Built Offsite

Oly Homes has acquired a 2.19-hectare High Impact zoned site at 14 and 34 Maurice Harvey Crescent in Corbould Park on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast for $9.855 million ex-GST , paving the way for a new large-scale modular housing manufacturing facility. Located within the Sunshine Coast Industrial Park, the site will accommodate a proposed... READ MORE

The Federal Government’s interim report into the modernisation of the National Construction Code (NCC) has drawn support from the Property Council of Australia, with industry pointing to duplicated assessments and inconsistent application as a constraint on housing delivery. Mike Zorbas, Chief Executive, Property Council Australia. Released on 30 April, the report identifies a... READ MORE

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora has established a National Panel of Major Project Delivery Partners, marking a shift in how major hospital projects are procured and delivered across the country. The panel brings together four construction consortia — Naylor Love Health Hub, Hawkins Health Partnership, Southbase | Built Joint Venture, and... READ MORE

Partner content Brad Althaus, Director, Steelcraft Group For any builder, the framing stage sets the tone for the rest of the build. When frames arrive on site accurate, complete and certified, the build moves forward. When they don’t, the cost shows up in delays, rework and difficult conversations with homeowners. It’s a reality... READ MORE

Berlin-based Ecoworks is applying an offsite-led methodology to one of Europe’s slowest-moving construction segments: the upgrade of ageing residential buildings. Its latest project in Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, provides a clear example of how serial refurbishment is being deployed at scale. (main image: Render of the Hagen scheme, illustrating the proposed façade upgrade and... READ MORE

A Hong Kong modular manufacturer’s push into North America is a reminder that industrialised construction is no longer developing in regional silos. Companies are scaling across borders, taking with them not just products, but systems, compliance strategies and manufacturing logic. For Australia, the implications are difficult to ignore. (main image: Prefabricated concrete modules... READ MORE