Australian inspections underway as ADMARES model home reaches halfway point

ADMARES’ first Australian model home has reached around 50% completion in Finland, with Australian inspectors checking key stages of construction before the building is shipped to Queensland. (main image: Assembly of ADMARES’ Australian model home at the company’s Finland Lab. Credit all images ADMARES)

ADMARES has reached the halfway point in construction of its Australian model home at the company’s Finland Lab, as it continues preparations for its proposed industrial-scale housing manufacturing operation in Queensland.

The model home is being manufactured using the product technologies, engineering principles and production methods ADMARES intends to deploy through its planned Smart Factory system.

According to the company, multiple stages of the build are progressing concurrently, including installation of the structural system, building envelope and integrated technology.

The home incorporates a rigid steel structural frame, insulated building envelope and the company’s Smart Home platform, which integrates building monitoring and controls during factory production rather than adding them after construction.

Australian compliance checked during manufacture
According to ADMARES, a significant part of the prototype program is the involvement of Australian inspectors and specialist consultants during production in Finland.

ADMARES said key stages are being inspected before construction elements are covered, allowing compliance with Australian residential requirements to be assessed progressively during manufacture.

The approach addresses one of the practical issues associated with offshore prefabrication: providing Australian certifiers and consultants with visibility of construction work that may no longer be accessible once a finished module arrives in Australia.

Once manufacturing is completed, the home will be transported to Queensland and made available to stakeholders for assessment of its construction quality, finishes, functionality and performance.

The model home forms part of ADMARES’ preparations for its proposed Smart Factory in South-East Queensland. The company established its Australian operation in Brisbane in late 2025 and said in January that letters of intent from prospective customers were sufficient to cover the first two years of production from the proposed facility.

ADMARES has been developing the manufacturing platform with companies including ABB Robotics, Porsche Consulting, MHP, EDAG, Siemens and NVIDIA technologies. Its proposed Australian factory is intended to use highly automated production lines and digital manufacturing systems to produce housing at scale.

The Queensland-bound model home will provide the first physical opportunity for Australian industry participants to examine a dwelling produced using the system before the proposed local manufacturing operation proceeds.

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