Future of Housing Construction Centre of Excellence
A Centre of Excellence for modern construction methods
The Future of Housing Construction Centre of Excellence (FHCCoE) is a national initiative to help address Australia’s housing challenges by accelerating the construction industry’s adoption of modern methods of construction (MMC).
As Australia’s population grows, we need more homes, built faster and more affordably. At the same time, those homes must be climate resilient, energy efficient, and aligned with our national goals to reduce emissions and waste.
Have your say on the new Modern Methods of Construction Showcase BuildingMelbourne Polytechnic is inviting industry, education and construction sector stakeholders to help shape a new Modern Methods of Construction Showcase Building being developed as part of the Future of Housing Construction Centre of Excellence at our Heidelberg campus. We are seeking industry expertise to help shape the Showcase Building through a survey. We want to understand feedback on the capabilities, infrastructure and learning experiences that will provide the greatest long-term value to industry and the wider sector. The survey takes approximately 10 minutes to complete and responses are anonymous. Complete the MMC Showcase Building Functional Brief Survey by 31 August 2026. Read more: Have your say on the new Modern Methods of Construction Showcase Building |
A new era for housing construction
The Future of Housing Construction Centre of Excellence is preparing the industry for the next generation of home building. Learn how modular construction, digital technologies and workforce innovation are helping address Australia's housing challenges and create a more productive, sustainable construction sector.
Helping to shape the future of Australia’s housing industry
The Centre has been shaped by industry for industry, to encourage innovation and overcome skills gaps to meet Australia’s current and future housing construction challenges.
The Centre is a joint initiative with the Australian and Victorian Governments, as part of the National Skills Agreement. With a physical hub at Melbourne Polytechnic’s Heidelberg Campus, the Centre will act as the national focal point for:
- Training and capability uplift, guided by the needs of industry
- Applied research and innovation
- Collaboration across the national TAFE and vocational education and training ecosystem
- Showcasing modern construction technologies and methods
Building a future-ready workforce
The Centre is helping to create a new generation of workers with skills in modern methods of construction, including modular, prefabricated and digital construction.
Through short courses, micro-credentials and embedded VET pathways, the Centre is upskilling existing workers and training new entrants to become part of a more diverse, next generation workforce - all developed and delivered in direct collaboration with industry.
The initiative is also driving greater participation from under-represented groups, offering inclusive pathways into rewarding careers in a modernised construction industry.
Powered by collaboration
The Centre demonstrates how collaboration between government, education and industry can drive system-wide change. It connects:
- Employers seeking skilled workers and new technologies
- Current workers wishing to upskill
- Students wanting modern, future-focused training
- TAFEs across Australia and other vocational training providers focused on construction skills development
- Industry bodies, unions and community partners shaping a more modern and diverse workforce
Together, we are driving a more productive, sustainable and future-ready housing construction sector.
Commitment to our national priorities
Building a future-ready construction workforce and ensuring Australia's digital and technology capability.
Supporting inclusion and diversity in the construction sector and progressing gender equality.
Developing applied research and innovation and supporting the Net Zero transformation.
Increasing Australia's capability to deliver housing supply.
Courses at the Future of Housing Construction Centre of Excellence
FHCCoE courses are developed and delivered in direct collaboration with industry partners across Construction, Logistics and Manufacturing industries.
