Cost of Building Crisis is Happening Now!

Read how Super-Span is turning the tables on the cost of timber.

I’m sure you have heard in the news and across your social feeds that the COSTS OF BUILDING MATERIALS IS RISING!

This being due to reasons such as timber shortages due to the Ukraine war, logistics delays, the bush fires effects on our own pine plantations in 2019/2020 and the COVID pandemic. For these reasons, stakeholders of industry such as builders are all feeling the pinch and are struggling to find ways to carry the burden of these price rises. Builders and construction companies are passing these costs on to consumers and catching consumers off-guard.

An article by ‘The Courier Mail’ talks about how “a national builder founded in Queensland, is demanding up to $70,000 in additional costs to complete homes.” 

With timber such a mainstay of the Australian housing industry for so long, many builders can be forgiven for not looking elsewhere for viable alternatives for construction materials, with steel an excellent example. Super-Span Australia offers a sustainable and affordable solution to countering the timber shortage. Not only is it manufactured here in Australia, it also can be delivered to your construction site in 4-6 weeks! 

One of the major factors for a project going over budget, isn't simply just the price of the material, it's ultimately the delays that drive a price upwards. Steel floors are more readily available than timber in the current climate and with the ability to manufacture for several locations around Australia, more and more builders are making the switch to a steel floor solution with Super-Span.