3D-printed-home builder Alquist 3D announces Project Virginia–the world’s largest 3D-printed construction project in the world: 200 homes around Virginia. Alquist will kick off this project with a demonstration near the site of the first two 3D-printed homes in Pulaski in Virginia. Project Virginia follows the success of Alquist’s recent Habitat for Humanity project in Williamsburg in Virginia, the first owner-occupied, 3D-printed home in the world. The three-bedroom, two-bath home Alquist built for Habitat for Humanity took only about 22 hours to print the exterior shell. That’s at least 2-3 weeks less than the standard construction schedule, cutting nearly 15% off of costs. 3D printing also enables builders to use less lumber, a huge benefit since lumber availability and prices have been highly volatile.Alquist’s mission is to solve the housing crisis in rural and underserved areas of America. The company uses the most advanced 3D-printing technology, Black Buffalo 3D's NEXCON printer, to lower the cost of housing and infrastructure in economically distressed and under-served communities. Alquist chose Pulaski because demand for housing is soaring there thanks to the more than 3,000 new jobs Volvo, Blue Star Manufacturing, and American Glove Innovations will create in the area. Also, Virginia’s New River Valley was recently identified as having one of the highest growth rates in the nation for tech jobs in the US. Those companies’ workers will need affordable homes near their jobs and Alquist is equipped to provide unique, affordable housing that these workers and their families will love.Printing a house is just like printing on paper, only supersized. The ink is reinforced concrete, which is layered one row at a time as a home’s exterior walls are printed. 3D-printed walls can be built in days instead of weeks:
3D-printed-home builder Alquist 3D announces Project Virginia–the world’s largest 3D-printed construction project in the world: 200 homes around Virginia. Alquist will kick off this project with a demonstration near the site of the first two 3D-printed homes in Pulaski in Virginia. Project Virginia follows the success of Alquist’s recent Habitat for Humanity project in Williamsburg in Virginia, the first owner-occupied, 3D-printed home in the world. The three-bedroom, two-bath home Alquist built for Habitat for Humanity took only about 22 hours to print the exterior shell. That’s at least 2-3 weeks less than the standard construction schedule, cutting nearly 15% off of costs. 3D printing also enables builders to use less lumber, a huge benefit since lumber availability and prices have been highly volatile.Alquist’s mission is to solve the housing crisis in rural and underserved areas of America. The company uses the most advanced 3D-printing technology, Black Buffalo 3D's NEXCON printer, to lower the cost of housing and infrastructure in economically distressed and under-served communities. Alquist chose Pulaski because demand for housing is soaring there thanks to the more than 3,000 new jobs Volvo, Blue Star Manufacturing, and American Glove Innovations will create in the area. Also, Virginia’s New River Valley was recently identified as having one of the highest growth rates in the nation for tech jobs in the US. Those companies’ workers will need affordable homes near their jobs and Alquist is equipped to provide unique, affordable housing that these workers and their families will love.Printing a house is just like printing on paper, only supersized. The ink is reinforced concrete, which is layered one row at a time as a home’s exterior walls are printed. 3D-printed walls can be built in days instead of weeks:
