Construction Information

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What is unique about our practice:

The Uniqueness of the Atlantic Post and Beam Construction Designed frame are:
-Alternated Joinery (shouldered post) design compare to traditional timber framing combined with application of under utilised local wooden species (poplar, tamarack). This alternated design will moderate the cost as much as almost half compare to the traditional hand crafted timber framing.

The prefabricated , Sealed Structural Panel, (SSP) is a hybrid design between the conventional "On Site Stud wall", Structural Insulated Panel (SIP) and Insulated Panel(IP). Application of the SSP combined with the timber frame design would moderate the building cost as low as the stud framing and provide the elegance and flexibility of the traditional timber framing.

	Load carrying	Insulation	Critic and advantages
Stud wall	x	Limited	-Variation due to on site construction -Low/limited R-value would be provided by the fibre glass batt and vapour barrierv -Variation due to the On Site Construction -Well known for sub trade (electrician, plumber)
IP	---	Limited	-Required to have On-Site Built stud wall -Limited R-value (R-20) -finished interior lay out is known for sub trades (electrician, plumber)
SIP	x	x	-Potential Off-Gazing -Un-Known for sub trades (electrician, plumber) -Fabricated under controlled environment and uniform quality
SSP designed by the Atlantic Post & Beam Construction	x	x	-Extra resistance against lateral forces strength (suitable for the region known with harsh environment, hurricane, earth quake) -Extra compression load bearing capacity for timber framed design houses -Eliminating the Off-Gazing potential / Working as a system to provide superior R-value, sound insulation and strength Known lay out for sub trade (electrician, plumber) -Fabricated under controlled environment and uniform quality