A key planning reform that would promote more sustainable buildings and communities hangs in the balance, with developers claiming the changes will increase the cost of housing.

Seeking Expressions of interest for the provision of temporary accommodation for flood affected communities. May result in award of contracts for provision.

The Federal government has announced increased support for the use of low-carbon timber for the building and construction sector, supporting jobs and economic activity while reducing greenhouse emissions.

The first sod was officially turned at Timberlink’s NeXTimber manufacturing facility at Tarpeena

South Australia today, to mark the commencement of the $63 million construction project. Once

completed, the state-of-the-art manufacturing plant will occupy a massive 15,000 square metres,

large enough to house twelve Olympic sized swimming pools.

With the success of the UK Government’s commitment to prefabrication and MMC (modern methods of construction), their housing procurement arm, LHC Group, have expanded their Modern Methods of Construction of New Homes (NH3) program to encourage housing contractors and manufacturers to help shape a new multi-million-pound framework launching later this year to deliver MMC homes including net-carbon zero homes.

New study published on 3D printing presents opportunity to reuse concrete waste

With concrete waste generated by the construction industry invariably heading towards landfill, a new study published by the Journal of Cleaner Production has provided a comprehensive review of 3D printing concrete opportunities.

UK modular developer Etopia Homes delivers zero-carbon housing

Modular developer and housing and technology company, Etopia Group, backed by the second wealthiest family in the UK, the Rueben brothers, recently became the world’s first housebuilder to achieve both the Carbon Neutral International Standard(EDGE Zero Carbon) and join the United Nations Climate Neutral Now Initiative.

French design studio, Cutwork, introduces ‘PolyRoom’, a prototype for prefabricated modular studio units (prefabricated modules) to be constructed for French developer Bouygues Immobilier’s new shared co-living brand.

The construction sector plays an important role in the Australian economy and is a large contributor to the nation's GDP. As construction begins to bounce back after COVID, the industry can take advantage of many opportunities for growth and transformation, especially through technology and automation.

Like a double-edged sword, the construction industry’s ability to operate throughout Australia’s COVID-19 restrictions has presented its own unique challenges.

In 2022, the sector must continue to adapt to address fresh, emerging priorities: delivering increasingly complex builds, maintaining a safe and positive workplace culture and climate action.

We sat down with Christian & Dino to learn a little more about them and their careers.

Adelaide based design studio launches modular prefabricated cabins for rural retreats.

Created by Adelaide-based collective of entrepreneurs and designed by architecture and interior design practice Das Studio, a new raft of retreats seek to combine the pared back appeal of off-grid prefabricated cabins with luxury experiences.

Prefabricated chancery delivered to Rabat, Morocco scores prestigious property award.

The Road to Rabat conjures all sorts of evocative images, but the successful installation of DFAT’s prefabricated chancery in Rabat, Morocco, affirms, for DFAT, ‘the code has been cracked – the problem has been solved’.

Australian property tech start-up PT Blink announces more senior leadership appointments as the company accelerates its cloud platform development and ecosystem building activities

Competition by ArchiCAD for prefabricated homes to form a ‘new kind of prefabricated community’.

The free-to-enter competition for prefabricated homes – organised by the ArchiCAD wooden structures add-on ArchiFrame is designed to challenge preconceptions that prefabricated homes are monotonous or lack creativity.

Environmental benefits and economic stimulation are among the reasons mass timber buildings look to gain a foothold in cities such as Toronto. Expect 10 to 12 mass timber multi-storey housing projects start to rise along main streets in the city next year, says Leith Moore, principal and founder of R-Hauz Solutions Inc., the company behind Ontario’s first six-storey mass timber residence, a pilot completed recently on Queen Street East in the Beach neighbourhood of Toronto.

Plant Prefab announced last week that it will open the US’s first automated prefabricated construction factory to build building multifamily developments and custom single-family modular homes. With an investment of US$30 million, the new 25,000 Sqm facility will be situated on 17 acres in the Tejon Ranch Commerce Center 65 kilometres south of Bakersfield, California.

National Precast is the peak body of the Australian precast concrete industry. Chief Executive Officer Sarah Bachmann offers updates from the Association and its members. Even before the infrastructure-led recovery out of the pandemic, the construction industry was facing a shortage of skilled workers in every state. It’s a phenomenon that has reached into the manufacturing sectors that supply construction, and that includes the precast industry.

UK specialist offsite manufacturing and construction company British Offsite completes construction of 14-storey residential tower in “just a few months”.

Proprietary building technology created by Sustainable Living Innovations (SLI) has global opportunities

Work has begun installing the high-performance building panels that form the 15-storey modular apartment building under construction in Seattle’s Belltown neighbourhood.