NTUA Survey 2012

Investigation into the application of the KOFINA prefabricated wooden building system in buildings with a number of floors greater than three

The study was funded by the General Secretariat of the Hellenic Republic and was carried out in NTUA in 2012.

Four-story building constructed with the building system of the company KOFINAS – Prefabricated Houses, studied by the scientific team of:

• Dr. Ch. Mouzakis, Scientific Director, NTUA
• Dr. L. Karapitta, NTUA Researcher
• Dr. V.K. Dertimanis, Researcher, NTUA

with the aim of expanding the application of the prefabricated wooden buildings of the company KOFINAS to multi-storey structures, further acquiring the company's know-how and improving its competitiveness in the construction sector.

The technical report of the NTUA scientists states, among other things, the following:

Benefits for participants

Participants will develop new scientific knowledge, taking into account the response of wooden structures. In particular, KOFINAS S.A. is expected to have a high utilization of the results, with the construction of a modern and extremely competitive structure.

Benefits for society

The final product is expected to be a positive step towards fulfilling the green design philosophy. The cost of the resulting construction will be highly competitive, affordable and attractive to society, with obvious economic and environmental advantages. In addition, the proposed construction will contribute to reducing misconceptions about wooden prefabs and given that the current market is limited, it may lead to its expansion, offering new jobs and increasing competition to the benefit of the consumer.

The proposed framework aims to be the first holistic research in Greece, which will study wooden prefabricated buildings taking into account local environmental conditions and seismic actions.

The exported results will provide KOFINAS S.A. with all the necessary knowledge and the corresponding tools to work.