CEO of Green Timber Technology’s Orange site Pete Morrison recently showed Phil Donato MP around the new site.
An exciting new prefabrication building company based in Orange is helping to address the state’s current housing crisis, while also sourcing local timber and creating local jobs.
Green Timber Technology (GTT), which has recently been established in partnership with The Pentarch Group, started operating in December from the former Electrolux factory site in Orange, which has been vacant since 2016.
Green Timber Technology will fabricate timber walls, roofs and floors in the factory and then deliver them to site for assembly, mostly within NSW.
Housing affordability and availability is the single biggest pressure facing the people of NSW. Instead of taking around nine months to build a new home, this process can produce around ten homes per week. Once fully operational, the company will build a new home roughly every four hours.
The company also aims to achieve zero waste. The houses that will soon be fabricated at the Orange site will not only be affordable, but also high-end architecturally designed homes.
The 10,000m facility is also adding a robotic element to its production line while still creating local jobs, with plans to employ 70 people by 2026.
While the prefabrication element helps dramatically reduce the amount of time it takes to build a new home, the operation still involves essential building trade elements including plumbers, builders and electricians as part of the final construction phase.
CEO of Green Timber Technology’s Orange site Pete Morrison said: “We are excited to be part of the Orange community through this new initiative and to bring this new approach to housing to the Central West.
“We’ll employ around 20-25 people in the early stages of production on the floor to oversee the panel, flooring and roofing components, and additional staff in the design and structural engineering aspect.”