Population growth and new approaches to learning have fostered innovation in the area of education building delivery, with prefab and offsite solutions positioned to meet burgeoning demand.

There is nothing outwardly special about the Hammer Band apartment complex in the southern Stockholm (Sweden) suburb of Bandhegan.

SmartTimber 18 is a student awards program hosted by peak industry body Timber Queensland and sponsored by Hyne Timber.

Western Sydney’s construction industry will be challenged to reconsider its future, at a conference co-hosted by Western Sydney University’s Centre for Smart Modern Construction (c4SMC) and Australia’s leading industry voice on construction transformation PrefabAUS.

Heathrow Airport today launches a nationwide tour of 65 sites still in the running to be the off-site construction centres for Heathrow expansion. ‘Logistics Hubs’ will help ensure that businesses across the UK can form part of the airport’s supply chain, enabling Heathrow’s new runway to deliver a legacy of construction excellence across the UK.

A new housing category offers affordable certainty for home-seekers and possible opportunity for the offsite construction sector.
To find out more see the latest edition of Built Offsite magazine.

Zero Energy Mass Custom Home (ZEMCH) aims to tackle issues arising in the delivery of socially, economically and environmentally sustainable built environments in developed and developing countries, which accommodate people with different socio-economic backgrounds that relate to ages and abilities.

Featured in this issue of  Modular Advantage is an update from prefabAUS CEO Warren McGregor

Prefabaus 2017 Conference Wrap - UK thought leader mark farmer led a dynamic speaker line-up at the prefabAUS 2017 conference in Melbourne, which offered an examination of both challenges + solutions and highlighted the pressing need for change. 

Mark Farmer speaks with CNBC on UK housing market where new land and planning supply side measures are being trialled.

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You can now view the latest media coverage and photo galleries on the prefabAUS 2017 Conference page.

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HIA's Summit: Manufactured Building Products - Where to from here? was held 12 October 2017 in Sydney. HIA has kindly made the presentations available via the link below.

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The world’s tallest building using a concrete prefabricated pre-finished volumetric construction (PPVC) system is being built in Singapore. TheClement Canopy condominium project that is the first structure on the island to use an all-concrete version of the PPVC system.

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PrefabAUS welcomes its new board of directors elected at the AGM as part of the PrefabAUS Conference this week.

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Modernise or die.... but how?
 
With its echo of Darwin's immortal 'adapt and survive' precept, the title of the UK review, authored last year by the 2017 PrefabAUS conference international keynote speaker Mark Farmer, is a rallying cry for the offsite industry.  For the latest edition of Built Offsite see: http://builtoffsite.com.au/issue-06/

Sweden is the leading exponent of panelised building systems, with around 80 per cent of its housing incorporating elements prefabricated in factories to reap the construction time, quality and labour efficiency advantages.

As this fifth issue of Built Offsite was being laid out, a report pinged into my inbox showing that Manufactured Housing Estates (MHEs) look set to be a key property growth market over the next decade.

Western Sydney University has established a Centre for Smart Modern Construction (c4SMC) within the School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics as an important and timely initiative which will make the western Sydney constructors future ready.

Our main feature on finance demonstrates, a dramatic re-think on funding is needed if the sector is to flourish.

2016 Highlights include:

•  our third annual conference held in Sydney in October
• the launch of the Built Offsite publication
• pre-launch of the Modular Construction Code 
• continued strong growth of PrefabAUS membership
• distributing PrefabAUS logos which members can use to as evidence of membership
• establishing a solid financial position for PrefabAUS to continue and expand it activities
• and the upgrade of our website which went live in September