OUR CAPABILITIES, EXPERTISE, AND COMMITMENT
CAPABILITIES
25+ Years of Wooden Prefabrication Experience
Established in 2001, P.T. Bali Woodworks / Prefabworld Bali International is an Indonesian architectural, engineering and wooden-prefabrication company based in Bali. We design and manufacture custom wooden buildings for clients in Indonesia and around the world.
Our work ranges from private residences and tropical villas to resorts, restaurants, specialist timber structures and over-water buildings.
Unlike a company that simply sells prefab houses, we combine architectural design, structural engineering and in-house wooden fabrication within our own organization.
This allows us to remain closely involved throughout the process — from the first drawings and engineering calculations through fabrication, preparation for shipment and, where required, overseas assembly.
For more than two decades, our buildings have been delivered to a wide range of international destinations and environments.
Our philosophy is simple:
Good design. Sound engineering. Quality timber. Skilled craftsmanship. Careful manufacturing.
We execute our special courses and actions in the most professional way to achieve the desired result and outcome, which drives our identity and success. We are a group of problem solvers, who combine human ingenuity, experience, and technology innovation to deliver a sustained result and outcome.
Our capabilities are multifunctional and comprise the preparation of designs (architectural and structural), the preparation of structural calculations by the applicable codes and regulations, the application of our finite element computer program to analyze these structures, earthquake and cyclone analysis to embark upon a safe design, preparation of architectural and structural drawings including electrical, plumbing, sewer and foundation drawings, masterplans, the fabrication of prefabricated houses and structures,
EXPERTISE
Our experience in timber prefabrication dates back to 1986 when our senior technical advisor started the design of long-span wooden bridges and complicated space frame structures (3-D structures). In the year 2000 he joined the company bringing with him all his worldwide design and build experience and became our senior technical advisor. A very special field is our vast knowledge of designing cyclone-rated structures and our detailed knowledge of building over water. In 2014 we were proudly announced as the foremost wooden prefab house company in Indonesia, based on over 100 wooden prefab models designed and engineered by us to choose from including our vast technical worldwide experience dealing with cyclones, earthquakes, and overwater building. You may read the article < here >
OUR COMMITMENT
"Commitment isn't easy but staying committed can help achieve goals we have only once dreamed of". "Unless a commitment is made there are only promises and hope, but no plans".
Our slogan: “The impossible will be fulfilled, on request we do witchcraft, wonders take a bit longer, however, we are unable to push a coconut through a wedding ring” 
A FEW EXAMPLES OF OUR COMMITMENTS
Use of hardwood
Our prefabricated units and structures are made of near termite resistant genuine tropical hardwood, either tropical Bangkirai or tropical Camphor wood. Bangkirai is mainly used for the lower parts of a unit or structure. The reason is that termites attack from below (natural grade) since they live underground. We use Bangkirai heartwood because this wood species is almost 100% termite-resistant (*), however, it is expensive. One wood species in Indonesia resembles Bangkirai but is not at all termite resistant but is far cheaper than Bangkirai. The name of this wood species is "Masupang". The difference between Bangkirai and this wood species can only be verified by an expert. In practice it happens that Bangkirai is replaced or mixed with this type of wood and sold as "fully termite resistant". A client will only become aware of the difference after termites have consumed part of his house.
Our commitment: We will not replace tropical Bangkirai or any other type of tropical hardwood with a cheaper but inferior type of wood.
(*) You may read a detailed report with pictures about termites and the damage and destruction they can create in a relatively short period when inferior wood is used for your house. Click < here > (link not yet active)
Use of stainless steel fixtures
We only use stainless steel for our fixtures,. There are 2 grades available for building purposes, viz; either grade 304 or grade 316. The difference between the two grades is that grade 304 may stain somewhat over time. Grade 316 will remain clean and uncorroded during its lifetime. The main issue here is the price. Grade 304 costs less than half the price compared to grade 316. A client will normally choose the grade he wants to use, often based on his available budget. Due to the high costs we only use grade 304 unless the client opts for grade 316 and accepts the higher price. It will be easy to replace grade 316 with grade 304, without the client knowing since there is no visual difference between newly used fixtures (the magnet test will not work, since both grades are anti-magnetic), until a few years have passed whereas the 304 grade starts staining. Only a chemical test will reveal the difference.
Our commitment: We will use stainless steel grade 304 for all fixtures. When opted by the client for grade 316 stainless steel, we will never replace this with the cheaper but lower-quality stainless steel grade 304.
Design issues
A few years ago we designed a 2-story unit for a client from XXXXX (intentionally not mentioned) The unit was used as a bar and restaurant and was flattened by Hurricane Irma in September 2017. The owner requested us to design a new but similar style unit, this time much more focused on hurricane resistance when compared to the previous one. We succeeded in doing that. There was one serious issue. The owner insisted on having a balcony railing on the second floor with wide open triangles, as was also done for the old unit. This did not comply with the local codes and regulations, since small children could easily fall through the wide-open triangles. We proposed a railing following the codes whereas the intermediate distance of the balusters should not be greater than a sphere of 10 cm to pass. The owner was not interested as this would cost extra and did not allow us to do this to show on the drawings. To this end, we filed a complaint and asked the owner to sign a disclaimer to waive our responsibilities for any accident occurring in the future. The result was that the owner terminated the design agreement with us. Except for a small deposit paid in the early stages of the project a full payment was never made for our work.
Our commitment: Our company will remain fully committed to complying with and adhering to international codes and regulations. Departing from this is not an option for us.