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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 …

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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 …

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Printed house per day House Name Location Printer Operator Video 1 Africa t3 House Angola Cobod Power 2 Build 2 House Zero austin ICON https://youtu.be/lrkflIe94tY 3 BeMore3D Morocco BeMore3D 4 Project Milestone the Netherlands Weber beamix https://youtu.be/NQ_yRnWms3g 5 First 2 Story house in india India L&T 6 Demo House patchogue SQ4D 7 SXSW 2018 House …

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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 …

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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 …

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Dear All, please find below the latest update concerning our beloved Industry 😉 A more “digestible”/reader-friendly (focus on avoidance-of-TLDR mode on 😀) 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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Wishes from the post’s start for a pleasant & restful weekend. Current scientific literature review sorted by: A. Published papers: “Digital fabrication of eco-friendly ultra-high performance fiber-reinforced concrete” (link), Authors: Arun R. Arunothayan, Behzad Nematollahi, Ravi Ranade, Kamal H. Khayat, Jay G. Sanjayan Selected quote/point of interest: “The rheological flow curves of the G-UHPFRC mixtures were non-linear …

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Wishes for a pleasant start of the week, Monday’s study material coming up 😉 Wishes for a Productive Week! Current scientific literature review sorted by: A. Published papers: “Presentation of a concrete additive manufacturing extruder with online rheology modification capabilities” (link), Authors: L. Poudelet, A. Castellví, L. Calvo, R. Cardona, R. Uceda, F. Fenollosa Selected …

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Served below are tidbits of Knowledge & relevant (useful!) news; let’s see how this plays out 🙂 Wishes for a Pleasant & Productive Week! A. Current scientific literature review: “Influence of phase change material on concrete behavior for construction 3D printing“, Authors: Qamar Shahzad, Junyi Shen, Rabia Naseem, Yonggang Yao, Saad Waqar, Wenqiang Liu (link) …

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Special (selected) homework study material for All of us 🙂 A. Related current scientific literature collection: “Carbonaceous admixtures in cementitious building materials: Effect of particle size blending on rheology, packing, early age properties and processing energy demand“ Souradeep Gupta, Jean-Marc Tulliani, Harn WeiKua – link “Computational Frameworks for Multi-Robot Cooperative 3D Printing and Planning” (PhD Thesis) …

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Dear All Brave who come forth and enter the abaton (for now) of what is … Construction Automation applied 🙂 This is the 3rd installment of our current journey; let’s see where it leads… A. Related/selected news clippings collection: “Construction begins on CYBE’s first 3D-printed homes in the Carribean” – link “A scaled down medieval irrigation …

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Dear Viewer, Please find below the 2nd installment of the (Industry & Market!) data gathering; all for your perusal 🙂 A. Related/selected news clippings collection: “Tiny house, fine print” – link The New York Times, “3D Printing Homes” – link “Stratasys introduces Protectam Data Security Platform for US Government and Defense 3D Printing” – link …

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Hello there & “welcome aboard!” our Dear 3D Construction Printing co-enthusiast! Please find below the first batch of news-clippings as well as selected published research papers/works are for your (3DCP) interest & viewing pleasure (sorted in no particular order; for now). Tea & study time it is then! “US army to 3D print concrete buildings …

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Recently I had the incredible opportunity to be one of the first Americans to see the 3D printed Fibonacci house under construction by Twente Additive Manufacturing. Maybe you saw it in the video I posted last week. I also got to explore their facility and watch a few prints. I took the opportunity to ask …

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This is the most common question I receive from both the YouTube comments and my website http://www.automate.construction If you’re watching this video maybe you’ve seen some of my other videos where I tour 3D printed buildings and make content around the automated construction industry. Thanks to viewers like yourself, I now am getting access to …

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About The Company The company was founded by a married couple, Anna and Nikita Cheniuntai. While Anna was studying Astrophysics in the Technical University of Irkutsk, she met a young self-made engineer with no university degree, Nikita. Despite having no profound university level education, Nikita had years of experience within construction industry and machine building …

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