Autodesk, Kreysler & Associates, Factory_OS, MBH Architects and Ecovative have developed an industrialized construction workflow using Forma, Revit and construction cloud to deliver factory-produced apartment modules for a West Oakland affordable housing project.
Hempcrete blocks and panels could be produced in the U.S. for the first time since 1937 thanks to a facility being built in the Lower Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota.
Some of the technologies being developed with the grants, ranging from subsurface sensors to microtunneling robots, could have construction applications beyond grid projects.