Projects
OffsiteNZ actively responds to Members' needs and proactively identifies relevant market opportunities for research projects. Browse our projects below. If you are looking for something in particular and cannot locate it, have an idea for a project or an innovative project to share, please contact us.
4 October 2021
OffsiteNZ FAB Homes & Buildings
Introducing the FAB Homes & Building series. Here at OffsiteNZ, we love showcasing our Members' work. Find inspiring and helpful articles collected from our Members.
10 September 2019
SNUG Home
Our 'SNUG - a home for your backyard' was a great success. Find out more about the SNUGs that are currently in production.
14 March 2019
How to prefab
This selection of OSM case studies demonstrates work from the early adopters of innovative construction methods.
14 January 2019
More efficient consenting
The PrefabNZ Good Offsite Guide - a compilation of regulatory perspectives on building consenting - was launched at CoLab 2018.
14 January 2019
More efficient consenting
The PrefabNZ Good Offsite Guide - a compilation of regulatory perspectives on building consenting - was launched at CoLab 2018.
8 March 2018
Capacity and Capability report
The capacity to build more homes is already within New Zealand, instead of overseas, new research from PrefabNZ shows.
8 March 2018
Good Offsite Guide
PrefabNZ Members told us that dealing with building consent regulation was one of their top-three bug-bears, so we listened.
6 March 2018
SNUG design competition
The SNUG is a complementary dwelling for your back garden - somewhere that can be a home for your children as they adventure into independent living, a safe place for extended family members, or a work-space to provide an alternative to commuting.
10 March 2017
logs4jobs - filling the skilled worker shortage
Statistics New Zealand estimates a growth in employment of 107,800 jobs in primary industries, manufacturing and construction by 2023. Women are the untapped workforce able to fill the future skilled worker shortage.
1 September 2016
HIVE
HIVE was New Zealand's first Home Innovation Village facilitated by PrefabNZ in response to Canterbury's earthquakes 2010-12.
What if your bathroom and kitchen came to your building site in one-piece like a giant piece of Lego? That's exactly what the UNIpod is all about. An open-source universally accessible bathroom pod - designed specifically for multi-unit residential applications.
1 August 2016
UNIpod
1 August 2016
UNIpod
What if your bathroom and kitchen came to your building site in one-piece like a giant piece of Lego? That's exactly what the UNIpod is all about. An open-source universally accessible bathroom pod - designed specifically for multi-unit residential applications.
10 March 2017
logs4jobs - filling the skilled worker shortage
Statistics New Zealand estimates a growth in employment of 107,800 jobs in primary industries, manufacturing and construction by 2023. Women are the untapped workforce able to fill the future skilled worker shortage.
19 October 2016
Better Finance
Traditional mortgage structures cause many issues for prebuilt construction. PrefabNZ met with Members and financial representatives to explore the issues and potential ways forward.