The Victorian Minister for Early Childhood and Pre-Prep, Ingrid Stitt, last week announced $14.7 million in funding to build four new modular constructed kindergartens. The funding will deliver new kindergartens in Frankston City, Macedon Ranges and Strathbogie Shire, using architecturally designed modular construction as well as delivering a new modular constructed kindergarten in... READ MORE

Nestled in the Punakaiki bush, on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand, a modern iteration of a historical goldminer’s hut built from cross-laminated timber (CLT), has won the 2022 ADNZ Resene Supreme Architectural Design Award. (main pic: Biv Punakaiki. Credit: Stephen Goodenough) The West Coast bush cabin, called Biv... READ MORE

Founded in 2018, they’ve already established two modular construction factories, one in Balshaj, Kosovo, and the other in Austin, Texas. The InstaBuilt Europe factory is said to be one of the largest single-floor factories dedicated to modular construction in South East Europe with the capacity to produce and export from 1,200 up to... READ MORE

A new housing development situated in North Bristol, UK, was launched last week in collaboration with Legal & General Modular Homes. The development is scheduled to build 185 sustainable homes. According to Legal and General, the homes have been designed for maximum energy efficiency: they will be EPC A-rated and 62% cheaper to... READ MORE

Called Land on Water, the modular aquatic vision was designed by Copenhagen-based practice Danish Maritime Architecture Studio MAST with the support of Hubert Rhomberg and venture studio Fragile. The modular floating architecture is in response to rising sea levels around the world. The modular system consists of float-packed floating modules made of recycled... READ MORE

The HIA launched their modular construction consultation paper late last year to identify regulatory obstacles associated with offsite and modular constructed buildings, and following their interim report published in June this year, they’ve now formalised their findings and recommendations. A catalyst for the report is the need for clarification and certainty given the... READ MORE

With national and global markets in their sights, FormFlow metal-bending is drawing on cutting edge technology and expertise to upscale its production capability with the recent announcement of their new modular housing manufacturing facility.  It’s set to be built at an unused airport hangar in Portland, and was made possible with funding from... READ MORE

The NSW Government’s tenacious agenda for building legislation reform is gathering pace, with the release of three Bills for public consultation as part of the Construct NSW transformation strategy. Their agenda broadly focuses on building “trustworthy buildings” which are fit for purpose in a clear strategy to restore consumer confidence in the construction... READ MORE

Operating from the former Holden manufacturing plant in Adelaide, modular builder Oneconstruct has collapsed with liquidator Dominic Cantone from Oracle Insolvency Services appointed to wind up the company on October 6. The company moved to Elizabeth, an outer northern suburb of Adelaide last year, and in recent years completed new modular classrooms for... READ MORE

Specialist healthcare technology company, Wilhelm, have expanded their product portfolio and have become the exclusive distributor and installer for the German-built range of modular wall systems by MEDIK. Modular construction is transforming healthcare construction throughout the world, and Australia is aligned with this trend and modular operating rooms are already installed in a... READ MORE