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International manufacturers are eyeing Australia's construction crisis as an opportunity. At prefabAUS's annual general meeting on 28 August 2025, members voted to establish an international category of membership—a strategic move designed to shape an inevitable trend rather than simply react to it.
Speaking at Offsite25, the annual conference of prefabAUS on 28 August 2025, Associate Professor Dominik Holzer from the University of Melbourne delivered a compelling presentation on how Artificial Intelligence could revolutionise the prefabrication industry.
From sacrificial formwork to sophisticated manufacturing: Clarinda Ho and Norm Roberts are leading OFFSITE’s ambitious mission to close construction’s productivity gap by building more efficiently and redefining housing delivery in Western Australia through modern methods of construction, scaling affordability at industrial speed.
As Australia’s largest locally owned and operated modular building company, Fleetwood was pleased to participate in the Australian Building Codes Board’s consultation process for the proposed National Voluntary Certification Scheme for Manufacturers of Modern Methods of Construction (the Scheme). The Scheme aims to establish nationally consistent definitions for MMC and create a certification pathway for compliance with the National Construction Code (NCC).
prefabAUS's systematic advocacy has transformed Modern Methods of Construction from an industry outlier to a central pillar of national housing strategy in just 24 months