Industry stakeholders are being invited to help develop the functional brief for a proposed Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) Showcase Building at Melbourne Polytechnic’s Heidelberg campus. The survey, launched as part of the Future of Housing Construction Centre of Excellence, is seeking input before the facility is built on the capabilities, infrastructure, learning... READ MORE

Samsung Electronics is considering Australia as part of the international expansion of its AI modular home platform, providing a potentially significant connection between one of the world’s largest technology companies and factory-built housing. (main image: Samsung’s AI Modular Home in Hwaseong, South Korea, brings factory-built housing together with the company’s connected-home technology across... READ MORE

The New South Wales Parliament has passed the Building (Approvals and Practitioners) Bill 2026, establishing Australia's first legislative framework recognising prefabricated buildings within the state's building approvals system. (main image: AUSTRUSS supplied the light gauge steel DfMA system for Growthbuilt's 183-townhouse development at Edmondson Park, Sydney. The NSW Government's building reforms formally recognise... READ MORE

The incorporation of modern methods of construction (MMC) into Labor's National Platform has brought renewed attention to the John Curtin Research Centre's Manufacturing Homes report. For Chief Economist Lachlan Kerwood-McCall, however, procurement represents only one element of a much broader reform agenda. Speaking with Built Offsite, he said the report presents an integrated... READ MORE

Australia's offsite industry has manufacturers, builders and developers. This article proposes a new business category for organisations that assume commercial responsibility for integrating multiple stages of project delivery under a single commercial model. (Main image: A volumetric module is craned into position at Freecity's Herring Road student accommodation project in Sydney, supplied through... READ MORE

ADMARES has expanded its Australian Smart Factory plans with the announcement of a strategic partnership with Bosch and the release of a documentary detailing the industrial manufacturing platform it intends to deploy locally. The developments build on the company's plans to establish its first Australian Smart Factory, positioning Australia as an early deployment... READ MORE

Manufacturers continue to invest in new factories. Product suppliers continue to expand. New systems enter the market. Governments increasingly reference Modern Methods of Construction (MMC), while developers and builders are becoming more familiar with prefabrication as a procurement pathway. Yet finding the right supplier often remains far more difficult than it should be.... READ MORE

When Perkins&Will recently released its research into a modular mass timber housing system for Canada, the immediate takeaway was straightforward: another country is exploring how prefabrication, standardisation and offsite manufacturing might help address housing supply. (main image: Render of the proposed modular mass timber housing system developed by Perkins&Will, illustrating a mid-rise residential... READ MORE

Part one of a two-part series. A recommendation from the John Curtin Research Centre's recent Manufacturing Homes report has already found its way into the Australian Labor Party's National Platform after delegates at the ALP National Conference, held from 23–25 July 2026, adopted an amendment recognising the role modern methods of construction (MMC)... READ MORE

Braemar, NSW: In conversation with Built Offsite, Andrew Fowler, founder and managing director of AUSTRUSS, said industrialised construction has never been about following trends. Instead, the company's growth over more than two decades has been driven by solving practical construction problems—an approach that continues to shape its evolution from light gauge steel framing... READ MORE