Wooden technology may improve housing situation in Poland

In Poland, there is a shortage of approx. 2 million apartments to reach the level of the average in the European Union, where there are 440 residential premises per 1,000 inhabitants, the Ministry of Development calculated. In turn, the Central Statistical Office's (GUS) analysis shows that in 2019 the number of dwellings completed exceeded 207,000. Such a pace would fill the housing gap in ten years, but due to the coronavirus epidemic, this year will be difficult to achieve similar numbers.

However, experts from Polish Wooden Houses (PDD)  indicate that in the following years, the acceleration of the construction pace may be influenced by the popularization of wooden construction, which is much faster and independent of the season.

“Wood is a stable and safe alternative to commonly used building materials. It is a fully renewable and natural raw material, which, after proper treatment and application of appropriate technologies, allows the construction of not only multi-storey residential buildings but also public facilities, such as schools, office buildings and museums. Importantly, wooden buildings can be built regardless of the season of the year and faster than using currently common brick technologies. That is why in the world for several years the dynamic development of wood building technology has been underway,” Andrzej Schleser, a member of the board of PDD, argued.

In the construction market, a steady increase in interest in this technology is observed, whose undoubted advantage is the speed of construction. From the proverbial driving in of the shovel, the prefabricated wooden building is erected in just 1-2 days, and the construction of a four-storey block can take only 30 days. Thus, a single-family housing estate, in the developer's standard, may be ready for use after about six months from the start of construction.

(WBJ)