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Social Construct's computer-optimized buildings could shake construction industry's fou... - 1 views

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shared by oalttech on 14 Jul 20 - No Cached
  • Social Construct isn’t actually getting into the contracting side of things. The plan is to partner with, train and certify contractors so they can scale more like a platform than a boots-on-the-ground company
  • Third, the layout is calculated to minimize the possibility of variance in measurements or construction
  • Second, all the pipes, cables and assorted in-wall infrastructure has been moved under the floor, the routes pre-determined by the computer.
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  • First, construction uses pre-fabricated “assemblies,” of which there are about a hundred types total: walls with kitchen cabinets, walls with holes for shower fixtures, lighting and so on.
  • the Social Construct system plans out every aspect of the construction, optimizing the layout for a variety of parameters.
  • Flexibility is more important than precision.
  • The industry has effectively insulated itself against a great deal of innovation with an “if it ain’t broke, don’t spend millions of dollars fixing it” attitude.
  • laying cables and pipes below floors instead of in walls, and standardizing both pieces and assembly, this new tech-informed method could reduce the time and cost of constructing a building by 20 to 30%.
  • oalttech on 14 Jul 20
     
    Not obviously linked to education, but in terms of technology this is a pretty interesting read and could be beneficial to engineering/architecture students.
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