Tag Civil Engineering

Industrial Uses, Technology

U.S. Marines conduct first concrete 3D printing operations

Teams from the Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), have conducted the first 3D concrete printing operation at the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) in Champaign, Illinois. In doing so, the teams, which also includes the 7th Engineer Support Battalion…

Len Pannett
10/09/2019

Industrial Uses, Wider Implications

Modular 3D printer builds sustainable houses using locally-sourced materials

Some companies that make 3D printersstick to desktop-sized units. WASP is not one of them. They do it all, from filament-fed units to giant machines that print whole buildings. In 2015, WASP introduced the 40-foot tall BigDelta. They used it to…

Len Pannett
12/10/2018