3D Printing Gets Bigger, Faster and Stronger

3D Printing Gets Bigger, Faster and Stronger

As a metal platform rises from a vat of liquid resin, it pulls an intricate white shape from the liquid — like a waxy creature emerging from a lagoon. This machine is the world’s fastest resin-based 3D printer and it can create a plastic structure as large as a person...
Truebeck Construction Gets a Handle on Deliveries with App

Truebeck Construction Gets a Handle on Deliveries with App

In 2017, LafargeHolcim, one of the world’s largest suppliers of construction materials, tasked digital manager Jeff Chen with leading a 10-person team on a year-long, worldwide search for common construction woes that could be remedied by innovative technology. Team...
Shipping Containers Turned Into Vacation Home For Family of Five

Shipping Containers Turned Into Vacation Home For Family of Five

MB Architecture was commissioned to design a vacation home for a family of five on a limited budget. The firm used six shipping containers to create a four bedroom house that it says was significantly more affordable to build than typical construction methods would...
Komatsu’s Bulldozer Technology Eases Skilled Labor Needs

Komatsu’s Bulldozer Technology Eases Skilled Labor Needs

Japanese construction machinery maker Komatsu will showcase at this year’s CONEXPO two bulldozers with autonomous blade control that will enable operators to use machine control from “grass to grade,” in what the company says is an industry first....
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