U.S.-based concrete specialists QUIKRETE and Contour Crafting Corporation (CC Corp) have announced a collaboration to develop a proprietary concrete to be used with CC Corp’s concrete 3D printing technology. The partnership will see the automated construction of residential, commercial, industrial, and government buildings around the U.S. starting with the City of Angels, Los Angeles.
Dr. Behrokh Khoshnevis, CC Corp’s CEO and a pioneer in construction 3D printing, stated: “CC Corp is pleased with the collaboration arrangement with The QUIKRETE Companies as it aspires to create useful construction technologies that offer structurally and economically viable solutions that perform at least as well as the conventional concrete construction practices.”