Sunshine Coast-based builder Oly Homes has added another accolade to its growing list of achievements, taking home the 2025 Master Builders Queensland Award for Prefabricated and Modular Housing at a gala ceremony on the Gold Coast last weekend.
The award recognises Oly Homes’ impressive Thursday Island project, which involved constructing eight modular homes at its Sunshine Coast factory under controlled conditions before transporting them more than 1700 kilometres to their final destination.
General manager of Oly Homes, Steven Nousala said successfully delivering the project shows how modular construction can deliver high-quality, architecturally designed homes in remote and challenging locations.
“This award is one of Queensland’s highest industry honours and celebrates the teamwork, innovation and care that go into every Oly Home. We were thrilled to be chosen as the award winner at a regional level earlier this year and to take out the state title makes this recognition especially meaningful for my team and I.”
“Our team faced significant logistical challenges, including limited infrastructure, unpredictable weather, and constrained transport access, despite this, all of the homes were delivered on time to deliver much needed housing for the local community.
“Each home was carefully designed for the local Thursday Island climate using passive design principles to improve ventilation and energy efficiency. We also constructed two fully accessible units in order to meet the needs of residents with disabilities or mobility impairments.
“This award is significant recognition for our growing business as it highlights how modular homes can be an important and cost effective solution to housing supply in metropolitan, regional and remote communities. We are not just delivering houses, these homes will have a positive and lasting community impact which will benefit generations of Thursday Islanders for years to come,” Steve said.
Oly Homes also took out two awards in the Steel Frame project and Modular and Prefabricated Housing category for the Thursday Island project at the HIA Cairns ceremony last Friday night.
The Thursday Island project was delivered in partnership with the Queensland Synod of the Uniting Church Australia and the Queensland Government’s Housing Investment Fund which addressed a critical housing shortage in one of Queensland’s most remote communities.
