At a surprising pace, 3D printing technology is starting to take root in the construction industry. Although still a rare beast, large construction firms are beginning to adopt the technology.
As well as utilizing alternative methods to achieve the same build, waste production is also reduced when traditional building materials are dropped to nothing. Additionally, there are savings in time, money and human resources since it is easily formed using digital techniques rather than the need for labour-intensive manufacture. Furthermore, the environmental-friendlier nature saves these companies from using recycled materials during their works.
Cost-Effective
By applying these principles to 3D printing, whole buildings (and even parts of buildings) can be conceived and delivered to promote more eco-friendly construction. 3D printed constructions can be structurally sound, manufactured from recycled materials and relieve logistic burdens associated with waste production or inefficient use of energy – which would be especially relevant for implementation in the context of disaster relief or rapid housing construction.
The other advantage of that technology is cost-efficiency.
When you construct something with a robotic technique, it often takes 50% less cost compared with a conventional way of building sth. The key reason is due to the fact that this technology can reduce expenses on labor members especially.
In traditional steps of a construction process, a large number of workforces are shaged for various tasks and often happen lots of mistakes through procedures which lead to costly human errors that definitely causes extra spends on workers who are in charge of different parts in a build process.
That’s the reason that technology makes a building more faster, cheaper, safer and cleverer on the part of you when compared with their counterparts.
3D printing involves printing construction elements or complete buildings in a system based on a computer-guided system. So, directions are taken from CAD or BIM programs to overlay metal levels. Concreted layers can be used for other types of construction including, but not be limited to, recycled plastics. Moreover, this technology offers architects and builders more options for design.
Environment-Friendly
3D printing saves money, time, energy, as well as resources and the environment! So, construction materials usage is lowered in cost and shortened time, the environment is saved from pollutants, and waste amount is finally kept down to a minimum, saving energy. 3D printing, with its sustainability, is the way to live with nature!
3D printing technology readily integrates into existing workflows. Programs that produce CAD (Computer-Aided Design) models and/or BIM (Building Information Modeling) building information models deliver the necessary information directly to the printers – which deposit material layer upon layer, according to instructions from the programme – which frees up the design process and allows for last-minute changes that don’t ground the work on-site as labourers wait.
Because there’s no need for moulds and tools, 3D printing can allow for on-demand manufacturing with virtually no waste created due to moulds. And it uses renewable and recycled materials, which further reduces carbon footprint – very important in Malaysia, where issues of environmental sustainability have been prominent in residential construction markets for years.
Time-Saving
Making this possible is one of the most important advantage of 3D printing, which is the saving of time. Manufacturing time for projects with 3D printers will be much shorter and there would be reduction in number of project phases to build one single object, as builders will be able to finish their projects faster, compared to normal constructions.
Moreover, 3D printing creates only what is needed, not only reducing waste but also cutting out transportation costs between sites. Recycled materials might also be easier to use this way, something that would be a plus for builders both ecologically and economically.
One advantage to 3D printing is that designing a building becomes more flexible; you can adjust it in software quickly. If a building has various parts connected together securely, the architect can make alterations while maintaining the connectivity. Say a client wants a last-minute change, something he wants printed into the building – something that was going to be really difficult or expensive to do on the construction site. 3D printing allows you to do it very fast – you save time, money.
Customization
Construction is one of the most expensive industries in the world. In the building sector, 3D printing provides an efficient solution, saving the cost normally incurred with traditional approaches while enabling the customer to ‘customise both the product and service’.
You can get measurements to a couple of microns (one micron is a millionth of a metre), so a lot less material needs to be bought or stored. That saves the company money and storage costs.
Further efficiencies created by automation in the construction process can dramatically reduce labour costs – particularly in regions where there is little labour to begin with. Having less time spent physically building the asset makes the idea attractive to developers, investors and real-estate fund managers looking to improve the financial performance of residential real-estate investment assets.
Malaise and other factors affect the housing projects in Malaysia in almost the same way but none of them can outdo 3D printing’s peculiarity related to functional genre. It signals that 3D printing can be utilised as an effective option when Malaysia builds houses; it advertises shorter supply channels; reduced errors and more ideas.