LATEST NEWS April 2025
Fletcher Building has announced the closure of its offsite manufacturing facility, Clever Core, citing limited industry uptake and insufficient volume to maintain commercial viability. The Wiri-based plant, launched in 2019, was designed to deliver prefabricated wall, floor and roof panels for up to 500 homes annually. While it achieved a 22 per cent... READ MORE
Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney has pledged to deliver 500,000 new homes per year through modular and prefabricated construction, in what he is calling “Canada’s most ambitious housing plan since the Second World War.” (main pic: Cover illustration from Canada’s 1950s modular housing catalogue.) The plan includes the creation of Build Canada Homes... READ MORE
Partner content Niche Modular’s delivery of the Mahinawa Specialist School and Resource Centre in Takapūwāhia, Porirua, New Zealand, demonstrates how volumetric construction, when matched with aligned materials and systems, can meet complex educational needs with speed, quality and control. These classrooms were delivered to Porirua College - as a new satellite site. (main... READ MORE
Land Lease Living NSW has appointed Wayne Lange as its new Chief Executive Officer, marking a leadership transition aligned with the Association’s intensifying campaign to reform planning rules for manufactured home estates across the state—particularly in the Sydney metropolitan region. (main pic: Parkwood Modular Buildings manufacturers for Land Lease Living NSW.) Lange, who... READ MORE
Architect Hans-Ludwig Stell, based in Münster, Germany, has developed a modular timber construction system that relies entirely on interlocking components—eliminating the need for screws. The SI-Modular wood framing system, created under Stell’s firm Stellinnovation GmbH, is tailored for one and two-storey buildings and uses engineered wood I-beams and laminated veneer lumber (LVL) to... READ MORE
Administrators have recovered £5.1 million (AUD $9.7 million) from the collapsed modular home builder Ilke Homes, but Homes England – which loaned the company £69 million (AUD $131 million) – is expected to see just £126,423 (AUD $240,000) returned. The final report by liquidator AlixPartners shows that, despite being Ilke’s only secured creditor,... READ MORE
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