Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the appointment of Mr Chandler was part of the NSW Government’s commitment to implementing the biggest overhaul to building laws in the State’s history.

In London last week at an event attended by 140 people, Cast launched a new digital app that it has been working on for the last 20 months. Developed in partnership with Bryden Wood, PRISM is the first web based app in the world operating on an open source basis and supported at a city government level.

The UK Government launched a cross industry working group tasked with supporting the mortgage finance, insurance and valuation communities in better understanding and supporting the greater use of Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) across residential development.

The Swedish company's joint venture BoKlok is working with Worthing council to build affordable homes. The 2017 prefabAUS study tour included a visit to the BoKlok factory in Sweden as well some of their completed homes.

The Morrison Government is backing Australia’s manufacturing and building and construction sectors, with support for the prefabricated building industry.

While the building sector remains largely segmented, the Silicon Valley tech company chairman and co-founder has set his sights on nearly every construction vertical down to, yes, the kitchen sink.

An eight-company portfolio now makes manufactured housing's No. 1 player a top 20 home builder. Here's what it means, and why it matters.

Virtual reality, digital design and offsite manufacturing technologies are the future of UK construction thanks to £72 million investment from the government.

Groundbreaking model for building codes helps municipalities save money, protect resources and increase the resilience, safety and standards of living for communities across the globe

The Framework reforms released on 1 July 2018 focus on three broad areas identified through industry consultations: more consistency and standardisation; more efficiency in time and cost of procurement processes; and  improving capability in procurement across both government and industry.

Following on from his International Keynote Speaker presentation at the prefabAUS 2017 Conference, Mark Farmer was in Sydney in March 2018 for the Construction Opportunities in Western Sydney: Modernise or Die conference co-hosted by Western Sydney University’s Centre for Smart Modern Construction (c4SMC) and prefabAUS.

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

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.

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.

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.