CREE changes the way you build.
We provide you with a proven construction system, methodology and network that helps converting your construction project into a sustainable timber-hybrid building. Besides creating a green asset in record time, the advantages are planning security, reduced lifecycle cost, a better indoor environment for the users and the higher overall property value.
Why Timber-Hybrid?
The CREE Solution
We combine the best properties of timber, concrete and steel into our revolutionary timber-hybrid building solution.
Compared to all-timber construction, timber-hybrid offers better physical performance in terms of vibration, deflection, sound insulation, fire resistance, and compartmentalization, as well as benefits regarding weather and water protection during construction and operative use.
By establishing a local supply chain, we enable timber as an urban construction material without requiring shipment from a central location, by empowering companies and their supply chains to build with our industrialized approach. This way, we set the foundations for a new urban architecture with reduced lifecycle costs, high building value retention, top comfort levels and compliance with all current safety requirements.
Benefits in Your Field
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Investors
Rather than building a prototype with each building, CREE uses an intelligent and highly adaptable product solution which is designed, engineered, produced, and installed by a local workforce. CREE structures are built to be more resilient and can be adopted to different local conditions to withstand events of natural disasters, inculding seismic activities.
CREE buildings are also designed to be high-performing buildings during the operational phase and therefore have lower lifecycle costs than that of a conventional building. Smart heating, cooling, and lighting systems, along with passive design strategies, allow for significantly lower energy consumption. The materials and strategies selected for the CREE building system reduce carbon emissions to a minimum. Recognition from sustainability rating systems such as LEED, BREAM, and DGNB highlight these marketable features. Combined with material resilience and attractive interiors, this leads to higher rents or faster sales.
Developers
CREE prefabricated timber-hybrid construction systems can be applied to all local conditions and climates. In addition, the integrated design and construction process enables early, detailed, and accurate cost estimations. This allows the developer to work rapidly and with extremely precise key performance indicators.
Timber-hybrid projects also attract higher rents or faster sales due to the resilience of the material and the attractive interior spaces. In addition, many cities and municipalities are offering incentives and tax cuts for sustainable strategies. General liability insurance risks are the same as for a concrete or steel construction.
General Contractors
The main competitive advantages of the CREE System are its continuous innovation, positive environmental impact, improved aesthetics, leasing velocity, and premium rental prices for timber-hybrid spaces. Ongoing research and development drive innovation, and feedback from the international network ensures a state-of-the-art product.
The CREE System increases efficiency both on and off site. A lighter superstructure means less foundation work. Prefabrication and off-site production of CREE components reduces the number of workers required on site, improving health and safety. Right from the beginning, this method is cleaner, quieter, and safer than those on traditional construction sites. After the installation of the floor, column and façade components, the building is air- and water-tight, providing a factory-like work environment.
Transfer of knowledge from CREE leads to increased margins and independence for our partners’ organizations. As an integral part of the license agreement with each general construction partner, CREE provides consultancy services during the design, permission, and construction phases of an initial pilot project. By the time the pilot project has been completed, CREE’s know-how has been shared within the partner’s organization, and local sub-contractors or existing supply chains have been successfully integrated.
The general contractor owns the product and is therefore less dependent on sub-contractors and price fluctuations. The CREE components comprise a holistic and repeatable product solution that is constantly evolving and improving and offers a high degree of cost and time certainty. The coordination of all parties involved results in transparent revenue streams and savings in construction time.
Architects
The modular approach of the CREE System allows for more freedom in design, especially in façade and interior architecture. The multiple grid options available for the plan and elevation allows designers to place and arrange fully developed, detailed, and coordinated digital elements. All the system components are interconnected BIM families with a high level of detail. This lets the architect establish a core and shell project in a fast, efficient, detailed, and analytical way. As a result, the architect has more time and freedom to design a façade and interior spaces that meet the expectations of all the parties involved, as well as complying with environmental and other local regulations.
The lifecycle tower concept is a state-of-the-art building system with minimal, infrastructural components. Thanks to the digital twin, the highly detailed BIM model, all parties involved can access and evaluate the current design and infrastructure at any given moment in the project. Cost control and time certainty are very transparent and fully vetted by all parties involved. This motivates designers and builders to work together more closely and helps them find the most cost-effective design strategy. This is also relevant from an ecological perspective, as reduced energy consumption and life cycle analysis of building materials are growing in visibility and importance.
Owners & Tenants
Employee well-being and a healthy work environment are essential for every employer. After all, 90% of clients’ expenses go on salaries, whereas investment in buildings comprises just 3-4%. Recent studies have shown that a 1% increase in employee productivity would justify 13% higher building costs. Modular, prefabricated timber-hybrid building systems not only reduce up-front investment, maintenance and lifecycle costs, but also help attract and motivate the workforce through better interior design, natural exposed wood surfaces, and a positive image associated with sustainability and social responsibility.
The CREE Process
Integrated project delivery process involving CREE
Integrated project delivery requires all stakeholders to be involved from the very beginning.
This changes the usual procedure significantly, as economic decisions can be taken much earlier than in the conventional planning process, starting with the selection of the CREE System and its components. The benefits quickly become clear, as simulations of all workflows are carried out in the digital twin, which facilitates optimized material and information flow and avoids waste of resources.
The project delivery process becomes considerably more effective and favors greater efficiency for the whole construction phase, partly through the off-site industrial prefabrication of building components and partly through their on-site assembly at record speed.
The reduction in complexity (e.g. fewer individual component types) results in the simplification of logistics, more accurate order forecasts, and manageable warehousing for the manufacturers.
Our collaborative strategy results in higher quality, greater speed, and significant cost savings, as a foundation for successful long-term cooperation.
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