Adelaide
Design and construct in Adelaide.
BOWCON designs and builds custom homes, renovations and extensions across Adelaide and the Adelaide Hills. Building here comes with three local conditions that are best settled during design.
Ground
Much of metropolitan Adelaide and the Adelaide Hills sits on reactive clay that moves with the seasons. Footings and slabs are designed to the site’s classification under AS 2870, so the soil test comes early. More in our note on building on reactive clay.
Climate
Hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters make orientation, shading, glazing and thermal mass decisions that affect how a house performs and what it costs to run. Materials and junctions also need to cope with the seasonal swing in heat and moisture.
Approvals
Residential work in South Australia is assessed under the Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act 2016 against the Planning and Design Code, with applications lodged through the PlanSA portal. The pathway and timeframe depend on the proposal, so approval is planned alongside the design rather than left to the end.
Why one team helps here
Each of these conditions changes the design and the budget. When the same team designs and builds, they are dealt with once, while the design can still change, instead of being rediscovered on site. See how we work and our projects.
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Email or call Piers to talk through your site, brief and budget.