AN ITALY-US COLLABORATION HAS BORNE FRUIT IN THE FORM OF A SUSTAINABLE, PREFABRICATED 'MICRO HOME' RANGE.
Milan's Mandalaki Design Studio teamed up with California based company Boutique Homes to produce the homes, branded Monocabin and now available to customers across Europe and the US. Monocabin can be assembled in seven days. Homes start at around 27... READ MORE
A UK COALITION OF THREE RESEARCH GROUPS CALLED THE TRANSFORMING CONSTRUCTION ALLIANCE (TCA) HAS RECEIVED £72 MILLION FROM THE UK GOVERNMENT TO ALIGN CONSTRUCTION WITH LEADING EDGE MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES.
TCA (which comprises the Building Research Establishment (BRE), the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC), and Cambridge University’s Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB)) was awarded the funding following a nationwide competition run by public body Innovate UK. The money will be... READ MORE
LAUNCHED BY PREFABNZ TO FURTHER THE CONVERSATION ABOUT ALTERNATIVE HOUSING OPTIONS, THE SNUG COMPETITION HAS PROVEN AN EFFECTIVE ENGAGEMENT VEHICLE.
The program, which launched last March and closed late 2018, furnished a catalogue of six finalists and six winners with a range of innovative solutions targeting prospective NZ homeowners. PrefabNZ CEO Pam Bell told Built Offsite the competition was a... READ MORE
A SMALL SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COMMUNITY HAS ISSUED A CALL OUT THAT COULD SEE OFFSITE SOLUTIONS UTLISED TO TRANSFORM A LOCAL COMMUNITY HUB WITHIN A TIGHT TIMEFRAME.
Karoonda East Murray Council has issued a public request to SA builders to help construct its long-awaited community hub. The move follows confirming in October that the town was eligible for up to $1 million in federal government drought relief... READ MORE
AN EFFICIENT INSTANT HOT WATER SOLUTION THAT OFFERS STREAMLINED INSTALLATION AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY, IS GAINING GROUND AS A GO-TO FOR MODULAR AND OFFSITE PROJECTS.
Australian owned MicroHeat’s solution differs from conventional electric water heaters in that it does not rely on heating elements, but instead uses direct energy transfer technology to exploit the natural electrically conductive properties of water. Hot and warm water can... READ MORE
IN A WORLD FIRST, THE BEHAVIOUR OF MASS TIMBER BUILDINGS TO RESIST THE LOSS OF A KEY STRUCTURAL ELEMENT HAS BEEN PUT TO THE TEST AT THE GOLD COAST CAMPUS OF GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY.
A key member of the team undertaking the testing is Associate Professor Benoit Gilbert from Griffith’s School of Engineering and Built Environment. He confirmed the team was specifically looking at engineered solid wood products, such as Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL),... READ MORE
THE MELBOURNE-BASED WOODSOLUTIONS MID-RISE DEMO IS PROVING POPULAR WITH ORGANISATIONS INTERESTED IN PREFABRICATED TIMBER CONSTRUCTION METHODS.
Designed to demonstrate a variety of different engineered timber products, and the fire, acoustic, and structural systems with which they are commonly associated, the structure provides the effect of a static site visit. Totalling three storeys, the Mid-Rise Demo displays... READ MORE
EXPERTS HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THE PREFABRICATED CONCRETE PANEL INVOLVED IN THE CRACKING INCIDENT AT THE OPAL TOWER WAS NOT AT FAULT.
At the close of 2018, The Australian newspaper exclusively reported that structural engineers had ruled out any integral weakness in a prefabricated concrete panel as the cause of cracking in the Opal Tower, a residential high-rise in Sydney’s west. Sarah... READ MORE
A NEW TIMBER OFFSITE MANUFACTURING PLANT IS SET TO OPEN AT AVALON AIRPORT’S INDUSTRIAL PRECINCT IN THE GEELONG (VICTORIA) AREA IN MID-2019.
Cross Laminated Offsite Solutions (CLOS) will primarily process CLT among other timber materials and provide manufacturing services for the housing, industrial and commercial building sectors. The plant will prefabricate engineered timber products into walls, floors, roofs and other building components,... READ MORE
DYNAMIC PODS HAS ENTERED THE BATHROOM POD MARKET WITH A DIFFERENTIATED OFFER BUILT AROUND A COMMITMENT TO QUALITY, SEAMLESS INTEGRATION, DESIGN FLEXIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL GAINS.
Dynamic Pods is an offshoot of light gauge steel manufacturer Dynamic Steel Frame, which, according to Managing Director Peter Blythe, has capitalised on decades of manufacturing and industry experience to release its bathroom pod solution. The result of the company's... READ MORE
