CURRENT NEWS October 2026
Singapore has decided that digital coordination in construction is no longer something best left to individual companies. It is becoming a regulatory requirement. From 1 October 2026, new developments of 5,000 square metres or more must use CORENET X, a digital building approval platform requiring coordinated three-dimensional Building Information Modelling (BIM) submissions. It... READ MORE
A 38-apartment social housing development in Perth’s coastal suburb of North Coogee has been completed eight months earlier than a conventional construction programme, demonstrating how prefabricated masonry and modular bathroom systems can accelerate multi-residential housing delivery. (Credit all images John Carey MLA) Delivered by Western Australian businesses PARC Developments and Tyrone Group, the... READ MORE
A new home. A commercial project. A supplier who can manufacture the parts that bring a building together. Each starts with a deceptively simple question: who can help me build it? Prefab Connect, the new national directory from Built Offsite, puts that search at the centre of the experience, bringing Australia’s prefabrication and... READ MORE
More than 26,000 approved build-to-rent (BTR) apartments across Australia have yet to commence construction, with new University of Melbourne research identifying taxation, financing and regulatory barriers that are limiting opportunities to deliver rental housing through volumetric modular construction (VMC). (main image: Freecity’s Herring Road project puts factory-built housing into practice as new research... READ MORE
Part one of a two-part series based on a conversation between Robert Sobyra and Built Offsite publisher Michael Dolphin. This instalment examines the workforce and skills implications of MMC. Part two will explore how government procurement can support sustained demand for industrialised construction. Australia’s shift towards modern methods of construction (MMC) is putting... READ MORE
Western Australia has opened applications for its $250 million Pre-sale Guarantee, offering a potential pathway for developers using offsite construction to overcome a financial barrier before building can begin. (main image: Render of a 116-apartment modular development in Karratha, Western Australia. AluHouse will supply the aluminium exterior wall system for the four three-storey... READ MORE
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Built Offsite is Australia’s first and only media platform dedicated to modern methods of construction (MMC), including offsite, modular and prefabricated construction. Launched in 2016 in collaboration with the peak... READ MOREPrefab Connect is now live.
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