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MICOB Printing Indian Military Structures
MiCob private limited is a 3D printing company in India whose primary clients are the India defense military. They provide customized 3D Concrete Printing solution for various sectors like Infrastructure, Housing, Architecture, Outdoor furniture, etc. which is backed by years of research. Just like most 3D printing companies, the founders of MICOB- Ankita Sinha, Rishabh…
WOHN Homes 3D Printing Wooden Living Spaces
Many companies in the construction industry set to make great impact using this new technology- 3D printers for building homes. WOHN homes has a different dimension to this technology. Could we say this dimension is a new breakthrough for the 3D printing industry? The CEO of WOHN homes, Morten Bove fell in love with the…
Icon 3D Printing 100 Homes with Lennar near Austin, Tx
Discovering how economies of scale impact 3D printed houses has been one of the most highly anticipated aspects of the tech. I got the unique opportunity to visit the active construction site where Icon currently has 7 of their Vulcan concrete printers extruding their proprietary Lavacrete mix. CEO Jason Ballard and I walked around brand…
Live Prints & Top 10 Automation Firms from World of Concrete 2023
This year World of Concrete hosted many familiar 3DCP faces and some new teams too! I got interviews with RIC, Sika, Spacecrete, Geopolymer International, Cobod, Arc3D, Renca, Quickcrete, Ventures Equipment, and Mapei! I’ll try to give a little overview of what each had to share from the event. You can watch the interviews at the bottom…
Rebuild 3DCP in Poland
Poland has been in the spotlight recently due to its proximity to conflict areas. By total coincidence, in close time proximity to when stray missiles hit Polish land I was scheduled to speak with the CEO of Rebuild 3DCP, Witold on the Automate Construction podcast. Rebuild is the company responsible for printing the first house…
10,000 Sqft 3D Printed Building
Printed Farms is at it again in Wellington Florida, you may recall the printed garage they built which I filmed on site very early on. Since then they printed a house in Tallahassee as well which I have also filmed extensively with the contractor from the job, precision builders. Now Printed Farms is onto their…
Printing Metal with Lasers
Meltio 3D is a Spanish startup developing metal printing extruder heads used around the world. Their system uses lasers to melt the inconel or other materials into a very dense custom formed part not limited by traditional casting or forging restrictions. This technology is opening up new design opportunities to make parts lighter and less…
Autonomously Constructed Homes For Sale by Diamond Age
Diamond Age wants to automate construction and they have been doing a pretty solid job so far! Earlier this year they announced 27 tools which will be utilized by an on site construction gantry system. So far 8/27 tools have been developed in a beta stage including a detachable concrete printing extruder head. This all…
Texas Startup Prints Regular Concrete
Andrey Rudenko is back! The same man who brought you the famous 3D printed castle pictured below has teamed up with Timothy Lankau, CEO of Hive 3D in Texas to print a residential structure utilizing standard portland cement from the local store. The ability to use a standard cement mix without having to ship in…
Emergent 3D Printed First Home in CA, How Much Did It Cost?
Everyone knows California is one of the most challenging markets for construction. The rules are strict, taxes are high and everything is wildly expensive. A quick google search will tell you the average construction cost in CA is $400-$600 a sqft in 2022 (modular coming in at $200-$300). 3D printed construction startup Emergent 3D was…
Icon Beginning Largest 3DCP Housing Community With Lennar
Icon and Lennar just announced they are moving forward with the largest community of 3D printed homes on the planet! The homes in Georgetown north of Austin, Tx will start around $400k. Unlike Icons other homes these feature substantial interior printed walls. Each one will range from 1,574 to 2,112 sqft. I am in touch…
How long does it take to 3D print a house?
