Shoalhaven Community to Lead Bushfire-resilient FORTIS House Design

The Shoalhaven community are invited to provide input in the development of a bushfire-resilient house design as part of a community led project being run by Bushfire Building Council of Australia (BBCA), NRMA Insurance and Shoalhaven City Council. The project, known as FORTIS House, aims to help residents save time and money by providing a highly resilient, sustainable, affordable and adaptable building design, for free.

FORTIS will make the re-building process easier, with free architectural drawings, construction manual and consumer handbook that shows community members, building designers and trades how to adapt the design to a homeowner’s site requirements, style and required bushfire attack level (BAL) rating.

The project was established in response to calls for help from community members struggling to re-build their homes and lives in bushfire-prone areas.

Council is seeking input from bushfire-affected community members in the Shoalhaven to develop the bushfire-resilient ‘FORTIS House’ through a virtual community design workshop. Input is also being sought via an online Community Design Questionnaire to help inform the Design Workshop.

The Community Design Workshop will be held:

When: Wednesday 26 May 2021
Time: 6pm - 8pm
Where: Online
Register at: fortishouse.org

The FORTIS House public launch will be held in Shoalhaven in October 2021.

For more information, including how to participate in the project, visit www.fortishouse.org.

Alternatively, if you would like to learn more about the project, take a look at the FAQ or email info@bbca.org.au.