Built Offsite

The Tasmanian Government has announced plans to introduce a Modular Housing Finance Guarantee, a scheme designed to address one of the most persistent obstacles facing the modular housing sector: access to construction finance. (main image: Tasmanian modular builder Valley Workshop installing hyper-insulated timber elements.) Jeremy Rockliff, Premier of Tasmania Premier Jeremy Rockliff said... READ MORE

Standards Australia has released the first nationally developed glossary dedicated to prefabricated building terminology, providing a reference framework for terms increasingly used across modular construction, offsite manufacturing and Modern Methods of Construction (MMC). Published as SA HB 268:2026 Prefabricated Building — Glossary of Terms, the handbook was developed by the BD-111 Prefabricated Building... READ MORE

Part 1 of a two-part series As modular and offsite construction continue to attract attention as potential responses to Australia's housing and productivity challenges, much of the discussion remains focused on manufacturing capability, automation and project delivery. (main image: Space Labs, a Freecity company, is delivering the 528-bed Herring Road student accommodation project... READ MORE

Long before semantic modelling and AI integration became common industry talking points, Modulmatik was already positioning modular construction as an information and systems problem rather than simply a manufacturing exercise. (main image: Modulmatik developed the Salzburg residential project using a hybrid timber system combining volumetric modules and prefabricated panels, achieving an estimated 83%... READ MORE

For much of its history, Las Vegas-based modular housing company BOXABL has been associated with a single product: the Casita. Founded in 2017, the company became one of the most closely watched names in industrialised construction through its foldable housing technology, ambitious manufacturing targets and extensive crowdfunding campaigns. It is now attempting to... READ MORE

For years, discussion around modular construction has focused on speed, productivity, labour shortages and housing supply. Less attention has been given to whether modular construction could also support new models of housing investment and ownership. (main image: Completed Kinexx modular homes demonstrate the company's approach to delivering housing on constrained urban infill sites... READ MORE