Increased demand for ilke Homes zero energy bill modular homes exceeds capacity.
UK-based modular home builder, ilke Homes, has been manufacturing modular homes at its Flaxby factory since 2018. They’ve recently secured a £100 million joint-venture with major developer Places for People and a £30 million investment from the government’s housing agency,... READ MORE
Melbourne-based Luyten prints 3D house for use in Alice Springs.
Founded in 2020, and delivering their 3D-printed iteration of the 4th industrial revolution, Luyten have studiously honed their technology for many years, and last week launched their first commercial arrangement to print five housing units destined for Alice Springs. They’ve... READ MORE
DWTT is positioned to increase panelised production by up to 50% with addition of a Homag-Weinmann manufacturing line.
Based in Drouin, in outer Melbourne, DWTT have acquired the wall line of CSR Velocity’s failed early entry into the panelised offsite construction market. (main pic: DWTT FutureFit panels ready for delivery to site.) The new equipment will complement their... READ MORE
Adelaide-based modular builder resident at Mitsubishi’s former Tonsley assembly plant
It’s recognised the skill set and lean manufacturing methodology of car assembly and modular building are broadly interchangeable, and an Adelaide-based modular builder, Specialised Solutions, have taken over where Mitsubishi ended. (main pic: Specialised Solutions Sedi solar powered modular street... READ MORE
Industrialised construction innovator, Project Frog, launches their next big thing: BIM + MMC + standardised kit-of-parts = KitConnect.
In 2017 Built Offsite featured a design and delivery platform called Project Frog (see link below) where architects, builders and developers can browse through pre-configured building typologies, or set site-specific parameters for design. It’s an intuitive interface allows users to... READ MORE
US-based company secures seed funding to insure offsite manufactured homes.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Manufactured Housing Survey, since 2010 (up to 2022), offsite manufactured home ‘shipments’ have increased by more than 130%. That compelling statistic hasn’t gone unnoticed by a company called CoverTree, who have just launched the... READ MORE
UK Construction Innovation Hub launches Product Platform Rulebook
The Construction Innovation Hub last week published the first edition of their Product Platform Rulebook, and was devised to deliver a clear path to deploying a platform approach to modern methods of construction. It’s an open-access guide designed to support... READ MORE
Survey opened and submissions accepted for regulating offsite constructed and manufactured homes in NSW.
The NSW Government announced last week their intention to reform building laws to include offsite constructed (pre-fabricated) and manufactured homes. According to Government sources, “Part of this overall consultation, we are proposing new building regulations for pre-fabricated and manufactured homes.... READ MORE
Skyportz reveals modular design for Australia’s first electric air taxi vertiport.
At the recent AAUS annual Advanced Air Mobility summit in Melbourne, Skyportz, a Melbourne-based start-up showcased its new modular-designed vertiport. Skyportz announced their first Australian partnership with Caribbean Park, a recently established business precinct outside of the Melbourne CBD. It’s... READ MORE
Successful round of funding fuels MMC kit-of-parts modular builder.
With the stated intention of being able to deliver a modular house anywhere in the world from a kit-of-parts, UK-based Modulous may well classify as a genuine building industry disruptor. They’re a modular builder, but they don’t own a factory.... READ MORE
