@StructuralBIMGuy that's 2 different products you are talking about. Those fires used a 5mm PE cladding commonly known as Alucabond, Looks like this... https://hvgfacades.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Alucobond-Plus-aluiminium-cladding-panels-being-installed-on-the-West-Connex-M4-East-Project.j...

70-80 kg! Hell, some of the panels/beams/sheeting we have installed over the years weighed at least that and more. Totally, and some! But say a standard 4 bedroom home may have say 60 external panels alone, this becomes something of an issue! I guess my point is that moving around 60 x 50-60kg pane...

Not true. Some of the big panels may be but most of the ones I've seen have been 1800 x 900 x 70mm thick and each probable weighed no more than 7-8 kg. That's a small panel Stewie! Most SIPS are 2700mm x 1200mm which when surfaced with MgO gives them a weight of around 70-80kg! That's a lot to be m...

I am doing a custom build in regional Victoria since I really didn't like any of the volume builders plans. The costs so far are: Pre-construction (owner builder card and VBA fee, land title searches, soil and contour surveys, BAL plan, draftsperson services, structural engineering report, construc...

Re 3d printing, s ounds great, but that is going to be long while away. Modular homes too have come a long way, but decent looking ones cost like Modscape cost considerably more than a standard build at $2800-5000 per sqm + GST! Way too much for what still looks like a prefab house. I want to build...