Summerset Retirement Village
By Carter Holt Harvey
PROJECT NAME: SUMMERSET RETIREMENT VILLAGE ENGINEER: SILVESTER/CLARK CONSULTING ENGINEERS ARCHITECT: SUMMERSET GROUP HOLDINGS BUILDER: SUMMERSET GROUP HOLDINGS FABRICATOR: CARTERS MANUFACTURING
SUMMERSET RETIREMENT VILLAGE
The challenge was to provide a lightweight structural floor solution with inherent acoustic and fire properties.
The solution was to use Timber Concrete Composite (TCC) floors which provide the advantages of both LVL beams and a concrete screed/slab, combined using defined connection methods to provide composite action. The use of TCC floors gave Summerset an acoustic and fire rating already incourporated in a structural floor solution. The ability to provide the TCC floor system in prefabricated modules allowed the majority of the fabrication work to be completed off-site. The floors were then delivered by truck in 2.7m wide modules and lifted into place, ready for placement of mesh and concrete scred. The lightweight nature of the TCC floor systems allowed the supporting structure to be completed with Futurebuild® LVL framed walls. in lieu of more expensive support structures
The project was initially sized and scoped using the Futurebuild LVL Commercial Preliminary Design Service. The engineers at Silvester Clark were able to use the TCC floor design module in computeIT® for beams to optimise a fit for purpose structural solution, using the Futurebuild LVL range of products and available section sizes.
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Carter Holt Harvey (CHH) is one of New Zealand’s leading forest products companies, manufacturing and supplying timber, laminated veneer lumber (LVL), plywood and other building products to the New Zealand market. Carter Holt Harvey together with its legacy companies has been a feature of the Australasian timber industry for more than 150 years. Carter Holt Harvey is organised into four business units: Carter Holt Harvey Building Products (CHH Timber), Carter Holt Harvey Plywood (CHH Plywood), Carter Holt Harvey LVL (Futurebuild®LVL) and Carters Building Supplies.
CHH Timber is one of the largest and oldest producers of timber building products across New Zealand. Manufacturing timber across the Kawerau, Kinleith and Nelson Mill facilities, CHH Timber produces brands Laserframe®and Pinex®for use in structurally graded or outdoor timber applications.
CHH Plywood specialises in the manufacture and supply of both structural and non-structural plywood products, with familiar brands such as Ecoply®, Shadowclad®, Ecoply Barrier and Handiply®. These brands are suitable for a range of applications subject to proposed use including structural, exterior cladding, interior lining applications, DIY and packaging among some of the many uses. The brands are specified and used within the New Zealand construction industry by Architects, Builders and DIY professionals. Operating in New Zealand for over 30 years, CHH Plywood is one of the largest producers of plywood in New Zealand and manufactures from its central North Island site at Tokoroa.
Futurebuild LVL offers the largest range of LVL products within New Zealand, which are used in projects across Australasia. Manufacturing LVL in the Marsden Point plant, Futurebuild LVL produces brands hySPAN®, hyJOIST®, hyONE®, hy90®, hyCHORD®, truFORM®, hyPLANK®, edgeFORM®, and hyFRAME® building systems. Futurebuild LVL products are used in applications such as floor joists, beams, rafters, lintels, truss chords and purlins in construction of residential, commercial, industrial and rural buildings, subject to design verification.
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