Steel frames and trusses for Maryborough

Supplying Maryborough from Crowley Vale

What to know about building in Maryborough

From Fraser Coast Regional Council, state agencies, the Bureau of Meteorology and the ABS. Each item links to its source.

• Fraser Coast planning rules recognise neighbourhood character in Maryborough through the Heritage and Neighbourhood Character Overlay.

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• The Mary River catchment above Maryborough covers over 7,000 square kilometres.

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• Fraser Coast Regional Council publishes online flood height prediction and storm surge evacuation mapping.

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• The 2021 Census counted 15,287 people and 7,409 private dwellings in Maryborough, with a median age of 49 and 17.4% of occupied dwellings having four or more bedrooms.

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• The Bureau of Meteorology's Maryborough station (040126) has a rainfall record back to 1870 averaging 1,143.7 mm a year, with a mean maximum temperature of 27.0 °C.

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• The Mary River at Maryborough reached 10.30 m on 28 February 2022, against a highest recorded peak of 12.27 m in February 1893.

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Frame design in Maryborough

Wind classification

Set lot by lot in Maryborough under AS 4055; send us your site's classification with the plans. · How wind classes work

Flood levels

Check Fraser Coast Regional Council's flood information for the lot first. If it sets a minimum floor level, a raised steel floor system is one way to meet it. · Steel floor systems

Character and heritage

Overlays in Maryborough can drive rooflines and verandah details; frames follow your approved drawings.

Owner-builder? QBCC permit rules and what a kit includes