From traditional fit-outs to modular solutions, SHAPE Australia is positioning itself for future opportunities.
SHAPE Australia’s expansion into modular construction reflects a considered approach to diversifying its capabilities and improving project efficiency. With a long-standing reputation in fit-out and construction, the company recognised modular as a way to streamline delivery and enhance quality control.... READ MORE
Luyten’s AI-powered printer builds the first multi-storey home in Melbourne.
In Melbourne’s outer suburbs, a multi-storey house is being built using 3D printing technology, and may well mark a shift in how housing construction is approached in Australia. The 350-square-metre house, printed using LUYTEN’s PLATYPUS X12 Crane 3D Construction Printer,... READ MORE
Timber Building Systems is hiring a Structural Engineer.
Structural Engineer [2 – 5 years exp] – Offsite Construction! Timber Building Systems (TBS) is looking for a Structural Engineer to join our team and play a key role in shaping the future of offsite construction in Australia. This is... READ MORE
Addressing affordability with high-density modular room systems by Kubikle.
Modular housing firm Kubikle is positioning itself to expand into the Australian market, aiming to address the country’s rising demand for compact, affordable living spaces. The Danish-owned company specialises in prefabricated ‘Mikro’ rooms, designed to maximise functionality in spaces of... READ MORE
Labour shortages and rising costs are pushing some German prefab builders to rethink their approach.
Several German prefabricated homebuilders are adjusting their strategies as labour shortages, rising construction costs, and changing housing demand reshape the market. While these companies have long built homes offsite, they are now leaning more into volumetric modular construction—where entire sections... READ MORE
Smart home technology in prefab construction – Samsung’s vision for intelligent modular housing finds a home with Korea’s Yoochang.
Samsung Electronics and Yoohang have signed an agreement to develop AI-powered modular buildings, strengthening their collaboration in Korea’s burgeoning modular construction sector. (main pic: A modular development by Korea’s Yoochang manufactured using their U’Vista modular system.) Yoochang, Korea’s largest modular... READ MORE
Scaling up modular housing: Jan Gyrn explains Modscape’s manufacturing capacity.
As the Commonwealth Bank of Australia announced a shift in its lending policy to support modular construction on January 31, Modscape’s Jan Gyrn followed with a facility tour to educate and share insights into its advanced manufacturing processes, demonstrating their... READ MORE
Melbourne Polytechnic to lead MMC training with new excellence centre.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Federal Minister for Skills and Training Andrew Giles visited Melbourne Polytechnic’s Heidelberg campus to inspect the site of the Future of Housing Construction Centre of Excellence (FHC CoE), a $50 million investment designed to advance... READ MORE
Over the next four years, the Tasmanian Government schedules to build 200 modular homes.
The Tasmanian Government is scaling up its modular housing programme as part of its commitment to deliver 10,000 social and affordable homes by 2032. Six new modular units have been installed in Burnie, built offsite by Podmatrix in the state’s... READ MORE
Geraldton’s new modular homes designed for accessibility and comfort.
The WA Government is expanding their social housing stock with the delivery of 16 new modular tiny homes in Geraldton, providing a timely boost to the affordable housing supply in the Mid West. (main pic: Summit Modular tiny home under... READ MORE
