As published by Built Offsite JMB Modular Building has been named the winner of the 2025 Housing Industry Association (HIA) Victoria Housing Award in the Modular and Prefabricated Housing category. The awards ceremony took place on 7 November at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. The annual HIA Housing Awards recognise construction and design excellence across Victoria’s residential building sector. Categories include Affordable Housing, Custom Built Home, GreenS

As published by Built Offsite Founded in Shepparton in 2008 as JMB Constructions, the business initially operated as a conventional domestic and commercial builder. Briggs explained that his direction shifted after experiencing the limits of the on-site model. “I realised I’d created something that wasn’t sellable, scalable or sustainable,” he said. “Everything relied on me and my registration. I needed to get everything inside four walls and find a way to make the business s

As a registered commercial and domestic builder that has transitioned to a volumetric modular manufacturer, I believe that prefabrication offsite is the best solution to quality and speed, the more you can advance a modular product within the factory environment the greater the advantages. In my professional opinion volumetric modules is the most evolved solution on offer, if designed correctly. Design for Manufacture and Assembly - Disassembly (DfMA-D) is an essential elemen