Identified Needs, and how the Turb-O-Truss™ meets these needs:

Job creation
Whilst there is a great housing need which has to be met, it is evident that job creation in the communities is of prime importance to building contractors who want to be accepted by the communities for which mass housing is being built. The Turb-O-Truss™ enables job creation on the building site and the ability by previously disadvantaged people to earn a living and provide for their families, whilst at the same time improving their self-esteem..(back)

Training
The Turb-O-Truss™ system provides for on-the-job training in assembly of roof trusses. This training enables the candidate in furthering his capabilities in self-employment and being useful to the community. Training would include how to erect roof trusses, install cross bracing and lay roof tiles. .(back)

Cost Saving.
Looking for cost savings, whether direct or indirect are important issues to the building contractor, such as direct product cost:
The cost of the Turb-O-Truss™ is generally lower than that of traditional "prefabricated" timber roof trusses for several reasons such as:

• • The labour cost in a factory environment is not flexible according to turnover, but fixed. Once the truss manufacturer has employed a person in a factory environment, he has an on-going obligation, regardless whether or not orders are on hand to generate income to pay for the wages. This cost has to be absorbed in the total overhead cost of the factory made truss, for which the building contractor ultimately pays.

With the Turb-O-Truss™ system, the person assembling the trusses is paid per truss produced, thereby giving the employee an incentive to determine his or her own income, depending on output

• • Transport costs to the building site is greatly reduced as the Turb-O-Truss™ is supplied to site in pre-cut, coded components in the form of "meccano" parts together with assembly and roof erection details. The volume of truss timber per load is at least six times that of ready-made trusses supplied from a central manufacturing facility. Furthermore, there is no need to use large articulated vehicles, as is the case of pre-fabricated timber roof trusses, thereby further reducing delivery costs.

• • Labour costs. The building contractor controls the truss assembly labour on site, whilst adequate on-job training is provided. Labour costs is then directly linked to output (a rate per truss), whereas in a "factory" environment wages are paid regardless of the level of productivity or whether or not there are orders on hand.

• • Material costs. As the Turb-O-Truss™ components are standard stock items, which are produced as an ongoing activity in advance of any specific truss orders, optimum productivity is achieved in a compact factory environment where quality is carefully monitored. There is no need for capital intensive jigs.


• • Lower working capital. The focus on the mass housing niche market enables the Turb-O-Truss™ system to determine which are the most popular truss spans (from those not so much in demand,) and using the "Pareto" principle it is able to turn the stock over in three to four weeks, thus reducing the cost of working capital..(back)

Time.
A major advantage with the engineer-designed Turb-O-Truss™ system is the fact that the truss components are readily available in stock. Although a roof truss is regarded as purpose made in that it is made to a specific span, roof pitch and eaves overhang, as determined on the architects building plans, the Turb-O-Truss™ has been developed so that interchangeable components are used as "meccano" parts which achieves the required final product. .(back)

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