DALLAS: They are starting to realise what all the fuss is about when it comes to the push to use more off-site manufactured products, and they are starting to use precast concrete.
Whilst brick and mortar houses have been well entrenched, precast is starting to get a look in, offering a much faster, more thermally efficient and longer-lasting alternative.
Hollow Core Concrete owner Peter Healy says precast is comparable from a cost perspective to a solid brick house with concrete flooring, but it’s the speed of construction which is its huge selling point. The company has worked on a number of precast houses ranging from simple single-storey homes to complex multi-level houses and medium density housing.
A precast 300 square metre, two-storey house that Hollow Core is building at the moment will take about six months. Lock-up occurred after just nine weeks on site. Using conventional construction methods, it would have taken at least 12 months to build this style of home…