Poll results: 3-D printing

Three years ago, HBSDealer asked about the potential impact of 3-D printing on the homebuilding and construction industry.

“Will the future of housing be printed out in 3-D?” asked the Oct. 8, 2021 poll question.

There were 3-D optimists (14 percent) and 3-D deniers (38 percent). The plurality of responses expected a “small” role for 3-D printing (48 percent).

Time marches on, and innovations bring new opportunities to new markets.

Azure Printed Homes, Inc. a Calif.-based company that makes 3D-printed homes using recycled polymers, says it is expanding operations by more than 100 percent. 

Amerimix, a division of Oldcastle APG, a CRH Company, says its 3D Printing Mortar Mix was provided to New Standard Homes, which resulted in the successful 3D printing of three concrete homes located in Shiner, Texas. 

Are these innovations changing minds about the impact of 3D-printing on our industry? The chart above seems to suggest so.

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