DesignMake will service Lendlease’s growing property development business. The aim is combine smart design and advanced manufacturing processes to produce high quality, innovative and sustainable products that respond to market demand.
Lendlease’s DesignMake business will be located in Western Sydney and comprise a 15,000m2 manufacturing facility which will be operational in late 2016. The facility will predominantly use engineered timber products, such as cross laminated timber (CLT), which are suitable for some construction activities that currently use concrete, masonry and steel. It will have several production lines adaptable to other materials and product solutions such as wall, floor components and full modular solutions.
Lendlease’s chief executive officer for property, Tarun Gupta, said there is a push in the property industry for safer, more sustainable and more efficient forms of construction. “Like other sectors, the construction and property industry is changing, mainly driven by technology, urbanisation, the need for greater sustainability and the increasing complexity and size of projects.
He added: “Innovative technologies, such as design for manufacture and assembly, can drive improvements in each of these areas, while delivering a high quality product for the end user. With a shift to smart design and advanced manufacturing processes, we are enhancing safety by taking high risk activities into a controlled factory setting, and improving logistics at building sites with fewer vehicles movements and a reduced disruption to surrounding communities.”
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