At Milan Bergamo Airport, WASP has helped 3D print a new airport services structure. The small building, named Ol Casél, serves as a rest and relaxation area for customs staff. With toilets and a seating area, it is designed to give them…
Marines are applying advances in 3D-printed concrete to military uses ranging from ramps to makeshift railheads, according to the operations chief of the 9th Engineer Support Battalion. First conceived in the 1930s, 3D concrete printing gained momentum in the 1980s…
The Expeditionary 3D Concrete Printer supports warfighters and sustains operations in contested environments […] “By building with concrete, occupants of these buildings are far more protected from blasts, fragmentation, and small-arms fire,” said Vickers. The ability to print curved walls,…
From a hurricane-resistant home to artificial marine reefs, Printera is paving the way for cheaper construction methods. Incorporating 3D printing in construction can create an 80 percent reduction in labor costs, and produce 60 percent less material waste. To find out…
On a sunny winter morning at a property off a rural dirty road in Kaufman, southeast of Dallas, a construction crew is working on building a barn — but this isn’t your traditional building site. Instead of working with hammers…
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) recently published ISO/ASTM 52939:2023. Titled “Additive manufacturing for construction — Qualification principles — Structural and infrastructure elements,” this standard aims to ensure quality, safety, and efficiency within the 3D printing construction industry. “The purpose of this document…
United Utilities and ChangeMaker3D have achieved a UK first by building a concrete wastewater chamber using 3D printing. Over 12-months, ChangeMaker3D worked with United Utilities to design, 3D-print and install a wastewater chamber at one of the utility company’s test…
And their method is faster, cheaper, and more sustainable. Recently, many projects have been carried out using recyclable materials for sustainability. One of these projects was implemented by the Los Angeles-based architectural startup Azure. Azure is using recycled plastic to 3D print…
Recent articles on 3D printing in construction have sparked a lively debate. Igniting that conversation was a paper on the potential benefits of concrete 3D printing. The co-author of that paper is Mustafa Batikha, an Assistant Professor at Heriot-Watt University. Published last year, the…
Czech industrial automation specialist ICE Industrial Services has announced plans to begin using in-house-developed technology to begin rebuilding parts of war-torn Ukraine. Composed of a novel concrete-depositing printhead, that can be suspended from either a robotic arm or gantry, the firm’s system…