News Airport breaks record installing huge terminal modules Six huge, prefabricated structural modules have been placed onto foundations to form the framework for the first phase of Dallas Fort Worth’s (DFW) new Terminal F. They were moved overnight…
News Robotic house-building start-up secures £5.1m UK construction tech company Automated Architecture (Auar) has secured £5.1m in new funding to commercialise its robotic “pop-up micro-factory” system, in which a robotic arm equipped with machine vision and…
News “Families can’t afford to wait”: Autodesk designs modular home catalogue for LA fire victims Autodesk has partnered with the non-profit Foothill Catalog Foundation (TFCF) to create a catalog of pre-approved modular home designs for people displaced by the Los Angeles fires in January. They’re…
Innovation European innovators stuck in a rut: Saudi Arabia needs you Europe’s construction industry is globally respected for its engineering excellence and sustainability leadership, but it often struggles to convert innovation into scalable commercial success. Technologies like modular timber-hybrid systems, AI-powered…
News UK start-up ships two robotic housebuilding ‘micro-factories’ to the US UK construction tech startup Automated Architecture (AUAR) is shipping two of its robotic “pop-up micro-factories” to the US in its first foray into automated housebuilding in North America. Packed into…
Knowledge Hub How evolving global trends will impact small construction businesses in the UK The UK construction market is set to reach £476.6bn by 2027. Unquestionably, the industry is undergoing a lot of transformation, shaped by technological advancements, socio-economic and political factors, environmental concerns,…
Innovation Michigan researchers make breakthrough in designing origami-style modules Researchers from the University of Michigan have found a way to better use the principles of origami to design structures that are relatively easy to transport, deploy and reconfigure. The…
News Design revealed for Amsterdam’s first modular wooden school A Dutch consortium has won a design competition for the Wisperweide school in Weesp, a city southwest of Amsterdam. This will be the first in a series of up to…
Innovation Just a mallet and glue gun: US block-system builder celebrates trio of wins A US start-up selling a Lego-style, interlocking block system for residential construction has had a very good few months. Last week, Renco USA cut the ribbon on its first development…
News Modular bridges restore roads washed out by rain in California California’s San Luis Obispo County has installed two modular steel bridges to restore traffic on remote roads washed out by rainstorms in January and March this year. The bridges were…
News Finnish modular builder plans $750m factory in US state of Georgia Finnish modular builder Admares has announced plans to build a $750m “mega factory” in the city of Waycross in southeast Georgia. The 2.5 million sq ft factory will create an…
News Swedish firm to build 2,174 apartments for Saudi’s Neom Modular housebuilder Scandinavian Industrialised Building System (SIBS) has won a contract to assemble 35 apartment blocks at Saudi Arabia’s huge new economic zone, Neom. The Stockholm company was awarded an…
Innovation Meet the Canadian architect on a mission to rebuild Ukraine module by module Principal of WZMH Architects, Zenon Radewych, is spearheading a drive in Ukraine to use its system of stackable concrete modules to rebuild apartment blocks damaged by invading Russian forces. He…
News Amsterdam plans to build up to 30 modular schools from wood The Circlewood consortium, a collective of architects, engineers, builders and researchers, has designed a modular building concept that will act as the basis for up to 30 schools in Amsterdam.…
Projects Dead bridges: How modular viaducts are keeping the I-91 open in Massachusetts New Jersey-headquartered bridge maker Acrow has supplied two modular steel bridges to keep traffic flowing during a major bridge replacement project on the busy Interstate 91 (I-91) in Northampton, Massachusetts.…
News Samsung plans modular building plant in Saudi Arabia Korean contractor Samsung C&T this week signed a memorandum of understanding with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund to build a factory making modular building elements in the kingdom. Samsung’s agreement…
News Modular firm VBC develops prototype for Marriott’s second-biggest hotel brand Modular builder Volumetric Building Companies (VBC) has developed a steel-framed modular prototype for the “Fairfield by Marriott” hotel brand for use in European cities. Fairfield is Marriott’s second largest brand,…
News Samsung teams up with Latvian firm to develop factories making modular building parts South Korea’s Samsung C&T has partnered with Latvian manufacturer Forta Pro to develop factories making prefabricated building parts. Forta Pro has two factories employing 400 people in the cities of…