Sweden Panelised Building Study Tour

Please note:  Registrations for this tour have closed.

    PrefabAUS is pleased to announce its first study tour, designed especially for PrefabAUS members and especially relevant to client organisations, developers, housing providers, architects, builders, offsite construction and component manufacturers, project managers, engineers and other consultants, suppliers, and researchers.

    Sweden is the leading exponent of panelised building systems, with around 80% of its houses being factory-built to reap the construction time, quality and labour efficiency advantages.  This study tour program has been designed to showcase panel systems for detached and apartment (mid-rise) construction and features unparalleled access to factories, projects and industry experts (presentations and technical discussions).

    The Swedish System

    The so called “Swedish System” refers to the prefabrication of timber-framed roof and floor elements, wall panels (both open and closed) which may be transferred to site as elements or pre-assembled into volumetric modules.  The scale at which this occurs varies widely as can be seen in the chart below which depicts the prefabricated housing players in Sweden by the number of houses produced per year. (Chart is based on the work of Charlotte Andersson of byggahus.se)

     
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    Study tour delegates will experience a selection of Swedish prefabricated housing manufacturers from manually produced elements using ‘butterfly tables’ with very low capital investment through to firms utilising highly automated high volume production lines.  Beyond the manufacturing processes involved, the program will also consider the initiation, design, marketing and delivery of panel system projects.

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    Provisional Program:

    Saturday 6 May: free afternoon/evening in Copenhagen to adjust to local time. Stay night at CBD hotel in Copenhagen.

    Sunday 7 May:  After breakfast, travel by our group bus to Sweden and commence study tour content, including the opening presentation from Christopher Hultberg, one of Sweden’s pioneers of prefabrication, who will set the scene for the tour program and share with us his unrivalled knowledge of Sweden’s manufactured building industry. Christopher became Production Engineering Manager at Myresjöhus in 1970, and oversaw the first automated house production system.

    Sunday evening is the Welcome dinner


    Monday 8 to Thursday 11 May: Study tour content in various locations by group bus, all day each day, with the Closing dinner on Thursday night.
    Provisional visits include the following house manufacturers:
    www.alvsbyhus.se
    www.myresjohus.se/vara-hus/sok-hus/
    http://husknuten.se/
    http://www.a-hus.se/
    http://randek.com/en/
    as well as a selection of projects active at the time.
     

    Friday 12 May: after breakfast travel to Copenhagen airport for return flights.

     

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    Dates

    • Depart Australia the evening of Friday 5 May
    • Arrive back in Australia the evening of Saturday 13 May
    • The formal program commences Sunday afternoon and concludes with the Closing Dinner on Thursday evening prior to check-out first thing Friday morning for return connections.

    Cost

    Indicative cost is AUD$5,000 covering:

    • $1,850 allowance for return economy air flights (Australian capital cities to Copenhagen via Dubai on Qantas/Emirates).  Suggested flights with Qantas/Emirates are shown below.  Note that travellers make their own flight arrangements, but can choose to do so via our travel partner (see below).
    • $3,150 ground component payable to PrefabAUS, which includes
      • Hotel accommodation including breakfast in Copenhagen, Denmark (Saturday night)
      • Hotel accommodation including breakfast in the south-west region of Sweden (5 nights).  Location of overnight stays will change most days and will be arranged to synchronise with the final factory and project visit program.
      • Transfer from Copenhagen airport to hotel (meeting whichever flight you arrive on).
      • Group bus transportation (traveller & baggage) from the Copenhagen hotel on Sunday morning throughout the study tour program in Sweden.  Note that the tour program commences on Sunday.
      • Welcome dinner on Sunday night.
      • Presentations, technical discussion and factory and project visits.
      • Closing dinner on Thursday night.
      • Group bus transportation to Copenhagen airport on Friday to connect with QF8152.

    Excluded are transfers in Australia, other meals and drinks, travel insurance, incidentals and hotel surcharges for accompanying partners.

