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America's First 3D-Printed Houses for Sale in Austin, Texas
Key phrase: "The houses are not entirely 3D-printed..."
I guess if this is plug and play, it saves some labor of laying down cinder blocks, but it seems like a very tiny innovation.
The 3D printed aspect of this house is equivalent to the framing stage in a typical home construction. And as anyone who's ever built a house knows, the framing stage is just one small part of building a house. When you consider that an experienced team of 5-6 people can frame a house in a week or two, this innovation really doesn't seem too significant. All the major other aspects of construction - plumbing, electric, windows, doors, flooring, roofing, insulation, siding, etc. all still need to be taken care of, and because they now have to integrate these steps with a new, nonstandard building process, will probably be even harder for the tradesmen to complete.