Ardex Australia partner of choice in delivery of prefabricated solutions for Hilton Hotels.
Partner content: DoubleTree By Hilton is a 17-storey Hilton Hotel and now the tallest building in the vibrant precinct of Northbridge, Perth. (main pic: Hilton Hotel, Perth) Due to the bustling location of the site, the project’s site scheduling was... READ MORE
Melbourne passive house builder recognised in award, and announces new industry-transformative passive house building division.
Fuelled by a determination to transform the construction industry through building sustainable, offsite constructed ultra-energy efficient homes, Burkhard Hansen of CarbonLite, took to the stage last week to accept Telstra’s Victorian 2023 Promoting Sustainability Award. (main pic: Carbonlite Passivhaus build)... READ MORE
Declaration that the cost of carbon to be measured will drive builders to offsite construction.
With the race to decarbonise Australia’s economy, in a first of its kind, the NSW Government has stated that the cost of carbon will be measured in business cases for future infrastructure projects. The transformation of Australia’s construction industry, which... READ MORE
Modern methods of construction crucial to a resilient future.
Joyce Ferng, Building Structures and Modular Lead at AECOM, explores the benefits of offsite construction and why increased policy is essential to improving the procurement process, encouraging innovation, and driving widespread uptake. Modern methods of construction (MMC), widely recognised as... READ MORE
Online tool allows project teams and building owners to quantify the carbon “savings”.
Architecture 2030, whose mission is to transform the built environment from a major emitter of greenhouse gases to a central solution to the climate crisis, has launched their online carbon calculator targeted at those who retrofit existing buildings, or adaptive... READ MORE
L&G modular build site identified with significant mould issues.
At Legal & General’s modular build development in Bonnington, Kent, houses will be taken off their foundations to investigate an issue identified last year with buyers waiting a further year, and in another development in Yorkshire, serious mould issues have... READ MORE
WA Government affirms commitment to social housing with modular construction.
As part of the McGowan Government's $2.4 billion commitment to addressing the housing crisis and homelessness, they’ve announced the delivery of two of the scheduled 13 modular-built properties for Goldfields, WA. (main pic: TR Homes Hamelin Bay modular home) The... READ MORE
Spacecube’s unique flat-pack modular building system is positioned for growth.
When the pandemic arrived, it took just 15 hours for a team from Spacecube to assemble an emergency COVID-19 hospital. But, the challenge was, they’d never built a hospital before. With Spacecube’s DNA in manufacturing customisable, transportable, and modular buildings... READ MORE
Report identifies modular housing as part solution to housing affordability.
Declining affordability has shifted the reality of home ownership for many Australian households in recent times, yet alternative housing solutions may present an opportunity to address the dilemma. Published last week, the PRD report entitled “Alternative solutions – Solving The... READ MORE
Affirmation that manufacturing modular homes to passive house standards is cost-competitive and delivers additional benefits.
The establishment of the UK’s Offsite Homes Alliance £2bn national modular construction framework is clear affirmation to all progressive builders that modular construction’s time on the stage has arrived. (main pic: Beattie House’s Ferry Road is the first Net Zero... READ MORE
