this has meant that the drop saw on site has had very little use and the speed of construction is increased as shown here.

MPP52 – Skate Ramp – July 2023

Structural timber is not all about buildings. You can use it to have fun as well. This month’s project profile is for a home built skate ramp out of timber. 17mm film faced formply to create the curves, H3 treated pine to support the deck, and a combination of plywood for the surface; 17mm H3 for the flat bits and 2 layers of 7mm CD for the transitions. Coats of deck paint to protect from the elements and it’s ready to carve as you can see in the attached.

MPP51 – Timber portal shed in Mt Gambier – Jun 2023

Timber portal frames have been used in shed construction for many years, but it has certainly been on the decline over the last two decades. The reasons may vary between cost, availability and the dominance of steel sheds in the market. We have now developed a timber portal system, in collaboration with Timberspan Buildings, that can compete with the more commonly used steel sheds. This edition of the Project Profile features one of the first two sheds (10m x 20m) supplied by Meyer Timber which is now being completed by Timberspan Buildings in Mount Gambier.

MPP50 – Qikpanel floor cassettes in Gisborne – May 2023

In this edition, we feature our Qikpanel floor system playing an important role in Carbonlite’s latest project. In this two-storey house in Gisborne, Australia’s top ultra energy efficient home builder, Carbonlite, has chosen Qikpanel as an efficient and trusted floor system to complement their panelised wall product, Panellite. By adopting meyJOIST as a replacement for LVL joists, as originally specified by the project engineer, and with minor tweaks to the layout, we were able to achieve an economical design that made qikpanel an attractive proposition to CarbonLite

MPP49 – Raked meyBRACE with ridge support – Apr 2023

Small additions seem simple but they can often cause issues with respect to bracing. This was the case with a home on the South Coast of NSW. The front wall was full of glazing and was the only wall in that direction to accommodate bracing. It was also holding up a ridge beam to support the raked ceiling rafters. meyBRACE to the rescue! A bespoke design with a cranked lintel which provided raking capacity as well as ridge beam support gave the builder exactly what they were after.

MPP48 – Meyer Timber QLD Office Building – Mar 2023

With a floor area of 485 m2, this Meyer Timber QLD Office Building was built with the TBS panelised wall systems, comprising of timber framing, insulation and a hybrid OSB-MDF interior panel that provided a painted finished internal wall lining. A total of 157 LM of the wall was installed in just under 4 days. The speed and efficiency of the installation was successfully achieved by the well-designed and documented drawings along with TBS’ precision manufacturing process.

MPP47 – meyBRACE for multiple units – Feb 2023

When faced with a set of 5 units with no solid walls across the front elevation, the detailers at South Coast Timber Supply (SCTS) turned to meyBRACE. By installing one meyBRACE portal around the garage door and another around the front window of each unit they were able to get over 15kN of bracing capacity. Once supplied, the production team at SCTS installed them into the pre-fab wall frames in the factory, meaning it was even easier on site.

MPP46 – Townhouses at Mount Annan (Part 2 – Video on Installation) – Dec 2022

We follow on from last month’s edition, where we introduced a video (Part 1) showing the fabrication stages of a large cassette floor project. This involved 149 townhouses at Mount Annan, which was delivered by Meyer Timber through Campbelltown F&T for the Sunland Group. Part 2 of the video shows the on-site aspects of the installation.

MPP45 – Townhouses at Mount Annan (Part 1 – Video on manufacturing) – Nov 2022

Meyer Timber NSW just completed a large cassette floor project involving 149 townhouses at Mount Annan. Delivered through Campbelltown F&T for the Sunland Group, this also included prefabricated stair and void cassettes. Enjoy the video showing the first phase of this project involving detailing and fabrication. Refer to the next Project Profile, MPP46 (Dec 2022), for a video on the installation, which also highlights the benefits to the builder/developer.

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