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Peak industry housing association in collaboration with AMGC and Swinburne University of Technology publishes their final report on changing regulatory barriers for modular construction.
The HIA launched their modular construction consultation paper late last year to identify regulatory obstacles associated with offsite and modular constructed buildings, and following their interim report published in June this year, they’ve now formalised their findings and recommendations.
A catalyst for the report is the need for clarification and certainty given the accelerating building industry, property developer and consumer acceptance of modular construction and the efficiencies it delivers.
According to the HIA: “A vast number of construction projects including housing, will move to offsite construction and modular or systems-based construction methods over the next 5, 10 and 20 years.”
The findings and recommendation of the final report outline the regulatory steps that could be taken to address these barriers and support the modular construction and prefabricated building and construction sector meeting the expectations of the industry, governments and consumers
The investigation included a review of overseas practice, where prefabricated and modular construction has gained greater momentum and consultation and interviews with various stakeholders to gain a better understanding of the Australian practice and the challenges that are faced by the industry.
Regulatory ambiguities for prefab and modular construction cause uncertainties for all involved parties are identified, and further, these barriers are clearly impeding the uptake of modular construction and modern methods of construction (MMC) building methodologies.
This project identified there are several initiatives governments can implement to assist the industry; including a new section in the National Construction Code (NCC), to clarify many ambiguities in the technical construction requirements and explicitly recognising prefab, tiny homes and modular construction in planning codes as an acceptable form of construction.
“These barriers are clearly impeding the productivity benefits that industry and governments understand and expect to flow from the prefabricated building sector,” according to the report.
See: https://hia.com.au/our-industry/prefab-and-modular-construction
Download the final report HERE
