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 metres while former record holder Brock Commons in Vancouver, Canada, reaches 53 metres.... READ MORE

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, including cost, schedule, teams, and materials, through a single data stream aimed at... READ MORE

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 by providing access and training provision for industry, further education providers and public... READ MORE

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 Gahir. Utilising empty existing urban real estate, Vivahouse wants to offer short- and... READ MORE

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 2019 sees L&Q launch its first range of prefabricated product designs including bathroom... READ MORE

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 Fund (BTF) is a new scheme to consolidate existing funding schemes in the... READ MORE

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 in Australia are challenged to sustain their businesses when market forces demand that... READ MORE

"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 Offsite Construction' will be held 17 to 18 June at an expanded venue... READ MORE

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 Director Jan Gyrn told Built Offsite the company, which has its own in-house... READ MORE

With the Maryborough, Queensland business's new $20 million GLT plant expected to come on line in the second half of 2019, Hyne Timber’s Strategic Relations Manager, Katherine Fowden told Built Offsite the highly automated plant had a key role to play in Australia’s emerging engineered timber landscape. "GLT plays a crucial complementary role... READ MORE