Built Offsite

Three Sunshine Coast-built homes travelled 2,350 kilometres to RAAF Base Scherger as Defence Housing Australia tests modular delivery for remote locations. Defence Housing Australia has completed its first trial of modular housing for Defence members in Queensland, transporting three factory-built homes more than 2,300 kilometres from the Sunshine Coast to RAAF Base Scherger... READ MORE

Several years ago, Built Offsite asked Vaughan Buckley, founder and chief executive of US modular manufacturer Volumetric Building Companies, how he explained the commercial case for offsite construction to clients. His first answer was straightforward: “it saves them time”. (main image: Render of Modscape + Modbotics’ new Yatala facility in Queensland, which will... READ MORE

A bathroom pod develops a leaking pipe. The cause might lie with its designer, manufacturer, component supplier or installer. For the building owner seeking a repair, however, the first call will generally be to the builder. (main image: Kreisson Principal Lawyer David Glinatsis speaking at prefabAUS Offsite26 in Melbourne about liability, defects and... READ MORE

partner content Schäfer was in Melbourne recently for the prefabAUS Offsite 2026 Conference, where he spoke with Built Offsite alongside ARDEX Australia’s Alan Gower about factory productivity, material development, automation and the pace of Australia’s prefab expansion. (main image: ARDEX’s Tobias Schäfer (left) and Alan Gower discuss materials and manufacturing processes for offsite... READ MORE

LJ Hooker chairman Janusz Hooker has launched OHOME, a modular housing venture combining offshore manufacturing, site assessment and financing to deliver secondary dwellings on existing residential land. The company advertises delivery around 150 days from order, including approximately two weeks of site work. Its initial rollout targets backyard housing, with a further phase... READ MORE

KAPITOL has tested volumetric modular construction across about $4 billion worth of project opportunities over the past 12 months, with its feasibility work pointing to programme reductions of between 20% and 35% on projects suited to the method. (main image: KAPITOL is positioning volumetric modular construction around an integrated delivery model linking manufacturing,... READ MORE