Steel frames and trusses for Gatton

Supplying Gatton from Crowley Vale

What to know about building in Gatton

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

• The 2021 Census counted 7,851 people in Gatton with a median age of 33 and 83.1% of occupied dwellings being separate houses.

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• The Bureau of Meteorology's University of Queensland Gatton station (040082), at 89 m elevation, has a 127-year rainfall record averaging 759.4 mm a year and a mean maximum temperature of 27.0 °C.

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• Lockyer Valley Regional Council records the 15 February 1893 peak of 16.33 m on the Lockyer Creek railway-bridge gauge as the highest recorded flood at Gatton to this day.

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• On 15 August 1988 a magnitude 3.8 earthquake centred 6 km east of Gatton at 9 km depth shook the Lockyer Valley, causing isolated minor damage to homes such as cracked brickwork, tiles and plaster.

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Council-wide planning notes for Lockyer Valley Regional Council: see the Toowoomba & Lockyer page

Frame design in Gatton

Wind classification

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

Flood levels

Check Lockyer Valley 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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