Articles Tagged with ''3d printing''

As the construction industry explores the use of small-scale 3D printing for small components, others are thinking bigger.

A three-day conference providing demonstrations, presentations and networking by firms inventing, piloting and implementing technologies to address construction’s future left attendees bullish on tech prospects for the construction industry and heading home with ideas to deploy.

High-tech advances in concrete placement and futuristic designs for heavy equipment were some of the winners of the 2016 Bauma Innovation Awards, held April 10 in Munich, Germany.

Many firms and startups are trying to apply the techniques of 3D printing to building construction, including upscaling the tech to 3D-print entire structures from the ground up.