We can see YouTube videos of high rise apartment buildings being erected on site in just a few days. We hear about multi-storey school buildings being installed over the Christmas holidays to avoid a year or so of disruption.

Amy Marks made a compelling case for clients to rethink how they buy their construction projects in future. Marks is the President of US based XSite construction consulting, but her work now covers many markets. She is an international member of the Singapore Government’s Building Construction Authority (BCA) and advises on how the Singapore industry might implement their Construction Productivity Roadmap1 . BCA’s vision is to realise a highly integrated and technologically advanced construction sector led by progressive firms and supported by a skilled competent workforce by 2020, through a 4‐pronged approach which includes;

I believe it is that time, as the construction industry starts to take on a new look after a century in which it has hardly changed, especially when compared to the impressive advances in just about every other industry over that time.

Australia’s peak industry body for off-site construction, prefabAUS, has appointed a new CEO to help manage rapid growth in the sector.

Prefab Australia (PrefabAUS) will assemble industry experts from around the world to address the global expansion of prefabricated building technologies and the future of Australia’s built environment.

We are proud to have David Chandler speaking at our inaugural prefabAUS conference.

 Our Conference will be a perfect opportunity to learn from experts, while making new connections that last.

PrefabAUS is delighted to announce our Inaugural Conference in Melbourne from 11 - 13 August 2014.

PrefabAUS Board Member Craig Chatman returned from a prefab study tour of Germany in early December, reviewing panelised prefabrication and productivity. 

As Australian cities contend with an increased need for densification, urban infill projects can face many obstacles, in particular the period of disruption during a typically drawn out construction process with its associated dust and noise. 

Located on the congested and chaotic Springvale Road in Melbourne, Nunawading Train Station was fabricated off site to enable a fast tracked construction timeline and to ensure the highest level of quality.

Last weekend, PrefabAUS was delighted to witness the installation of 10 modules to create 7 new 21C learning spaces at Duffy Primary School, Canberra