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http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/27298| Title: | Additive Manufacturing and the Construction Industry |
| Authors: | Chougan, M Al-Kheetan, MJ Ghaffar, SH |
| Keywords: | additive manufacturing;3D printing technology;construction industry;3D concrete printing |
| Issue Date: | 30-Jul-2023 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Citation: | Chougan, M., Al-Kheetan, M.J. and Ghaffar, S.H. (2023) 'Additive Manufacturing and the Construction Industry', in Lynn, T.. et al. (eds.) Disrupting Buildings: Digitalisation and the Transformation of Deep Renovation. Cham, Switzerland; London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 97 - 109. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-32309-6_7. |
| Series/Report no.: | Palgrave Studies in Digital Business & Enabling Technologies book series (PSDBET); |
| Abstract: | Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). Additive manufacturing (AM), including 3D printing, has the potential to transform the construction industry. AM allows the construction industry to use complex and innovative geometries to build an object, building block, wall, or frame from a computer model. As such, it has potential opportunities for the construction industry and specific applications in the deep renovation process. While AM can provide significant benefits in the deep renovation process, it is not without its own environmental footprint and barriers. In this chapter, AM is defined, and the main materials used within the construction industry are outlined. This chapter also explores the benefits and challenges of implementing AM within the construction industry before concluding with a discussion of the future areas of development for AM in construction. |
| URI: | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/27298 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32309-6_7 |
| ISSN: | 978-3-031-32308-9 (hbk) 978-3-031-32309-6 (ebk) 2662-1282 |
| Other Identifiers: | ORCID iDs: Mehdi Chougan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7851-8665; Seyed Hamidreza Ghaffar https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4694-9508. 7 |
| Appears in Collections: | Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research Papers |
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