ABSTRACT
In Australia, brick veneer houses comprise structural timber frames and trusses that are clad with an external veneer of brickwork. A surveyor sets out the reference marks and the builder sets profiles for the actual wall dimensions. An excavator digs the trenches and a subcontractor fixes the reinforcing steel and pours the concrete footings. Subcontract bricklayers build the brickwork up to the floor level and subcontract flooring-carpenters build the timber frame and fix the timber floor sheeting. In the traditional supply chain, the participants are usually only capable of improving their part of the process. Overall process change normally lies beyond the scope and ability of the single, traditional process participants. On a sloping site, in the case of traditional timber floor construction, the site is left unaltered and the external subfloor walls and internal brick piers create a flat platform for the floor construction.
