Steel frames and trusses for Maroochydore

Supplying Maroochydore from Crowley Vale

What to know about building in Maroochydore

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

• The Maroochydore City Centre Priority Development Area (about 60 ha, declared July 2013) is creating a new central business district for the Sunshine Coast.

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• In the 2021 Census, Maroochydore had 20,629 residents and 11,367 private dwellings, of which 36.6% of occupied dwellings were flats or apartments.

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• The Bureau of Meteorology's Sunshine Coast Airport station (040861) at Marcoola, just north of Maroochydore, records a mean annual rainfall of 1,492.6 mm and a mean maximum temperature of 25.5 °C.

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• Sunshine Coast Council identifies flooding associated with the Maroochy River, coastal hazards and transport capacity as the main constraints on further development in the proposed Maroochydore Local Plan Area, which lies south of the Maroochy River and includes the Kunda Park industrial area.

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• Sunshine Coast Council's Blue Heart Sunshine Coast project is a partnership for sustainable and adaptive floodplain management in the Maroochy River catchment.

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Council-wide planning notes for Sunshine Coast Council: see the Sunshine Coast page

Frame design in Maroochydore

Wind classification

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

Salt exposure

Maroochydore is a coastal town. Tell us how far the site is from the water: coating and detailing are chosen for it. · Coatings and coastal sites

Flood levels

Check Sunshine Coast 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

Growth-area builds

Repeated house designs in Maroochydore's growth areas suit factory-made frames: each repeat is made to the same engineered drawings. · Steel framing for developers

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