Flervåningshus i trä : En undersökning rörande byggandet i Halland

Abstract This paper is based on interviews, a literature study and seminars. It describes the situation in Halland when it comes to multi-story housing built in timber. From 1874 to 1994, Sweden had a regulation that prohibited construction of timber houses with more than two stories as a result of big city fires. After the regulation was revoked, people started to build multi-story houses in timber again. Compared to the rest of the country there was not that many built in Halland. Construction entrepreneurs here possess the right competence and it is close to the raw material. Even though that, there are only five multi-story houses built in the county. Result from this study shows that the main problem of implementing multi-story housing built in timber is biases and lack of knowledge. Many of the players in the construction industry do not base their decisions on fact when it comes to choose timber or not. This in combination with a lack of information regarding financial issues and unfavorable regulations has resulted in a slow development of the implementation of multi-story houses. The reasons behind this are discussed in the paper and some possibilities of change are presented