Mass timber construction survey identifies need for further education.
A 2022 survey commissioned by New Zealand’s Mid-Rise Wood Construction Programme and implemented by BRANZ (an independent research, testing, consulting and information company) of design, construction and building professionals into the perceptions and barriers to mass timber usage in construction... READ MORE
Situated in Croydon, London-based Outpost Management (rental residential management platform) announced earlier this month that its latest build-to-rent development has reached its maximum height. (main pic: Croydon build-to-rent development delivered by Tide Construction and Vision Modular Systems.) Standing at 158m,... READ MORE
Many hands (and minds) make light work. When representatives from across the construction industry come together with client representatives – benefits can be found on both sides and the industry can be guided to grow.
An old African proverb once said … ‘it takes a village to raise a child’. While yes, it’s not a physical child, the Australian offsite construction industry could be likened to one – an industry growing through its infancy and... READ MORE
Volumetric Building Company announces global expansion.
Following on from last week’s USD$75 million fundraising announcement, it seems that Vaughan Buckley, the Australian-born founder of VBC isn’t content with letting the ink dry on that announcement. He’s now embarking on a tenacious plan to launch in the... READ MORE
Shenton College to receive a $15m modular building to cope with bumper student intake.
West Australia’s Education and Training Minister, Sue Ellery, announced last week that Shenton College, located in Perth, will receive a $15m modular building for an additional 300 secondary students. The double-storey building, which will include 11 classrooms, one science lab,... READ MORE
Full scale chamber for modular built homes to test performance.
Large scale chambers have been built to simulate living on Mars, but the enterprising team of UK-based Barratt Developments and French multinational, Saint-Gobain have more earthly-based aspirations: building a chamber that punishes a modular-built house with extreme temperatures and climatic... READ MORE
Berlin building establishes new direction for mass timber and concrete hybrid construction.
As increasingly recognised in Australia and overseas, with the established benefits of mass timber buildings, they are invariably hybrid constructions with either further use of steel or concrete to deliver sustainable outcomes. (main pic: Seven storeys high, EDGE Suedkreuz was... READ MORE
Veev Group cuts 30% of its staff from modular home building business.
Israeli startup based in California have announced a series of retrenchments in response to the modular home building company shifting its focus from manufacturing high-rise developments to low-rise multi-residential modular housing. As reported in a statement to CTech, an Israeli... READ MORE
Equion Capital seeks buyer for one of Australia’s largest modular builders.
Based in South Yarra, Melbourne, Equion Capital, as first reported in the Australian Financial Review, is seeking a buyer for one of Australia’s largest modular builders. (main image credit: Chapman Taylor Architects). Known as “Project Panton”, the modular builder for... READ MORE
VBC equity offering to fund modular construction expansion.
Founded in 2009 by Australian expat Vaughan Buckley, the Philadelphia-based modular construction company, Volumetric Building Company is raising USD$75 million according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Vaughan Buckley, CEO, VCB. Volumetric began offering equity on... READ MORE
