Are tradies overpaid??

Originally posted by ChippyDude ↑

Yes your right, it would be possible to adjust each layer of Bricks to get it right by laser etc , But only if they use Bricks and mortar.

The video was using stacker type bricks that use a 3mm glue, and basically each brick wont be exact enough to use such a thin glue, Thats the main point I meant, Stacker bricks and glue can vary in size, you could get 1000 bricks that are 3mm bigger than the next 1000 Bricks, so to lay those bricks each to a laser point of height, the Bigger bricks need a thinner mortar, and the thinner bricks need a thicker mortar, Then yes it can be done. But this Machine is 20 years away from working. And in reality there will be 100 better inventions that will superceed that invention before it ever gets into productive use.

I once was in a timber flooring store, and the owner of the store was asking my (Builder) opinion of this Modular House building system that he could buy from China, similar to the Ply sheet modular Building system in your photo.

The main problem that they cant see and understand. is Making a modular system that still needs finishing and rendering and painting etc, just creates more problems than it solves. All the Tradesman in Australia are all trained in the current systems of building. So if you add one new thing like different walls. It then will cost you more for Plumbiing. Electrical, Painting and everything else for years and years until Contractors take on those jobs at the same rates as the existing Cottage Housing pay Rates.

So if a new idea is not cost saving from day 1 on the first project, what builder will use it if it costs more, or if his trademan contractors wont take that job as they want to just do standard jobs.

For a new Building system to take off, it cant be a brick laying machine, because you still haveto render and paint the bricks. SO to do that you still need a scaffold. So if your doing scaffold why not just get brickies. Even pre finished panels woud be better as walls.

Australia dosnt even own the Building Code , Singapore owns the Building Code of Australia. So the cog is in the wheels of change.

I could develop a better Building system but the first thing I need is a proper 3D design Program with the Building Code built into the software by default. BIM Building Information Modelling could make that 3D software specific for Australian domestic housing but the Government wont pay for it.

The Government wont back Builders to do research and development of new Products.

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Most new building concepts don't seem to save much, if any money on construction costs for domestic buildings. But that doesn't mean they can't, it just means we need to get design, materials and construction methods right.

Why would you need a 3D design program (with the Building Code built in) to create a better building system. Until you were up to the stage of working drawings, pen and paper (or a basic drawing program) would be sufficient.