Legal & General’s commitment to modular building is finally paying dividends as production starts on 185-home Bristol development.
Insurance giant L&G has committed to hiring 350 new staff this year at its modular housebuilding plant in Sherburn-in-Elmet near Leeds (L&G modular builder) as it finally looks to expand its operation. The business said last week that it had... READ MORE
Right on the heels of last year’s triple win, Fleetwood Building Solutions have secured another Award of Distinction at the 2021 Modular Building Institute (MBI) Awards for the permanent modular Paramatta Eels community ruby league training facilities project.
The Modular Building Institute Award of Distinction is one of the modular building industry’s premier awards programs, with entries judged on architectural excellence, technical innovation & sustainability, cost-effectiveness, energy efficiency, and calendar days to complete. The award-winning modular project is... READ MORE
The migration of tech and auto execs to the modular building industry is driving innovation in manufacturing and sales of modular homes. And, it’s success is on full display at US-based modular builder Connect Homes.
Greg Leung had worked at Apple for 12 years and was overseeing its global supply chain planning and management when he got the call to interview with US modular builder Connect Homes.The pitch — building a starter home for a... READ MORE
In a realignment of ownership, Equistone Partners Europe have sold their majority stake in Oikos Group, one of Europe’s largest prefabricated modular home builders, to West Street Capital Partners VIII, a fund managed by Goldman Sachs.
Equistone acquired modular home builder Oikos Group, headquartered in Schlüchtern, Germany and consisting of the brands Bien-Zenker, Hanse Haus and Living Haus, at the beginning of 2018.The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The modular home building Oikos... READ MORE
As modular construction gathers pace in the UK, the Government revealed in Budget documents its commitment to accelerate the acceptance and usage of MMC (modern methods of construction).
A taskforce designed to stimulate house building using MMC (modern methods of construction) and backed by £10m of government funding was announced by Rishi Sunak last week (pictured above). The chancellor revealed the measure in Budget documents published by the... READ MORE
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Emerging from the razor sharp efficiencies of the aerospace industry and automotive industries, the philosophy of Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DfMA) is gaining ground as an end to end methodology for offsite construction. So how does it function? And... READ MORE
With the demise of the Australian automotive industry, it was a logical transition to bring lean manufacturing methodologies to the prefabrication industry. Timber Building Systems (TBS) benefited from this natural evolution, and it’s powering ahead.
We look at the people behind the TBS automotive to prefabrication journey.
Tim Newman, Darren Wylie and Ross Smith all share a common ancestor – the automotive industry, and together they bring over 64 years accumulative automotive experience, contributing a valuable wealth of knowledge and strong leadership skills to the company (Timber... READ MORE
An innovative prefabricated wall timber framing system that has its origins from New Zealand has established a presence in Adelaide with a ready-to-market offering later his year.
An inspired Kiwi, Ged Finch, while studying architecture at Victoria University in Wellington in 2017 founded the reconfigurable prefabricated structural timber framing system called X-Frame. He was motivated by the desire to reduce construction waste and assist the building industry... READ MORE
Designed by architects Pablo Saric and Cristian Winckler and overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Chile, it’s called ‘Casa SS’. A modular built home that engages with its surroundings and gives its occupants every opportunity to ‘breathe’ without architectural restraint.
The single storey modular built home is located in the town of Huentelauquén, Casa SS, and nestles on a patch of desert just 85 metres from the South Pacific Ocean. It’s prefabricated and the modules were manufactured 270 kilometres away... READ MORE
New Danish prefabricated modular facade system tackles inefficient buildings in preparation for 2050 carbon neutral living.
In Denmark, a team will begin testing a new facade solution—a prefabricated, modular facade system that can be installed on top of an existing facade to improve its thermal efficiency.“The world is burning, and all of us in our respective... READ MORE
