Built Offsite

Case study supplied by the National Precast Association of Australia   The Commons Richmond is a workplace and wellness development in Melbourne’s inner-east, designed by Australian practice DesignOffice. The building combines flexible workspace with health and wellness facilities, with an architectural approach based around natural materials, curved forms and a restrained palette of... READ MORE

PrefabAUS has launched a standard form contract for Class 1 prefabricated housing designed to align construction payments with the way factory-built homes are actually manufactured and delivered. (main image: prefabAUS members and industry attendees at Anchor Homes’ Bayswater display centre for the launch of the new standard form contract for prefabricated housing.) Developed... READ MORE

After almost three decades working in and around Hong Kong’s construction sector, Patrick Fong has seen Modular Integrated Construction develop into an established part of the building industry. Now an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering and Built Environment at Griffith University, he believes that experience offers useful lessons for Australia —... READ MORE

The Victorian Parliament has passed amendments that bring prefabrication work expressly within the Building Act 1993, establishing a new building practitioner category and compliance regime for prescribed prefabricated building systems. (main image: James and Rachel Briggs inside JMB Modular’s Shepparton manufacturing facility during a Built Offsite tour and interview, with modular housing production... READ MORE

The 12,000 square metre manufacturing operation, located on a 46,000 square metre site, uses 14 industrial robots across five automated stations and four installation lines to manufacture prefabricated wall, floor and roof elements. Construction at Renewal SA’s Noarlunga development is expected to begin within weeks, using 5North components in a range of two-... READ MORE

The Tasmanian Government announced the agreement on 28 August, linking the state with a national initiative intended to increase housing construction productivity through prefabrication, modular construction and greater use of offsite manufacturing. (main image: The System 600 demonstration unit under construction for the Homes NSW Modern Methods of Construction Open Day.) Kerry Vincent,... READ MORE