A UK smart construction network launch connects experts to industry of innovation and R&D organisations and universities that help the construction industry build smarter has been launched by the Supply Chain School, working with UK offsite association, Build Offsite.
By providing a free and easy to use tool that locates these centres, the Smart Construction Network site aims to encourage innovation construction practises and methodology across the sector, connecting businesses to a national network of leading research and development... READ MORE
Backed by USD$30 million in venture capital, Mighty Buildings 3-D printed prefabs subscribes to the classic startup recipe: use technology to address major issues and disrupt existing industries.
Mighty Buildings 3-D printed prefabs has a distinctive vision for the future of housing construction, one that combines 3D printing with prefab techniques to automate and streamline the building process. To achieve this vision, the young company has developed a... READ MORE
In a first for Hong Kong, InnoCell is a Modular multi-residential 17-storey building that’s paved the way for future modular developments
It’s exactly what Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) is aiming for; a prefabricated Modular multi-residential housing project called InnoCell, which is expected to provide 500 bed spaces early next year. The project was awarded second place in... READ MORE
Based in Oslo, Modulize AS is positioning itself to be the chief operating system for the entire prefab value chain.
“To build software that finally unlocks the true potential of prefabrication and modular construction and to build a world where construction is faster, cheaper and greener, all without sacrificing quality or character”: A bold and engaging claim, but this start-up... READ MORE
With the stated mission to disrupt the commercial and residential building sector through quicker and less expensive construction techniques and setting new standards for sustainability, Atomic 6 has committed itself to a challenging path in composite structures.
Using their patented carbon fibre building system for quicker with solar cladding bonded to the walls, the entire ‘composite structures system’ then feeds into mass battery storage with the objective of the development being completely off-grid. The company also sees... READ MORE
Our weekly newsletter launched last year has assuredly taken over where its predecessor Built Offsite (print) carved out a new and burgeoning message about all things prefab.The path to prefabrication is assured, and with our primary industry partner prefabAUS, professional... READ MORE
Japanese leviathan building company Daiwa House Group acquires majority stake in Dutch modular construction business, Jan Snel Group.
Daiwa House Group signed a share purchase agreement with the current shareholders of Flexbuild Holding, the holding company of Jan Snel Group. With the agreement, Flexbuild and Jan Snel dutch modular construction business will become part of Daiwa House Group.... READ MORE
The recently completed Sands precast concrete House in the coastal region of Torquay, Victoria features a bespoke application of precast concrete in a residential context.
The architecturally designed residence features floor to roof glazing, exposed steel and polished concrete floors, all of which are framed by unadulterated precast concrete house walls. Precast concrete walling has realised the architect’s vision of consistent, expressed materials and consistent... READ MORE
Providing high-quality, energy efficient housing, at less than half the Seattle region’s average cost per door.
Is Blokable set to disrupt affordable housing?
Funded through a partnership between Blokable and the State of Washington, Blokable at Phoenix Rising is a state-of-the-art, all-electric housing community for renters earning 30% of the Area Median Income Blokable at Phoenix Rising, the world’s first Vertically Integrated Modular... READ MORE
In what appears to be the analogy realised: ‘You don’t buy a car and expect them to assemble it in your driveway, then why tolerate it for your home,’ a car manufacture the general public associates with the most progressive set of wheels you can buy has taken the off-ramp and driven straight into the parking bay of an offsite manufacturer.
Gonzalo Gonzalez, Former Senior Director of Manufacturing Engineering at Tesla and Vice President of Operations and Engineering at Jabil, Joins iBUILT as Chief Manufacturing Officer. iBUILT, the new design-build-operate company powered by state-of-the-art technology, recently announced that Gonzalo Gonzalez, manufacturing... READ MORE