General Construction Stats & Sources 9/10 cost overrun http://www.ijimt.org/vol8/717-MP0022.pdf Over 3 years only 10% came within 10% of budget Large projects 20% longer to finish, Mckinsey study shows construction productivity declining since the 90’s https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/capital-projects-and-infrastructure/our-insights/imagining-constructions-digital-future Poor communication leads to 1/3rd issues https://info.coreworx.com/blog/pmi-study-reveals-poor-communication-leads-to-project-failure-one-third-of-the-time Productivity changes could save 1.63 trillion/ year https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/capital-projects-and-infrastructure/our-insights/infrastructure-productivity HOW LONG DOES A 3D…
3D Printed Concrete Recipe
Written by Howard Stone We have now seen many 3D architectural printing projects and one thing that many of them have in common is the cement based mix they print with.There are many materials that can be used in 3D printing but Portland cement is an easily engineered common product available world wide. So, just…
50 3D Printed Houses & Buildings
Printed house per dayHouse NameLocationPrinterOperatorVideo1Africa t3 HouseAngolaCobodPower 2 Build2House ZeroaustinICONhttps://youtu.be/lrkflIe94tY3BeMore3DMoroccoBeMore3D4Project Milestonethe NetherlandsWeber beamixhttps://youtu.be/NQ_yRnWms3g5First 2 Story house in indiaIndiaL&T6Demo HousepatchogueSQ4D7SXSW 2018 HouseaustinICON8holstbroDenmarkCobod3DCP Group9printed roofChinaAICThttps://youtu.be/y2jjCiwJkSM10first printed houseitalyD-ShapeEnrico Dinihttps://youtu.be/MXYC_juS78011most innovativeBeckum GermanyCobodPerihttps://youtu.be/_taccxTEWqw12protodomnaturaeco corphttps://youtu.be/mW1ZWK81IQ813Laundry RoomBoca ChicaApis Corhttps://youtu.be/LmktKh-o_zM14Alquist first houseRichmondcobodalquisthttps://youtu.be/wmqidUlCTd415winsun villa 2shanghaiWinsunhttps://youtu.be/svimoPKctws16winsun mansionshanghaiWinsunhttps://youtu.be/e9HHqYahXaI17Turi, YogyajartaindonesiaAutoconz18winsun villa 3shanghaiwinsun19Emerging Objects Mud hutcoloradoEmerging Object20winsun workforce housingshanghaiwinsunwinsun21Icon east 17thAustinIconIconhttps://youtu.be/3kkg6RGtLb822habitat williamsburgwillaimsburgcobodalquisthttps://youtu.be/o8UKbNT5LQs23winsun smooth hutshanghai24meet villaSharjahhttps://youtu.be/q3QUiBmuLP025Guard HouseLa HavreCybehttps://youtu.be/ADSz6E9tbgY26Printed Domerussiaprinted…
THE FUTURE OF 3D THE PRINTED
BUILDINGS IN AFRICA
Written By Uyanwune, Ordinakachukwu ABSTRACT – 3D printed buildings is the future the construction industry. Thecurrent world population is about 8.0 billion as of 2022 according to the mostrecent United Nations estimates . More people means more housing. 3D printed building is here as a potential problem solver, it is cost-effectiveness (cheaper construction), faster Construction,…
Materials Mixtures & Fibers in Printed Concrete
3D concrete printing is an additive manufacturing technology that is attracting attention from the construction sector for its potential to increase productivity and product quality. In Indonesia, 3D concrete printing technology is uncommon in construction activities, in contrast to the developed countries. The main challenge with using 3D concrete printing technology is determining the composition…
How to 3D Print a House
3D Printed Construction has taken the world by storm time and time again, it seems each time a new project launches the world gets even more excited as this technology starts to bring the initial promises of cheap/ fast construction closer to reality at scale. In my journeys around the world and of course nearly…
[3DCP link roundup] bye^2 2021, welcome 2022 🙂
Wishes for a Happy New Year! For those new-comers amongst us, please find below the pertinent review of all-news related happenings in our beloved 3DCP Industry. From my side, may 2022 bring forth only Joy, Happiness, Love (including quality Family time) and ofcourse, 3D Construction Printing successes! 🙂 Kind regards, Nikos News clippings (hyperlinks sorted…
Secret SpaceX 3D Printed Building in Texas
For a long time I’ve wondered why Elon never participated in 3D printed construction. As such a big fan of automation I would think he would have at least mentioned it once or twice but it turns out his company SpaceX has been experimenting with this technology more than the public was aware (until now).…
[NK #008] 3DCP link roundup (once more into the fray!)
Dear All, please find below the latest update concerning our beloved Industry 😉 A more “digestible”/reader-friendly (focus on avoidance-of-TLDR mode on :D) was followed in this circular. Furthermore, all links are grouped (as much as possible) thematically-related 😉 I. Related/selected news clippings collection: “2 Companies Announce Plans to 3D Print Entire Texas Neighborhood” (link) –> “…if…
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