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3D Printing in Construction

3D printing in construction, also known as contour crafting or building printing, is what many believe the future of construction. The printing of buildings has a lot of potential advantages when compared to conventional construction methods. There are lower labor costs involved, construction can be done quicker and there is less to no waste produced. The concrete waste and failed prints that do occur can be reused as raw material for printing.

This technique can also be used for the construction of extraterrestrial structures on for instance the Moon or other planets where environmental conditions are less conductive to human labor-intensive building practices.

UMaine Printing Homes with AI and Sawdust

July 18, 2022

UMaine Printing Homes with AI and Sawdust

Our favorite large boat-printing academic institute, the University of Maine (UMaine) is making news again, this time with a new approach to construction printing that aims to address the ...

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Hempcrete Printed Homes Coming Soon

July 5, 2022

Hempcrete Printed Homes Coming Soon

Hemp has historically been used for a wide range of applications spanning from rope production and textile manufacture, through to more modern day applications such as its usage in ...

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Qatar to 3D Print Desert Hospital

June 24, 2022

Qatar to 3D Print Desert Hospital

Plans have been unveiled for a new hospital complex in the gulf state of Qatar. The proposed Al Daayan Health District in Qatar will consist of open spaces designed to promote the ...

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AM Homes Used for Flood Relief

March 24, 2022

AM Homes Used for Flood Relief

There is often much talk of the potential benefits of using additive manufacturing to produce emergency housing for those in areas experiencing disaster, but seldom do we get to see these ...

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Custom Printed Plastic Banisters coming to a Stairway Near You

February 14, 2022

Custom Printed Plastic Banisters coming to a Stairway Near You

We see a lot of metal and concrete printing in the construction industry (mostly concrete), and rarely get to read about use of plastics in construction, except for the occasional story on ...

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Two New 3D Printed Bridges Unveiled to the Public

July 8, 2021

Two New 3D Printed Bridges Unveiled to the Public

3D printed bridges are apparently like buses in the sense that you wait a lifetime for one to materialize, and then two show up at once. And that is exactly what has happened this week ...

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A Closer Look at Construction Printing in Dubai

May 27, 2021

A Closer Look at Construction Printing in Dubai

Dubai is embracing 3D printing from a whole bunch of different angles as you may have seen recently. In 2019 they received a Guinness World Record for largest 3D-printed structure (by ...

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India Unveils First AM House

May 12, 2021

India Unveils First AM House

It’s been a good year for 3D printed houses, at least in terms of AM construction companies getting a little airtime. And the latest company to dip their toes into the extruded concrete ...

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Concrete Additive Manufacturing Gets Intricate

May 5, 2021

Concrete Additive Manufacturing Gets Intricate

Most of the concrete printing stories we look at on this website are focused on large scale concrete printing systems with fairly large nozzles for a large flow rate. It’s great for laying ...

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Baubot Construction Robot Can 3D Print And More

April 23, 2021

Baubot Construction Robot Can 3D Print And More

At this point, construction-scale 3D printers that can print houses aren’t exactly new. Most of those house printers are essentially just very large cartesian 3D printers that extrude some ...

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Building to get Freeform 3D Printed Composite Facade

March 26, 2021

Building to get Freeform 3D Printed Composite Facade

A building facade has been printed in Chattanooga, USA, and will be mounted onto the front of a local branch of the Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union bank. What is of interest here is ...

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ICON AM Houses Hit the Market in US

March 22, 2021

ICON AM Houses Hit the Market in US

The city of Austin, Texas will be about to get its first opportunity to buy 3D printed homes, when real estate developer 3DStrands put their additively manufactured properties on the ...

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World’s First 3D Printed School in Madagascar

February 18, 2021

World’s First 3D Printed School in Madagascar

It’s great to see the promises of AM construction finally being deployed in a useful humanitarian role, rather than simply as the latest architectural fad for well-heeled ...

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First 3D Printed Home up for Sale

February 16, 2021

First 3D Printed Home up for Sale

We see a lot of 3D printed homes on this website, but we don’t hear much about people actually buying them on property sites. They tend to be custom orders direct from the ...

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PERI 3D Prints First Apartment Building in Germany

November 23, 2020

PERI 3D Prints First Apartment Building in Germany

3D printing buildings is becoming big business as PERI GmbH is printing Germany’s first apartment building in Wallenhausen, Bavaria using their BOD2 portal printer. There will be five ...

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3D Printed Plastic Rebar Replacement Used to Make Greener Concrete

October 28, 2020

3D Printed Plastic Rebar Replacement Used to Make Greener Concrete

I always start these eco-friendly concrete articles with a reminder of how environmentally unfriendly normal concrete manufacturing is, because it really can’t be overstated. First up, ...

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3D Printing Glass Fixtures for Facades

October 14, 2020

3D Printing Glass Fixtures for Facades

Building glass facades help to create a smooth aesthetic for buildings, often concealing structure underneath to create something more visually fitting for the city where the building is ...

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ICON gets Contract for Moon Printing

October 5, 2020

ICON gets Contract for Moon Printing

US-based architectural 3D printer company ICON has received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract including funding from NASA, which will help them develop new technologies ...

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New Hybrid Process Combines Concrete Casting with 3D Printing

July 8, 2020

New Hybrid Process Combines Concrete Casting with 3D Printing

Concrete. Love it or hate it, we sure do use a lot of it. It is the second most used material on the planet, right after water. As an illustration, concrete manufacturing is responsible ...

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Construction 3D Printing in Japan Blends Wet and Dry Spraying

July 7, 2020

Construction 3D Printing in Japan Blends Wet and Dry Spraying

Researchers in Japan are taking a common-sense approach to integrating 3D printing into their construction industry. Most companies that focus on 3D printed civil engineering structures do ...

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