Mirvac cuts build time by 25 percent in prefabrication townhouse trial

Prefabrication has traditionally been used for small one-off builds, but Australian builder Mirvac has recently used prefabrication to cut build time by almost 25 per cent and reduce labour hours by 11 per cent for townhouses in a pilot program that it will now extend across its residential construction portfolio.

At its 911-home Tullamore housing estate in Melbourne’s Doncaster East, the developer compared the construction of two rows of four townhouses – one built using prefabrication and the other by traditional methods – and nearly halved the on-site waste generated by each new dwelling.

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