Built Offsite

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

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

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

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

The federal government will allocate $39.3 million toward trialling a new open-source prefabricated housing system across Australia, with Housing Minister Clare O'Neil positioning the initiative as part of a broader attempt to improve housing productivity and accelerate residential construction delivery. Clare O’Neil, Federal Housing Minister. The funding, announced on May 28 by Housing... READ MORE

On May 24, the Western Australian Government awarded $49 million through its Housing Innovation Fund to 15 manufacturers involved in modular construction, prefabrication and factory based housing production. (credit image PIQUE.) The funding package forms part of the Cook Government’s broader housing strategy and comes amid mounting pressure on housing supply, labour availability... READ MORE