Based in London with offices already established in Singapore, Barcelona, and Milan, they’re also opening a new office in Boston, MA. Founded in 1995, the firm now specialises in a value-oriented 'kit-of-parts' approach to design for manufacturing and assembly (DfMA)(industrialised construction). Their North American expansion is being led by board director Jaimie Johnston... READ MORE

With mass timber’s future in the construction industry assured, any novel or innovative process that can reduce build time and maintain, or improve on its fire-rated certification for tall timber buildings (joining mass timber) is assured of a receptive audience. Researchers at Lakehead University in Ontario, Canada, have been feverishly developing a new... READ MORE

The Construction Innovation Hub is a UK Government-funded joint enterprise of the Building Research Establishment, the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) and the Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB). Its mission is to lead a revolution in UK construction methodologies to increase the proportion of work done offsite, in controlled factory environments. It embraces... READ MORE

Last week’s 2022 iteration of the Modular Building Institute’s (MBI) World of Modular conference and tradeshow attracted over 1,000 in-person and digital attendees from more than 20 countries. Billed as the modular construction industry's largest and longest-running event, it attracted professionals from around the world to network, exchange ideas, learn from experts, and... READ MORE

After several false starts for Kevin Ezard’s Melbourne-based Timber Offsite Construction event due to Covid, it’s finally scheduled to see the light of day on June 21/22. One of the presentations of the event will feature a project-panel discussion of the innovative Sydney Oakhill College Innovation Hub. The panel will feature: Russell Garnett,... READ MORE

When two progressive thinkers collide, the result is invariably interesting and likely to gain significant attention for their prefabricated home. For the last two years, entrepreneur Oscar Martin, founder of Pedestrian TV has been collaborating with multi award-winning architect Peter Stutchbury to launch an affordable, prefabricated, carbon-neutral and concrete-free home with the aesthetics... READ MORE

Commitment by Elements Europe to modern methods of construction (MMC) were crucial in their successful bid to secure the £100m ($180m AUD) development (modular hotel and office). According to company sources, their advanced offsite manufacturing and construction techniques provided an alternative to traditional building methodology ensuring cost and programme certainty. The central London... READ MORE

At the recent World of Modular trade show in San Antonio, Texas, Rick Murdock, CEO of Autovol, continued, and furthered his company’s commitment to utilising robotics (robots) for the modular building business. According to an analysis by US organisation, Associated Builders and Contractors, labour shortages have been systemic throughout the construction industry, and... READ MORE

Exploring a use for non-recycled glass, researchers at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University assessed utilising it as a replacement for sand commonly used in 3D-printed concrete structures. Glass is made of silica, which is a major component of sand. (main pic: 3D-printed bench, made of concrete where ground glass was used in lieu of... READ MORE

Book early for this year’s prefabAUS 2022 conference in Brisbane. The event will be held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre located in the riverside South Bank Precinct. Top level speakers, in addition to industry-leading exhibitors, with extensive networking opportunities with your peers, and subtracted by the savings of an Early Bird... READ MORE