OUR ORGANIZATION
THIS PAGE OUTLINES IN DETAIL HOW WE ARE STRUCTURED, OUR VAST WORLDWIDE EXPERIENCE AND OUR KNOWLEDGE, WHAT OUR FIELD OF COMPETENCE ENCOMPASSES, AND WHAT OUR CAPABILITIES ARE.
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Our status
Scope of production
Expertise and experience
Staff and crew
About our senior technical advisorAbout our senior technical advisor
Our working area
Intellectual property
Sole architectural and engineering services
Language
Made to perfection
The art of designing and fabricating a reliable wooden prefab connection
Termite protection
Warranty
Special areas:
Hawaii
Australia
The officially licensed name of our company is P.T. BALI WOODWORKS. The company is split into several specific working areas, all related to wood. We are an architectural and engineering company + a wooden prefab manufacturer in one. The division PREFABWORLD BALI INTERNATIONAL is the body that engages the architects, engineers, draftsmen, and woodworkers, exclusively dealing with all national and international projects assigned to P.T. BALI WOODWORKS for wooden prefab structures only, whereas P.T. Bali Woodworks has the overall end responsibility. P.T. stands for Limited Liability. Unlike some other Indonesian wooden prefab house producers, P.T. Bali Woodworks is not an agent nor a liaison, nor only advertises via its website and/or subcontracts the projects to other companies when an order has been secured (what some companies do in Indonesia). P.T. Bali Woodworks is a fully independent and legalized entity with an official Act of Association in place signed by the Minister of Justice in Jakarta.
PREFABWORLD BALI INTERNATIONAL produces wooden prefab units, (villas, bungalows, 1 and 2-story houses, hotels, bars, restaurants, all of them either on land or over water, gazebos and tree - and playhouses), including doors, windows, framings, trusses, etc., etc. all produced by our team of staff and professional woodworkers. We also produce roof structures and decks. We never subcontract the fabrication of a unit or any part of it to any other company. In addition, our company does not accept an order from one of its competitors that would like to subcontract to us. We are well able to complete turn-key projects (including all appliances, kitchens, bathrooms, cabinets, electricity, plumbing, potable- and wastewater systems).
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 2002, he joined the company bringing with him all his worldwide design and build experience, and became our senior technical advisor. From that moment we have designed and built many prefab houses and structures all over the world. Our experience is not limited to this. We also have significant experience in the design of houses in cyclone and earthquake areas, foundation designs, and over-water-built houses.
Our draftsmen apply the latest state-of-the-art computer-aided design and drafting applications. The team is headed by an Indonesian University graduate architect with 16 years of experience. Where required the designs will be accustomed to the world's cyclone and earthquake areas and based on the IBC codes (The USA International Building Code) and requirements. Structural calculations are prepared by our team of university-graduated engineers overlooked by our Senior Technical Advisor. We experience an ever-increasing sales portfolio and can design and prefabricate any home, gazebo, bar, restaurant, or hotel whether or not over water in any part of the world.
Our staff comprises the director, the commissioner, and an administrative officer. Along with them, we engage our senior University graduate technical advisor. Our architectural and engineering staff, and a crew of first-class carpenters, - most of them working for the company for over 15 years -, a supervisor and a quantity and quality surveyor.
ABOUT OUR SENIOR TECHNICAL ADVISOR
We are proud to have our senior engineer in our mids. He is a graduate university engineer with a cum laude degree in civil engineering. After his graduation, he passed several post-doctoral exams and graduated in structural engineering, geotechnical engineering (foundations), and coastal engineering. He is an expert in dealing with structural issues about cyclones and with his 50 years of international experience under his belt he is a highly skilled person. Between 1987 and 1998 he attended several colloquiums and was regularly invited as a speaker at Universities and congresses. He also published several articles in Port and Harbour Authorities about his design of the 2nd and 3rd liquid (LNG and LPG) gas loading dock in Bontang Indonesia. He developed a new formula for energy dissipation of the largest LNG vessels in the world when docking, a formula which is now adapted worldwide. He is a specialist in designing structures over water. In addition, he advised the American Wood Council of a severe error in one of their formulae in the NDS codes and advised the same institute on a special calculation method developed by him to save a lot of time for a structural engineer analyzing wood connections. The formula was modified and his advice was adapted by the AWC.
OUR WORKING AREA
We are architects, engineers, and manufacturers. We are not consultants, however, we are well able and have the full capacity to advise on- and design masterplans and designs to your wishes and requirements. This will be done against a certain (refundable) design fee. Read the whole portfolio < here >
PREFABWORLD BALI INTERNATIONAl provides services and support in all phases of a project – from study, planning, and design to preparation of plans and specifications, construction observation, and contract administration. We make an ongoing effort to maintain awareness and understanding of the latest technological trends and concepts so that each client’s needs can be given competent and professional consideration.
