US HOME BUILDER CLAYTON HOMES IS DIRECTLY TARGETING PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF PREFAB / OFFSITE SOLUTIONS IN ITS LATEST TV ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN.
The Tennessee based company, which is one of the largest home builders in the US, is using the ‘Prefabulous' campaign to showcase the modern prefab home and educate the public about the benefits of offsite construction. The campaign takes the... READ MORE
SCANDINAVIAN TALL TIMBER IS MAKING HEADLINES WITH THE COUNCIL ON TALL BUILDINGS AND URBAN HABITAT (CTBUH) RECENTLY DECLARING NORWAY'S MJØSTÅRNET AS THE NEW WORLD'S TALLEST TIMBER BUILDING, WHILE SWEDEN ALSO MAKES HEADWAY.
Located in the Norwegian city of Brumunddal - known for its forestry and wood processing industry, Mjøstårnet measures a total height of 85.4 metres, a feat in timber builds; the tallest timber tower in Australia, 25 King, reaches just 45... READ MORE
US: TECH DRIVEN CONSTRUCTION GIANT KATERRA HAS LAUNCHED A NEW SUITE OF PRODUCTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.
The new launches, revealed at an event on 18 February in Las Vegas, include proprietary software that integrates data gathered throughout the building's supply chain and construction. Apollo software is designed to support the building process from end to end,... READ MORE
CONSTRUCTION SCOTLAND INNOVATION CENTRE (CSIC) AND THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD (CITB) HAVE FORMED A NEW PARTNERSHIP TO HELP ADDRESS THE SHORTAGE OF INNOVATION SKILLS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.
The partnership will create a strategic relationship to help identify and deliver the future skills and training the construction industry needs to help it innovate further, resulting in improved productivity across the sector. The initiative will incentivise and support innovation... READ MORE
UK PREFAB SUPPLIER VIVAHOUSE IS GEARING UP TO MEET DEMAND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGH FLAT PACK SOLUTIONS THAT CAN TRANSFORM EXISTING BUILDINGS.
The London-based start-up’s vision is to re-purpose old commercial buildings into co-living spaces using bespoke flat-pack panels. Vivahouse units can be assembled in an existing building in a matter of hours, according to the company’s co-founder and chief executive Rajdeep... READ MORE
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
