Easy and Quick Installation
The most widely recognised reason to use precast is the reductions in construction timelines that can be achieved. This is achieved because precast concrete is manufactured off site and made to your specifications so that manufacture and site preparation can occur simultaneously with quick and straight forward installation, ensuring faster enclosure of the structure, minimal delay to work being carried out by other trades, and limited site congestion with no delays resulting from external weather conditions which can occur with competing substitutes.
Minimal Disruption Onsite
Because they are manufactured off site and simply lifted and fixed in position (usually in a matter a day or two), precast concrete panels cause minimal delays to other trades providing opportunities to bring forward project completion dates.
Product Customisation
Concrete’s plasticity or malleability makes it easy to form into a range of shapes, sizes, and finishes designed to meet individual requirements. With precast panels, every product is distinctive with each developed based on intimate knowledge of the project and client for which its required. What this means for you as our client is that whatever your needs, we’ll try and design a product to meet them.
Durability
Made from concrete in various densities and compositions, precast concrete is a strong, low maintenance material that will endure the ravages of weather, time, pollution, and other external forces with minimal degradation or damage.
Sound Insulation
Due to its density and mass, concrete is an excellent barrier against various external noises such as traffic, aircraft, and weather events.
Thermal Insulation
The mass of precast concrete panels offers excellent thermal insulation by slowing the flow of external temperature fluctuations by storing and releasing these, resulting in more comfortable living conditions for occupants.
Fire Resistance
Easily achieving fire resistance requirements set out in national standards, precast concrete is well recognised for being impervious to fire.
Quality Controlled
All precast concrete panels are manufactured to meet Australian standards and Austral’s own stringent quality standards. At Austral we see the quality of our product as a reflection on the quality of our business, so each panel is manufactured and designed to reach the highest standards in quality.