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COBOD’s Construction 3D Printer Powers Habitat For Humanity Project

COBOD revealed one of their construction 3D printers is being used on a Habitat for Humanity project.

June 11, 2021 | By Kerry Stevenson

BigRep Gets Into Construction 3D Printing

BigRep announced a step into an entirely new field for the company: construction 3D printing.

May 11, 2021 | By Kerry Stevenson

Some Questions About That 3D Printed School

A new project hopes to 3D print a school in Madagascar.

February 23, 2021 | By Kerry Stevenson

Question of the Week: Can I 3D Print A House?

This week’s question is about construction 3D printing.

February 21, 2021 | By Kerry Stevenson

Commercial Construction 3D Printing Erupting In The US

Three announcements foreshadow increased construction 3D printing in the US.

February 10, 2021 | By Kerry Stevenson

COBOD Using Real Concrete For Construction 3D Printing

COBOD announced the completion of a notable construction 3D print in India, but there’s more to the story.

January 16, 2021 | By Kerry Stevenson

3D Printing Concrete

Charles R. Goulding and Peter Favata take a look at concrete 3D printing for various uses.

November 23, 2020 | By Charles Goulding

COBOD 3D Printer Building Three-Floor Apartment

COBOD announced their partner is using the BOD2 construction 3D printer to build a three-story apartment building in Germany.

November 20, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

A Different Kind Of Construction 3D Printing: With Soil

Researchers in Austin have developed a method of successfully 3D printing a soil mixture, but it’s not as easy as it sounds.

August 24, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

Who’s Who In Construction 3D Printing In 2020?

Construction 3D printing is a relatively new discipline, and we made a list of the current players.

July 27, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

Design of the Week: Future Tree

This week’s selection is the Future Tree by a group of researchers at ETH Zurich.

July 13, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

COBOD 3D Printing 200m Turbine Tower!

News from COBOD indicates they are to assist in the production of massive wind turbines by 3D printing large tower bases.

June 18, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

Book of the Week: 3D Concrete Printing Technology

This week’s selection is “3D Concrete Printing Technology” by Jay G. Sanjayan, Ali Nazari and Behzad Nematollahi.

May 5, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

A New Perspective On Construction 3D Printing With Local Materials

Researchers are exploring ways to use local soils and materials for 3D printed buildings, but it seems to be quite complex.

April 3, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

A 9-Axis Concrete 3D Printer That Can Do Amazing Things

Twente Additive Manufacturing has developed a robotic-style concrete 3D printer that is capable of amazing detail and even overhangs.

March 16, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

Interesting Updates From COBOD

COBOD’s BOD2 construction 3D printer seems to be catching on as the company has made multiple sales of the new device.

February 21, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

What Does An Actual Construction Worker Think of Construction 3D Printing?

With all the attention being given to construction 3D printers, we thought it wise to see what an actual construction worker thinks of the technology.

February 7, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

Book of the Week: 3D Printing of Concrete

This week’s selection is “3D Printing of Concrete: State of the Art and Challenges of the Digital Construction Revolution” by Arnaud Perrot.

January 21, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

24 Hour 3D Printed Housing: This Has To Stop

Mass media continues to be fooled by the fake news of “3D printed homes in 24 hours”. We vent our thoughts on this ongoing debacle.

December 16, 2019 | By Kerry Stevenson

3D Printing in Construction: More than Overhyped Promises and Underwhelming Deliveries?

The number one material used in the global construction industry is concrete, but how is it being used with recent construction 3D printing ventures?

November 15, 2019 | By ENGINEERING.com

More Details on The COBOD 2 Construction 3D Printer

We just learned a lot more about the COBOD BOD2, the world’s largest construction 3D printer.

November 11, 2019 | By Kerry Stevenson

Design of the Week: Screenhouse

This week’s selection is “Screenhouse” by Artist Edra Soto.

October 28, 2019 | By Kerry Stevenson

XtreeE: One of Many Construction 3D Printing Consultants To Come

Why do construction 3D printing? It seems that there is a big need for consultants to help architects, builders and others discover concrete 3D printing.

August 30, 2019 | By Kerry Stevenson

CyBe’s Construction 3D Printers Are Mobile

Is it possible to 3D print walls and entire buildings with 3D printers? The concrete part can indeed be 3D printed with equipment from companies like CyBe.

August 10, 2019 | By Kerry Stevenson

How To Intelligently Reinforce Concrete 3D Prints

Could concrete ever be 3D printed in complex ways? This may come true according to research on how to reinforce extruded concrete for construction.

July 30, 2019 | By Kerry Stevenson

Book of the Week: 3D Printing of Concrete

Where will concrete 3D printing lead? Will the construction industry undergo a revolution from computer controlled concrete extrusion? What will buildings look like?

