Structural Design & Estimating
When it comes to timber construction, V2E offers more than just a timber take-off estimating service. Instead of dealing separately with truss companies, estimating firms, and engineers for your structural design and estimating needs, you only need to work with one company – us!
The Current Process
12 weeks, more cost and multiple suppliers
The V2E Process
6 weeks, 3x less cost and less time in the builders’ office.
Timber Framing Design
We offer a comprehensive suite of structural timber designs in accordance with AS1684 and the latest EWP (Engineered Wood Products) design software. Our services include bracing and tie-down designs, complete with high quality layouts that specify lintel sizes, rafter dimensions, bearer and pitch beam details, and more. Our layouts also show all bracing and connection details straight from the code or manufacturer’s recommendations.
Timber Marking Plans
Already have the structural timber design from an engineer, but you want to stick-build the job? No problem. We can provide high quality marking layouts based on your engineer’s designs so that your on-site carpenters know what length needs to be used where. Take control of your timber usage on-site and eliminate the need for carpenters to constantly request additional timber.
Tailored Timber Take-Offs
We provide a fully detailed take-off list that you can give straight to your timber supplier to obtain quotes for all the necessary members. As a standard, this list includes all 1st fix elements (such as walls, roofs, floors, etc.) and tie-downs, but it can also include additional components such as eaves, 2nd fix, decks, claddings, and more.
Our take-offs can also be tailored to suit your construction preferences. You like all the plates in 5.4’s, but rafters in 6.0’s? No problem. You like to use 45mm plates instead of 35mm? No problem. By using our Customer Building Specifications, we ensure that your construction style is integrated into the estimating process, so you can order directly from our list.
Roof & Floor Truss Designs
We have an in-house team of registered and trained truss designers, who can supply you with Roof & Floor Truss Layouts, Calculations and Design Reports for council certifications. This also streamlines your quoting process, as you can get multiple truss quotes from different suppliers based on our layouts.
3D Structural Models
Take the guessing game out of framing and see the structure before you put it together with our 3D Structural Model. Seeing connection details, pitching lines, roof trimming details and post connections are all added advantages when trying to frame up that particularly complex job.
Through our cloud-based web link and QR code, everyone involved in the build can easily see what they’re building, without the need for specialist construction software, logins, or attachments. Just scan the code on your mobile device at any time to be taken to the latest version of the 3D model.
There’s no confusion about which version of the drawing everyone is looking at and there’s a quicker review process for any amendments as you go through the build – great for collaboration and version control.
Structural Engineering Design & Layouts
Sometimes, projects require an engineer to review a design or a structural steel member due to high loads or a design falling outside the scope of AS1684. Our in-house structural engineers can help. We can provide you with the designs and layouts to share with your steel fabricators as a starting point for generating their steel shop drawings. We also cross-reference our timber framing documents to ensure consistency across the entire set, saving amendment time and charges further down the track.
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If you’d like to discuss how we can make your estimations faster, easier and more accurate, please fill out the form below.