Modular construction company Oly Homes has won at the 2025 Master Builders Queensland Housing & Construction Awards in the Prefabricated and Modular Housing category for its Thursday Island project, with eight homes built at its Sunshine Coast factory before being delivered and installed over 1,700 kilometres away. According to a statement from the company on…
ARE receives $5m grant for rare earths development Australian Rare Earths has received a $5 million grant from the federal government’s International Partnerships in Critical Minerals Program. The funding will support additional metallurgical test work, completion of a pre-feasibility study and building/operating a demonstration plant at the company’s Koppamurra project, a frontier ionic clay rare…
Prefabricated home system manufacturer AltForm is launching its first Victorian prototype in Ormond, Melbourne, which can reduce construction time by up to 45 percent, according to the company. In collaboration with SRH Architecture and Highline Living, the Bayside project will see dual townhouses installed later this month, starting at $2.5 million each. Executive General Manager…
DXN in biggest data centre sale Modular data centre manufacturer DXN has signed a contract to supply four cable landing stations for the East Micronesia Cable System. The contracts, worth $5.7 million, is DXN’s largest contract to date. The contracts are for telecommunications operators in the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru and Kiribati and are…
Modular relocatable carpark manufacturer, PARKD is bringing a new level of prefabrication to the construction of multi-level car parks. The company’s modular design allows car parks up to six levels to be fabricated offsite and assembled to increase parking at shopping centres, airports and commercial sites. The listed Western Australian company released its results for…
Plans are currently under way for over 30 new and upgraded schools under the new Manufacturing for Schools program, which the NSW government says will deliver cost and construction time savings of up to 20 per cent and 30 per cent. The new program employs “modern methods of construction” and links a network of industry…
Prebricated building solutions business PARKD has announced that it will proceed with Stage 2 of its design and construction contract with John Hughes Automotive Group, for a multi-level car storage facility supporting a VW service centre in Victoria Park, Perth. According to a statement on Tuesday from the ASX-listed PARKD, Stage 2 services involve “supply,…
Colac, Victoria manufacturer CMTP is expanding its successful pallet and crate business to embrace the growing modular housing sector. Founded in 1976, CMTP employs around 270 staff across eleven manufacturing sites, also making produce bins, cases, specialty air freight crates for live animals, and supplies cardboard and general packaging. Managing Director Travis Meade said a…
Redflow raises further $6.75 million, totalling $11.65 million from Entitlement Offer Energy storage company Redflow told the ASX last week that it has received firm commitments from institutional and sophisticated investors for an additional $6.75 million (before costs) via placement of entitlement shortfall shares, at a price of $0.21 per share. Combined with approximately $4.9 million…