    Flights

    The best itineraries using Qantas/Emirates from each of these Australian departure points are:
     
    QF   9 N 05MAY 5 Melbourne to Dubai Dep 10.55pm / Arr 7.05am (06MAY)   
    QF8151 N 06MAY 6 Dubai to Copenhagen Dep 8.20am / Arr 1.15pm – operated by Emirates            
    QF8152 Q 12MAY 5 Copenhagen to Dubai Dep 3.35pm / Arr 11.55pm – operated by Emirates            
    QF10 Q 13MAY 6 Dubai to Melbourne Dep 1.35am / Arr 8.55pm
     

    QF8413 Q 05MAY 5 Sydney to Dubai Dep 9.10pm / Arr 5.40am (06MAY) – operated by Emirates   
    QF8151 Q 06MAY 6 Dubai to Copenhagen Dep 8.20am / Arr 1.15pm – operated by Emirates              
    QF8152 Q 12MAY 5 Copenhagen to Dubai Dep 3.35pm / Arr 11.55pm – operated by Emirates                
    QF8414 Q 13MAY 6 Dubai to Sydney Dep 2.15am / Arr 10.05pm – operated by Emirates
     

    QF8435 Q 05MAY 5 Brisbane to Dubai Dep 9.00pm / Arr 5.10am (06 MAY) – operated by Emirates   
    QF8151 Q 06MAY 6 Dubai to Copenhagen Dep 8.20am / Arr 1.15pm – operated by Emirates              
    QF8152 Q 12MAY 5 Copenhagen to Dubai Dep 3.35pm / Arr 11.55pm – operated by Emirates                
    QF8432 Q 13MAY 6 Dubai to Brisbane Dep 2.30am / Arr 12.55am (14MAY) – operated by Emirates via Singapore
     

    QF8441 Q 05MAY 5 Adelaide to Dubai Dep 9.50pm / Arr 5.30am (06MAY) - operated by Emirates                                            
    QF8151 Q 06MAY 6 Dubai to Copenhagen Dep 8.20am / Arr 1.15pm – operated by Emirates              
    QF8152 Q 12MAY 5 Copenhagen to Dubai Dep 3.35pm / Arr 11.55pm – operated by Emirates                
    QF8440 Q 13MAY 6 Dubai to Adelaide Dep 2.05am / Arr 8.05pm - operated by Emirates
     

    QF8421 Q 05MAY 5 Perth to Dubai Dep 10.20pm / Arr 5.20am (06MAY) – operated by Emirates    
    QF8151 Q 06MAY 6 Dubai to Copenhagen Dep 8.20am / Arr 1.15pm – operated by Emirates              
    QF8152 Q 12MAY 5 Copenhagen to Dubai Dep 3.35pm / Arr 11.55pm – operated by Emirates                
    QF8420 Q 13MAY 6 Dubai to Perth Dep 2.45am / Arr 5.25pm – operated by Emirates
     

    QF1428 Q 05MAY 5 Canberra to Sydney Dep 4.25pm / Arr 5.20pm                              
    QF8413 Q 05MAY 5 Sydney to Dubai Dep 9.10pm / Arr 5.40am (06MAY) – operated by Emirates   
    QF8151 Q 06MAY 6 Dubai to Copenhagen Dep 8.20am / Arr 1.15pm – operated by Emirates              
    QF8152 Q 12MAY 5 Copenhagen to Dubai Dep 3.35pm / Arr 11.55pm – operated by Emirates                
    QF8414 Q 13MAY 6 Dubai to Sydney Dep 2.15am / Arr 10.05pm – operated by Emirates
    QF1477 Q 14MAY Sydney to Canberra Dep 9.30am / Arr 10.25am
     

    Please Note:

    1. Flights shown above are subject to availability and cannot be guaranteed until bookings are made and payment received.
    2. Upgrading with Qantas or Emirates Frequent Flyer points subject to airline policy.
    3. Other ticket and itinerary options can be arranged through Benalla Travel or your own travel partner.
    4. Payments on credit card will attract an additional fee of $25 approx.

    Benalla Travel

    Ben Hayes

    ben@benallatravel.com.au 

    www.benallatravel.com.au

    T +61 3 5762 3187

    F +61 3 5762 5578