July 16, 2019 | By Kerry Stevenson

A Concrete Example: How 3D Printing Can Create Housing and Infrastructure

Charles Goulding and Liam Nixon of R&D Tax Savers examine concrete 3D printing.

June 19, 2019 | By Charles Goulding

“Alternately Soluble” 3D Print Casting

I’m reading about a very unusual technique for 3D printed casting that involves two soluble support materials.

May 13, 2019 | By Kerry Stevenson

ICON Announces Vulcan II Construction 3D Printer

A more sophisticated construction 3D printer has been announced by ICON.

March 29, 2019 | By Kerry Stevenson

Book of the Week: 3D Concrete Printing Technology

This week’s selection is “3D Concrete Printing Technology: Construction And Building Applications” by Jay G. Sanjayan, Ali Nazari and Behzad Nematollahi

March 26, 2019 | By Kerry Stevenson

Building Better Skyscrapers With 3D Printed Molds

A construction project in Brooklyn is leveraging 3D printing the very practical way.

March 20, 2019 | By Kerry Stevenson

More Thoughts On The Future Of Construction 3D Printing

I've been reading more stories about 3D printed construction projects, and have realized something fundamental.

March 19, 2019 | By Kerry Stevenson

S-Squared’s Large Construction 3D Printer

Today we’re looking at yet another new construction 3D printer, this time from S-Squared.

January 15, 2019 | By Kerry Stevenson

Bioinspired 3D Printing Should Be Standardized

Researchers have developed a way to 3D print strong cement structures, but why couldn’t this be used in all 3D prints?

January 7, 2019 | By Kerry Stevenson

3D Printing Waste Becomes Sustainable Concrete

Sustainability is a major issue in today’s world, and additive manufacturing may be able to help the concrete industry lower CO2 emissions.

December 7, 2018 | By Sarah Goehrke

Is 3D Knitting 3D Printing?

I’m seeing an increasing number of media stories talking about 3D knitting.

November 19, 2018 | By Kerry Stevenson

A New Angle for Construction 3D Printing?

I’m reading a press release about another investment in a construction 3D printing company and had a thought.

November 9, 2018 | By Kerry Stevenson

US$9M For 3D Printed Construction Firm

ICON, an Austin, TX-based startup, has just raised a US$9M investment round.

October 23, 2018 | By Kerry Stevenson

Paradigm Change in Construction 3D Printing?

New research from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore may signal a shift in how construction 3D printing is done.

October 4, 2018 | By Kerry Stevenson

Crane WASP: The Infinite 3D Printer?

The WASP Project is set to announce a large-scale construction printer.

September 20, 2018 | By Kerry Stevenson

What Construction 3D Printing Must Do Next

After reading yet another wildly exaggerated story about 3D construction printing, I thought I’d make a list of things to do.

August 30, 2018 | By Kerry Stevenson

Look Who’s Patented 3D Printable Concrete

We were directed to a patent describing a composition for 3D printable concrete. This would certainly be a very useful capability, as the many attempts at 3D printed buildings...

June 27, 2018 | By Site Admin

A Look at Apis Cor’s 3D Construction Printer

Apis Cor says they are the first company to produce a mobile construction 3D printer, and they may in fact be right.

April 17, 2018 | By Kerry Stevenson

Winsun’s 3D Printed Bus Shelter

Winsun has been busy.

January 11, 2018 | By Kerry Stevenson

Castle 3D Printing Apparently Isn’t Popular

I’m looking at what might be the most bizarre 3D print-related launch campaign ever: 3D printing a life size castle.

April 12, 2017 | By Kerry Stevenson

WASP’s Flexible DeltaWASP 3MT Is More Than Just a Giant 3D Printer

WASP is set to display what might be the largest multi-function 3D printer in the world: the DeltaWASP 3MT.

June 27, 2016 | By Kerry Stevenson

3D Printed Construction Milestone Achieved

Netherlands company Heijmans partnered with CyBe Construction to produce prototype concrete formworks. Apparently, they were successful.

June 18, 2016 | By Kerry Stevenson

Instructions For Building A Concrete 3D Printer: But Would You Really Want To?

We’re reading an interesting Instructable, which provides detailed instructions on how to build an actual, working concrete 3D printer. But we think this is definitely not for everyone.

February 7, 2016 | By Kerry Stevenson

Printable Concrete: Coming Soon to a Construction Site Near You

We’ve reported on 3D printing concrete before, but 2016 looks to be the year that will finally see this production technique in widespread use.

December 25, 2015 | By ENGINEERING.com

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