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Trans Homes manufactures modular homes for regional and remote Western Australia.
Modular homes under construction at Trans Homes’ Forrestfield facility are being prepared for transport to regional and remote communities across Western Australia, as the state continues to expand its use of modular construction to address housing shortages. (main image: Modular homes under construction at Trans Homes’ Forrestfield facility, prepared for delivery to regional and remote Western Australia. Credit all images WA Government.)
The builds form part of a broader shift in WA’s public housing programme away from traditional double brick construction towards factory-built and transportable housing, particularly in locations where labour availability, construction timeframes and site access have constrained delivery.
Factory-built homes for regional and remote WA
Trans Homes has been manufacturing steel-framed transportable homes in Western Australia since the mid-1970s and operates as part of the Quality Builders group, a family-owned construction business with more than three decades of experience delivering government buildings across the state.
Homes are constructed in full at the Forrestfield yard in a controlled factory environment before being split for transport and reassembled on site. This approach allows manufacturing, approvals and site works to occur concurrently, reducing overall delivery timeframes while maintaining consistent quality standards.
According to John Carey, modular construction has become a central component of the state’s housing delivery strategy.
“When I first became Housing Minister, almost all social housing stock was double brick and tile and now nearly 50 per cent of all new public housing stock utilises new building methods or technologies,” Carey said.
“This means we can build more homes, with the whole process from construction to delivery taking six to eight months.”
Carey said the state government has delivered more than 3,800 social homes since 2021 as part of a $6.3 billion investment in social and affordable housing measures across Western Australia.
Trans Homes’ transportable houses are designed to suit a wide range of regional conditions, including cyclonic environments where required. All steel frames and structural components are fabricated in-house, allowing tighter control over quality, compliance and build sequencing.
See Trans Homes’ completed build of Harrisdale Senior High School.
Government delivery and workforce pathways
As the group’s flagship company, Quality Builders is one of Western Australia’s principal providers of government transportable buildings. Completed projects across the group include housing delivered under the Government Regional Officer Housing programme, specialist classrooms for the Department of Education, health facilities for WA Health, and infrastructure for justice and corrective services agencies.
The Forrestfield operation also supports Ngalla Binang, a joint venture between Quality Builders and Ngalla Maya Pty Ltd aimed at providing training and long-term employment pathways for young Indigenous men and women in construction. The initiative integrates modular manufacturing with structured skills development alongside live government projects.
The growing use of modular housing reflects a structural change in how Western Australia plans, procures and delivers new public housing, particularly outside the metropolitan area.
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