The business case for the adoption of 3D printing has been fortified over the last 12 months as technological advancements in the field make digitisation a more cost- and time-efficient option for the entire supply chain.
As the GCC ramps up home-building efforts, 3D printing is simultaneously noting greater awareness and adoption in the region.This August, Danish modular printer company Cobod said it was ready to ship the world’s largest 3D construction printer – ordered as part of the kingdom’s Vision 2030 mandate to build 1.5 million private-sector homes over the next 10 years – to Elite for Construction & Development Co (Elite CND) in Saudi Arabia after completing the dry and full testing of the printer.
The machine offers a print area of 300m2 per floor and can print three-floor tall buildings, with the Bod 2 configuration marking the largest printer that Cobod has produced to date.After a private house in Riyadh was 3D-printed last year, multiple public and private organisations have shown interest in 3D printing for Saudi Arabia’s construction projects.The Bod 2 printers can print buildings of 12x27x9m and have a possible speed of up to 100cm per second. A Bod 2 unit was also delivered to the Technical University of Denmark in July 2019.
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