{"id":24121,"date":"2023-12-28T15:17:44","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T23:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/why-we-need-3d-printing-in-construction\/"},"modified":"2023-12-28T15:17:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T23:17:46","slug":"why-we-need-3d-printing-in-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/why-we-need-3d-printing-in-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"Why We Need 3D Printing in Construction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/files\/membership-default-internal\/\" class=\"memberhide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/20220718_175041000_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"-\"><\/a><br\/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>On the <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"#podcast\">AEC Business Podcast,<\/a> Aarni interviews <strong>Abhishek Kumar Devjibhai,<\/strong> the founder and CEO of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ekotekt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ekotekt<\/a>, a Helsinki-based construction tech startup. The company uses robotics, 3D printing, and CNC to create prefabricated building elements in a factory environment. They\u2019re especially keen to solve the ever-increasing demand for new housing.<\/p>\n<p>Ekotekt can fabricate walls, facades, and slabs. The structures are lightweight and consume 25% less material than traditionally. The company also uses environment-friendly concrete.<\/p>\n<p>When Aarni asked why they\u2019ve focused on offsite rather than onsite production, Abhishek said that they tried it, but offsite is more practical. Furthermore, this allows them to follow existing national building codes.<\/p>\n<p>Offsite 3D printing combines the flexibility of digital fabrication and prefab installation practices that are familiar to Nordic contractors. No wonder Ekotekt is rolling out its production initially in the Nordics.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"podcast\">Listen to the interview and subscribe to the podcast on your platform of choice<\/h2>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/aecbusiness\/aec-business.s3.amazonaws.com\/Abhishek-interview.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw(&#039;https:\/\/aec-business.com\/?powerpress_pinw=2013509-podcast&#039;);\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/aecbusiness\/aec-business.s3.amazonaws.com\/Abhishek-interview.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" download=\"Abhishek-interview.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"et_social_bottom_trigger\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- News - Bottom -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8320848692\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/aec-business.com\/why-we-need-3d-printing-in-construction\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the AEC Business Podcast, Aarni interviews Abhishek Kumar Devjibhai, the founder and CEO of Ekotekt, a Helsinki-based construction tech &#8230; <a title=\"Why We Need 3D Printing in Construction\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/why-we-need-3d-printing-in-construction\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Why We Need 3D Printing in Construction\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1062,1066],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aec-business","category-all-posts","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}