Built Offsite

China’s growing strength in modular construction is being built on more than low-cost manufacturing. Its advantage lies in industrial clustering, specialised supply chains and sustained production volume. Australia has already researched a similar model — but without a dependable pipeline, the economics remain difficult. (main image: Automated production at Modscape + Modbotics’ Essendon... READ MORE

This is Part One of a three-part Built Offsite series examining the relationship between housing delivery, industrial capability and sovereign manufacturing in Australia. Seven industry, policy, research and property voices consider whether housing investment should do more than deliver homes — and whether it can also strengthen productivity, manufacturing capability and the country’s... READ MORE

When: August 31, 2026Where: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 1-5 Spencer St, Docklands VIC Cost: $165 MBV members and $240 for non-membersBook: HERE Master Builders Victoria will bring its long-running sustainability conference into a new phase this month, with the 2026 MBV Future Builders Conference expanding its program across both residential and commercial construction. Dr... READ MORE

The New South Wales Parliament has passed the Building (Approvals and Practitioners) Bill 2026, establishing Australia's first legislative framework recognising prefabricated buildings within the state's building approvals system. (main image: AUSTRUSS supplied the light gauge steel DfMA system for Growthbuilt's 183-townhouse development at Edmondson Park, Sydney. The NSW Government's building reforms formally recognise... READ MORE

The incorporation of modern methods of construction (MMC) into Labor's National Platform has brought renewed attention to the John Curtin Research Centre's Manufacturing Homes report. For Chief Economist Lachlan Kerwood-McCall, however, procurement represents only one element of a much broader reform agenda. Speaking with Built Offsite, he said the report presents an integrated... READ MORE

Australia's offsite industry has manufacturers, builders and developers. This article proposes a new business category for organisations that assume commercial responsibility for integrating multiple stages of project delivery under a single commercial model. (Main image: A volumetric module is craned into position at Freecity's Herring Road student accommodation project in Sydney, supplied through... READ MORE