Commonplace, a new precision-built housing platform, has been launched by Vancouver architect Walker McKinley and partners Edmund Lee and Rich Frontain.

Prefabrication offers many advantages to build more efficiently, helping to address challenges the construction industry is facing.

DIRTT Environmental Solutions has launched Make Space for Possibilities. The advocacy campaign demonstrates the benefits of pre-fabricated construction.

Skills shortages will force the industry to adapt to new technology and business models. Modular construction will build new momentum in 2018.