3D-Printed Construction Tech Reaching Critical Mass

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Marvelous machines that are redefining the construction industry

By Tom Green

July 04, 2014

As the Financial Times said recently in its How 3D printing could transform building design: “It appears this is a technology whose time has finally come.”

Serious 3D-printed construction technology continues popping up in pockets of excellence worldwide.

Shanghai, Los Angeles, London, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Stuttgart, Rome, just to name a few, are putting forth some marvelous machines that just might redefine home-tech construction much sooner than anticipated.

Two have engineered government contracts (Los Angeles and London); some are putting up structures on spec; others are hoping to engage investors in order to go mainstream with commercialized products, and still others are doing it to either refine their machines or out of love for their craft.

And each seems to be in a big hurry to prove itself and then to get about building real-world structures for real people ASAP!

If somehow they were all co-located together to form a single next-gen construction company, watch out!