Built Offsite

Builders do not need to establish a highly automated factory to begin adopting industrialised construction, according to speakers at an industry briefing jointly organised by Built Offsite and Master Builders Victoria. (main image: From left, FTMA Australia CEO Kerstin Gentle, Randek Chief Operating Officer Ola Skoglund, hsbcad Country Manager – Australasia Frank Davern... READ MORE

AluHouse Group has signed separate Memorandums of Understanding with Northland Group, DCF Property Group and newly established volumetric modular advisory business Up Modular, providing the manufacturer with a broader network of Australian development and delivery partners. (main image: AluHouse’s concrete, steel and aluminium modular systems form part of the manufacturing capability the Hong... READ MORE

Offsite ’26 sets the agenda prefabAUS has placed strategic public procurement and Australian manufacturing at the centre of its push to scale modern methods of construction, using the opening of Day 2 of Offsite ’26, held in Melbourne on 2–3 September 2026, to outline priorities for the fourth year of its ten-year industry... READ MORE

Australia’s building regulatory system remains largely structured around onsite construction and needs to better accommodate repeat manufacturing if modern methods of construction are to operate at scale, according to Australian Building Codes Board chief executive Adrian Piani. (main image: 5North’s automated housing production facility in Edinburgh, South Australia, uses robotic systems as part... READ MORE

The third annual awards were held at Zinc at Fed Square on the evening of 3 September 2026, in conjunction with Offsite26, bringing together project teams, manufacturers, designers and other representatives from across the prefabricated building sector. Alongside the project awards, Jan Gyrn, CEO, Director and Co-Founder of Modscape + Modbotics, was named... READ MORE

David Chandler says Australia needs to look beyond the factory floor if prefabrication is to deliver the productivity and quality gains now being sought by governments. Chandler, Principal of CE Advisory, where he specialises in housing delivery and industry capability building, is also the former NSW Building Commissioner and has spent decades working... READ MORE