PREFABWORLD BALI INTERNATIONAL is legalized to apply the Intellectual Property Law that includes intangible creations of the human intellect and includes copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets. Intellectual property became commonplace in the majority of the world's legal systems.
The main purpose of Intellectual Property law is to give people and businesses their property rights to the information and intellectual goods they create. This gives economic incentives for their creations because it allows people to benefit from the information and intellectual goods they create and allows them to protect their ideas and prevent copying.
The intangible nature of intellectual property presents difficulties when compared with traditional property like land or goods. Unlike traditional property, intellectual property is "indivisible", since an unlimited number of people can "consume" an intellectual good without it being depleted. A producer of information, like us who produces designs and physical structures, - many of them in-house developed over the years -, can usually do very little to stop a buyer from replicating it and selling it to later clients. Based on this, our company adds a royalty fee for all of our creations to clients who buy a prefab structure from us, or order a design. The royalty fees are included in our prefab selling prices and design fees. To read the featured article in detail about Intellectual Property log on to < Intellectual Property >
SOLE ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES
If you do not have the intention to order a wooden prefab structure from us but only need architectural or engineering services we will be well able and capable to help, support, and advise whether this is for civil, structural, geotechnical (foundations) or over water building technique. We apply our AutoCAD program for the architectural part and our STAAD Pro vi8 finite element structural engineering program for our structural analyses
Our director is fluent in Indonesian, Dutch, and English, both in reading, writing, and speaking with a reading knowledge of French and Spanish. The German language is pretty well understood. All our communications will be in the English language.
MADE TO PERFECTION
All of our wood is obtained from sustainable government-monitored and strictly controlled felling concessions. We only use wood that is approved by the Government having an official felling certificate in place. 80% of our wooden house components are still handmade (!!!) by very skilled senior Balinese carpenters with a long history in woodworking. This is the reason that our product stands out and cannot be bought from the shelf or carry the obvious marks of mass machine production, - to the contrary -, it needs time to be fabricated to perfection.
THE ART OF DESIGNING AND FABRICATING A RELIABLE WOODEN PREFAB CONNECTION
Wooden structures are normally subject to significant shrinkage and expansion caused by temperature and humidity changes, which are far higher than those experienced for prefabricated concrete structures and prefabricated steel structures. The shrinkages and expansions in prefabricated wood structures may have a significant impact on the connections, whether this is done with bolts or screws. These constant shrinkages and expansions will cause "slackening" of the connections, whereas unexpected and dangerous connection instabilities will occur, which may induce a sudden disintegration of the structure. Modern engineering techniques have been developed and codes issued over the last decade that take such "slackening" phenomena into account. The codes provide formulae and design advice to cope with these aspects, arriving at safe connections that will remain safe over time. Our engineers are very familiar with these codes and will properly apply them.
TERMITE PROTECTION
An effective and environmentally friendly anti-termite protection has been developed by our company over the years.
All of our Premium and Superior build houses will be protected against termite attacks based on a secretly developed method applied by our company, known by our company only. This application will be used for all wood parts in contact with or in close contact with natural grade (the termite's attacking habitat). This is our standard method whether or not in combination with termite-resistant wood and/or the use of termite barriers. The treatment is also extremely efficient on dry wood termite, Formosa termite, powder post beetle, woodworm, and parasites. Though the system will only be applied to our Premium and Superior build options, we can also apply the same method to our upgraded standard build units against a variation order.
WARRANTY
We are the only wooden prefab house company in Indonesia issuing a Warranty Certificate for its products (refer to < defects liability and warranty >)
SPECIAL AREAS
HAWAII
Customers wanting to build their house in Hawaii may require the services of a registered architect and structural engineer. These professionals can assist owners in meeting the requirements of the city or county building department having jurisdiction over the project site. Their services may include a review of our drawings, structural calculation reviews, foundation design reviews, lateral load resistant design assessment, and preparation of plans for building permit approval. In such cases, we have a solid working relationship with 2 professors from the University of Hawaii at Manoa for backup services. We would be happy to offer a referral to customers seeking such services.
In December 2013 our company received word from the county of Maui that our "Celeng Bali" model (522 m2 or 5,620 sqft) had been approved and a building license issued to our client. Working on the largest model from our website for over a year complying with the USA codes and regulations was a true challenge. This is what Professor Robertson from the University of Hawaii at Manoa had to say (Professor Robertson scrutinized our structural calculations). Click <here>.
AUSTRALIA
Structures erected in Australia require a structural certificate. Regardless of whether it is designed by an architect or homeowner, a structural certificate must be obtained from a registered structural engineer. This forms part of the Building Permit application. Our company's professional structural engineering is deemed to comply with Australian building regulations.
We recommend, however, before purchasing one of our units to consult building certifiers in your local area to address specific requirements of the proposed building site and local building regulations.
CONTACT US
Feel free to < contact us > should you have any questions or should you require some clarifications and/or explanations. You may also contact our senior engineer if you have a special technical question. He would be happy to respond. Use our contact form and state your question in the message box.