Steel frames and trusses for Gympie

Supplying Gympie from Crowley Vale

What to know about building in Gympie

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

• Gympie Regional Council has declared a flood hazard area for building assessment, and new dwellings must have a finished floor level of the defined flood level plus 300 mm freeboard.

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• The 2021 Census counted 11,355 people and 5,292 private dwellings in Gympie, with 84.6% of occupied dwellings being separate houses.

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• The Bureau of Meteorology's Gympie station (040093) has a rainfall record back to 1870 averaging 1,118.1 mm a year, with a mean maximum temperature of 27.2 °C.

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• The Mary River at Gympie reached 22.96 m on 27 February 2022, the second-highest flood peak recorded in the town after 25.45 m in February 1893.

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Frame design in Gympie

Wind classification

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

Flood levels

Check Gympie 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

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