Automating concrete construction: Sustainable social housing in Colombia

Costa, Eduardo; Shepherd, Paul; Velasco, Rodrigo; Hudson, Roland

Abstract

The construction industry is a major source of carbon, and the main culprit is concrete. In addition, productivity for the construction sector is poor, and concrete construction in particular is labour intensive, slow, and costly. This paper introduces ongoing research addressing these two fundamental issues. First, by developing an integrated framework for automating manufacturing of reinforced concrete building elements through computation and robotic technology, and second by adapting such framework to the specific technical and socioeconomic contexts of Colombian construction, specifically for social housing.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: Congreso SIGraDi 2020
• Start Date: Nov 18, 2020
• End Date: Nov 20, 2020
• Acceptance Date: Sep 22, 2020
• Publication Date: 2020-12
• Deposit Date: Apr 8, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 12, 2022
• Volume: 8
• Pages: 254-259
• Series ISSN: 2318-6968
• Book Title: Proceedings of the XXIV International Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5151/sigradi2020-35
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9305760
• Publisher URL: https://automated.construction/publications-blog/sigradi-eduardo