2026 Sustainable Built Environment Conference destined for Melbourne.
Melbourne has been announced as the host city for the World Sustainable Built Environment Conference (WSBE) in 2026. This event, which first began in 2000, has become a key platform for discussing sustainable development in the built environment. The 2026... READ MORE
Report from Ireland's National Economic and Social Council (NESC) calls for a promotional campaign to demonstrate the quality of MMC-built homes.
Report from Ireland's National Economic and Social Council (NESC) calls for a promotional campaign to demonstrate the quality of MMC-built homes. A recent report from the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) in Ireland calls for a promotional campaign to... READ MORE
Industry 4.0 and the future of prefabricated concrete manufacturing for sustainable construction practices.
At the Digital Concrete 2024 conference, held in Munich, Germany, from 4 to 6 September, a research team introduced a new approach to designing and producing concrete building elements. Their method combines automated design optimization with robot-assisted production to increase... READ MORE
Engineers at Princeton University develop material 5.6 times tougher than conventional cement.
Researchers at Princeton University have developed a cement-based material inspired by human bone architecture, which shows a significant improvement in damage resistance. The material is 5.6 times more damage-resistant than standard cement-based materials, a breakthrough that could enhance building safety... READ MORE
Sonya Kilkenny, Victorian Government Minister for Planning and for the Suburbs outlines the benefits of prefabrication and modular construction.
At the annual Building 4.0 CRC Conference on 3 September 2024, held at Monash College City Campus in Melbourne, The Hon Sonya Kilkenny MP, Victorian Minister for Planning and for the Suburbs, highlighted the government’s strategic focus on offsite and... READ MORE
10,000+ attendees, 150 exhibitors and Timbertruss’s prefabricated wall panels on display at Bowens Expo 2024.
Built Offsite had the pleasure of attending Bowens annual Building + Innovation Expo held on 11 September at the Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton, Melbourne. (main pic: The doors opened at Bowens Building + Innovation Expo 2024.) The event attracted... READ MORE
Need for transparency in certifying modern construction materials identified in Grenfell report.
Peers in the UK’s House of Lords have called for the Building Research Establishment (BRE) to be stripped of its responsibility for certifying modern methods of construction (MMC), following the release of the Grenfell Inquiry’s final report. During a debate... READ MORE
Approved standardised designs for modular construction now available at no cost in British Columbia, Canada.
British Columbia, Canada, has introduced a new initiative to accelerate small-scale, multi-unit housing projects through the provision of free, standardised modular housing designs. Commissioned by the Province of B.C., these modular housing designs are intended to offer a practical solution... READ MORE
Open Grid modular structure facilitates endless configurations with Rammeverk.
Rammeverk, meaning 'framework' in Norwegian, is a modular, open grid, demountable wooden apartment building developed by the Oslo-based studio, Fragment. Their design embraces the principles of open building, allowing for a high degree of flexibility in customisation and remodelling. The... READ MORE
New contractor sought to restart a housing project in Essex following Ilke Homes demise.
More than 130 unfinished homes at the Meadow Grange development in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, are set to be demolished following the collapse of modular builder Ilke Homes. The Guinness Partnership, the housing association overseeing the scheme, confirmed that demolition work would... READ MORE
