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

hsbNext 2026 Main keynote — Tuesday 15 September Design session — Thursday 17 September Production session — Monday 21 September Software developer hsbcad will hold three live online sessions this month examining how design information can be carried more directly through to manufacturing and factory-floor production in offsite timber construction. (main image: hsbMake... READ MORE

Master Builders Victoria’s newly renamed Future Builders Conference brought circular construction, adaptive reuse and emerging building systems into sharper focus in Melbourne, with the organisation’s own headquarters refurbishment providing one of the clearest examples of how those principles can work in practice. (main image: Attendees gather in the networking lounge and exhibition area... 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

From October, qualifying developments of up to four homes on a residential lot will be able to have their planning applications assessed within 10 business days, extending the pathway previously available to two-home developments. (Main image: Prefabricated elements supplied by TBS for a Henley Properties development in Berwick.) Projects must meet Victoria’s Townhouse... READ MORE