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LATEST NEWS March 2024

When: March 20, 2024Where: MBV - 49 Brady Street, South Melbourne.Time: 4.00pm – 6.00pmBook: SOLD OUTEvent sponsor: CSR Mark Farmer – modern methods of construction – MBV, CIOB and Built Offsite event The MBV, CIOB and Built Offsite are delighted to announce that Mark Farmer, a special CIOB fellow and leading expert in... READ MORE
Western Australia's Premier, Roger Cook, and Education Minister, Dr. Tony Buti, last week inspected a $15 million double-storey modular building under construction at Ausco Modular in Kwinana, Western Australia. First announced in November 2022, the modular building is scheduled for completion in Term 3 and will accommodate 300 students, helping to ease enrolment... READ MORE
lke Homes, a once-prominent UK modular builder collapsed in June 2023 with debts totalling $629 million. The collapse also resulted in the loss of 1,150 jobs: the plant had capacity to manufacture 2,000 homes annually. Following its collapse, the insolvency process led to the auctioning off of all its assets in August 2023... READ MORE
California-based Samara, co-founded by Airbnb's Joe Gebbia and former Flex CEO Mike McNamara, has commenced production of their backyard ADU (accessory dwelling unit) units (commonly known as ‘granny flats’ in Australia) in a new modular housing factory in Mexicali, Mexico. The facility, spanning 14,000 square metres, will handle the construction of Samara's modular... READ MORE
Canadian-based nidus3D has completed what it claims to be the first three-storey 3D-printed house in North America. Erected near Toronto, the three-storey 3D-printed house spans 420 sq m and 12.5 metres from footing to the top of the roof. Three full storeys of concrete were printed using a 3D printer from Cobod International,... READ MORE
The UK’s NHS (National Health Service) modular buildings framework is set for a significant expansion, with its coverage extended to new sectors, effectively doubling the expected workload over the next four years to a total value of £3.6 billion (AUD $7 billion). The revamped framework will now include a hybrid construction/modular lot, with... READ MORE

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