A CASE STUDY FROM WOODSOLUTIONS ON THE OXFORD APARTMENT SCHEME AT WILLIAMS LANDING JUST OUTSIDE MELBOURNE DEMONSTRATES HOW DEVELOPERS AND BUILDING PROFESSIONALS CAN DEPLOY NEW LIGHTWEIGHT TIMBER SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION APPROACHES INTO THEIR PROJECTS.
Around 20km west of Melbourne's CBD, Williams Landing (from residential developer Cedar Woods) is a 225-hectare master planned community of 2,400 characterised by state of the art transport, amenities and architecturally designed homes. The Oxford Apartments scheme at Williams Landing... READ MORE
A LANDMARK TIMBER PROJECT AND MULTI-AWARD WINNER AT THE 2019 OFFSITE AND STRUCTURAL TIMBER AWARDS, THE NEW CAMBRIDGE MOSQUE COMBINES ISLAMIC PRINCIPLES WITH EUROPEAN SENSIBILITIES TO FORM AN ICONIC ENGINEERED TIMBER STRUCTURE EMPLOYING OFFSITE PRINCIPLES.
The newly constructed Cambridge Mosque's main features are its gold clad dome and the vast timber structure, which was designed and manufactured by BlumerLehmann AG in Gossau, Switzerland. The mosque also incorporates many sustainable feature with zero onsite carbon emissions,... READ MORE
THE HERMAL GROUP IS POSITIONED TO GROW ITS OUTPUT FOLLOWING AN EXPANSION TO ITS QUIPSMART PRODUCTION FACILITY AND THE ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT.
Late 2019 saw The Hermal Group, which owns businesses including prefab building specialist Quipsmart and CLT operation CLTP Burnie (Tasmania), secure an additional 8,500 square metres of space at the Quipsmart plant in Braeside (Victoria) next to its existing facilities.... READ MORE
PEIKKO GROUP IS A LEADING GLOBAL SUPPLIER OF SLIM FLOOR STRUCTURES AND CONNECTION TECHNOLOGY FOR PRECAST AND CAST-IN-SITU APPLICATIONS.
Trent Davis, Managing Director, Peikko Australia, confirms Peikko's innovative solutions offer a faster, safer, more sustainable and more efficient way to design and build. "Peikko aims to change the construction industry to be more efficient and sustainable. We are the... READ MORE
A NEW MODULAR SOLAR CAR SHADE SYSTEM CONSTRUCTED USING PREFABRICATED TIMBER LOOKS SET TO OFFER A SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION TO THE CAR PORT MARKET.
"The Solaris solar carport shade system from EnviroPark is Australia's first commercially available, timber based modular solar shade support structure that suits architects, builders and developers wishing to provide a truly holistic approach to sustainable design and construction," said David... READ MORE
COLLABORATIVE BUILDING SOFTWARE PLATFORM HSB CAD IS BEING SUCCESSFULLY DEPLOYED IN OFFSITE CONSTRUCTION, PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF THE BENEFITS OF DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURE AND ASSEMBLY (DFMA).
HSB CAD Technical Sales Manager Frank Davern told Built Offsite the company’s suite of solutions was ideally suited to DFMA's key function of applying manufacturing methodologies to construction projects. "HSB CAD has a number of relevant benefits in this regard,”he says. “DFMA... READ MORE
THIS YEAR’S PREFABAUS CONFERENCE FEATURED A BROAD ARRAY OF SPEAKERS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS. BUILT OFFSITE RE-CAPS THE HIGHLIGHTS AND INSIGHTS FROM THE EVENT.
With a spectrum of presentations and ideas in play, if there was a unifying theme for the prefabAUS 2019 Conference from 10- 11 September 2019 at the International Convention Centre Sydney, it was a need to further the discussion of... READ MORE
HAVING CARVED A NICHE AS AN INNOVATOR IN ENGINEERED TIMBER, LONDON PRACTICE WAUGH THISTLETON ARCHITECTS (WTA) CONTINUES TO RESEARCH AND PROMOTE CLT’S UNIQUE PROPERTIES. BELINDA SMART CAUGHT UP WITH CO-FOUNDER ANDREW WAUGH AT THE COMPANY’S SHOREDITCH BASE EARLIER THIS YEAR.
As this issue of Built Offsite went to press, a London practice that punches well above its weight had just secured the go-ahead for a project that embodies the conjunction of social equity, sustainability and innovation at its foundations. Waugh... READ MORE
AMAZON-BACKED MODULAR HOUSING COMPANY PLANT PREFAB AND ARCHITECTURE FIRM BROOKS & SCARPA HAVE JOINED FORCES TO CREATE A PREFAB HOUSING ‘TOOLKIT’ AIMED AT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING MARKET.
The Nest LivingHome toolkit is designed to give cities and non-profit developers a suite of designs that save money and can be delivered more quickly than traditional construction. By offering different options for different types of sites, the concept has... READ MORE
US TECH CONSTRUCTION START-UP KATERRA IS CONTINUING ITS DISRUPTION OF THE BUILDING LANDSCAPE WITH A NEW FACTORY DEPLOYING CUTTING EDGE AUTOMATION AND AI.
The new factory, which opened in Spokane Valley, (Washington State) in September, is the largest such facility in North America. It is highly automated and utilises artificial intelligence for many of its processes. The handling of raw material begins with... READ MORE
