L&Q, WHICH IS ONE OF THE UK’S LARGEST HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS, HAS DEVELOPED ITS OWN MODERN METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION (MMC) STRATEGY.
As reported by online construction platform The Construction Index, L&Q's product innovation team projects that by 2025 all of its new homes will be built using MMC, a term that encompasses component kits to bathroom pods to complete prefabrication. March... READ MORE
THE SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT IS CONTINUING ITS CONCERTED EFFORT TO DRIVE UPTAKE OF NEW CONSTRUCTION METHODOLOGIES.
As reported in The Straits Times, the nation's construction companies and government agencies are being encouraged to adopt new technology, with the latest push in the form of $295 million to be injected into two productivity schemes. The BuildSG Transformation... READ MORE
A PRESENTATION BY PERTH BASED ALDA CONSULTANTS AT THE AUSTRALIA CHINA MODULAR CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE IN JANUARY HIGHLIGHTED ADVANCES IN DFMA COMPONENTS FOR TALL MODULAR BUILDINGS.
Alda Consultants Director Andrew Lian Bio was a speaker at the conference, which took place in January at Monash University in Melbourne. His presentation outlined solutions increasingly coming on stream to answer specific demand in the offsite space. "Modular suppliers... READ MORE
PLANS FOR THE FRAME 2019 EVENT 'TIMBER OFFSITE CONSTRUCTION' ARE GAINING MOMENTUM, WITH RECORD ATTENDANCE EXPECTED.
"We are experiencing a global recognition of mass wood construction with some very large players getting into the market, and in Australia there is a ground swell of interest," Frame Director Kevin Ezard told Built Offsite. Frame 2019 event 'Timber... READ MORE
A RECENTLY COMPLETED RESIDENTIAL PROJECT IN TAMARAMA, NSW, EMBODIES THE POTENTIAL SYNERGIES BETWEEN MODULAR ARCHITECTURE AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN.
The home's construction time was significantly reduced through the use of a solution from modular designer / builder Modscape, which received an approach from the project's clients following initial work on the design with architecture practice Fox Johnston. Modscape Managing... READ MORE
COMMENTATORS ARE PREDICTING THAT AUSTRALIA WILL BE SELF-SUFFICIENT IN ENGINEERED TIMBER BY NEXT YEAR WITH DEMAND EVIDENCED BY MAJOR EXPANSIONS SUCH AS THAT AT HYNE TIMBER.
With the Maryborough, Queensland business's new $20 million GLT plant expected to come on line in the second half of 2019, Hyne Timber’s Strategic Relations Manager, Katherine Fowden told Built Offsite the highly automated plant had a key role to... READ MORE
THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN INNOVATIVE LEARNING CENTRE AT CAULFIELD GRAMMAR SCHOOL IN MELBOURNE HAS FURTHER HONED THE COLLABORATIVE SMARTS OF ARCHITECTURE PRACTICE HAYBALL AND PREFAB/MODULAR SPECIALIST PREBUILT.
Named as a tribute to the late Leslie Roy Hoult AM, a respected member of the school community and former President of the Caulfield Grammarians' Association, the new Roy Hoult Centre at the Caulfield campus of Caulfield Grammar School in... READ MORE
THE VENTURE UNDERPINNING PERTH BASED MODULAR HOTEL VENTURE TRIBE LOOKS SET FOR RAPID EXPANSION AND A LONGER TERM MOVE INTO NEW CATEGORIES, FOLLOWING TRIBE’S ACQUISITION BY GLOBAL HOTEL BRAND ACCOR.
A strategic partnership ensuing from the Accor acquisition will see Tribe founding partners Mark and Melissa Peters continue to play a key role in the future development of the brand alongside the Accor team. Established in Perth in 2017 as... READ MORE
IN HER ROLE AS PRINCIPAL AND SENIOR STRUCTURAL ENGINEER AT NSW BASED NORTHROP CONSULTING ENGINEERS, STRUCTURAL COLLEGE BOARD CHAIR KARLIE COLLIS ASSESSES LEARNINGS FROM A RECENTLY COMPLETED OFFSITE PROJECT.
A new scheme, The Trinity Point Marina Development, south of Newcastle (NSW), includes a 5 star hotel, restaurant, function centre, 180 berth marina, and new multi storey residential buildings including resort pools and spas.Northrop Consulting Engineers was engaged on the... READ MORE
SINCE GEBR. SCHÜTT KG IN NORTHERN GERMANY AUTOMATED ITS PRODUCTION, IT HAS BEEN ABLE TO SECURE LARGE PROJECTS THAT WOULD PREVIOUSLY HAVE BEEN BEYOND ITS CAPACITY.
INVESTMENT OPENS UP NEW AREAS OF BUSINESS In light of a boom in Germany’s timber sector, Gebr. Schütt KG in Landscheide in northern Germany has automated its facility, using Weinmann technology. While in southern Germany, timber is a widely accepted... READ MORE
