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Wild Modular charts their journey from an onsite residential builder to founding a modular construction company, to partnering with QCC Collection a hospitality property consultancy and, it’s a modular construction map that points in one direction.
Frustrated by the inefficiencies, delays and wastage with their traditional onsite construction business, Yennora-based Wild Modular’s founders and directors Tahi Merrilees and Alex Tattle, took all the hard-earned lessons from their high-end residential construction background in New Zealand, large-scale commercial and infrastructure builds in Australia, and collated all of their know-how to pioneer their modular building methodology. (main pic: Wild Modular: positioned for expansion.)
Their modular building business not only addresses the challenges and inefficiencies of the traditional construction industry, but also offers a sustainable, cost-effective, and efficient solution for builders, developers, and architects alike.
Tahi and Alex launched Wild Modular in March 2021, and within a two-year time frame have seen their modular construction business rapidly grow to a capacity of 450 modules per year, and they have just announced last week, a national partnership with QCC Collection, a Sydney-based hospitality property development consultancy.
Wild Modular and QCC Collection will combine their knowledge of design, modular construction and operational infrastructure to target hoteliers and developers, identify suitable development sites, develop ROI reports, manage the entire planning, modular building and installation process.
Tahi Merrilees, co-founder, Wild Modular, said: “Once you start delving into offsite construction, it just makes so much sense. We used to build schools and educational facilities with 100-plus workers on site. We’ve taken all the skills and trades from onsite builds, and combined all of these into a controlled environment with a manufacturing line that resembles an automotive production line.
And, with our new partnership with QCC Collection, location constraints are no longer an issue when it comes to hotels, resorts and retreats wanting to build or expand, whether it be on a snowy mountain top or overlooking a pristine but rugged coastline.”
According to Merrilees, modern methods of construction (MMC) also features throughout their manufacturing processes ‘where every component is designed to the millimetre, with a greater resemblance to manufacturing than construction”.
“We’re making it as simple as possible for every new build in the factory, further optimising It with every manufactured component.”
QCC Collection said the new partnership with Wild Modular will amplify opportunities for the hospitality sector.
“Our partnership with Wild Modular represents a significant step forward for the hospitality industry, allowing us to deliver more innovative solutions to our clients,” said Caspar P. Schmidt, Founder and Director of QCC Collection.
“This collaboration will help optimise every stage of the project lifecycle, from feasibility, design and planning approvals to construction, operator selection, pre-opening, and management with Motif Retreats (Our management arm in the business).”
“This is a game changer for developers who wish to either establish or expand into areas where traditional construction methods currently make it unfeasible,” Merrilees said.
They’re positioning their modular building partnership for retreats, resorts, regional escapes and aged care facilities.
