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Ground Breaking All-in-One 3D Printed Home Technology System Now Available to Home Builders and Contractors
Sunconomy LLC, an Austin, TX-based residential building company, and
Forge New, a San Francisco, CA (News - Alert)-based residential development company,
have partnered to introduce We
Print Houses, an industry-changing all-in-one 3D printed home
technology system that can be licensed by builders and contractors
across the country. The system, which is the first 3D home printing
system able to get permits in the U.S., includes a mobile platform and
all the corresponding mechanical systems needed to construct 3D printed
homes that are exponentially more time efficient, waste reducing and
disaster resistant than traditionally built homes.
The We Print Houses system combines the agility and complexity of
traditional home building with the precision and speed of robotic "ink
jet" technology, producing complex design-driven homes faster, stronger
and smarter. The system, which includes a highly maneuverable mobile
platform outfitted with a proprietary printer head, "prints" entire
houses with hydrophobic, self-binding geopolymer cement, eliminating the
need for in-demand subcontracting crews that often contribute to
extensive labor costs and delays. The system constructs homes in a
matter of days without the need for specialists such as brick layers,
dry wall installers, roofers, carpenters, and their colleagues.
"We have assembled a completely mobile 3D home printing system that any
builder or contractor can master in a matter of weeks, and it will
completely change their business model," said Larry Haines, Founder of
We Print Houses. "This system immediately removes the common pitfalls of
traditional home building - labor shortages, materials waste,
construction time - and rewards you with time and more durable and
efficient homes."
The first 25 licensees will be eligible for a territory exclusive
license to the We Print Houses system, enabling them to get a jump start
on the building technology in their region. In addition to the complete
mobile 3D concrete printing system, which can be shipped anywhere in the
continental United States within 120 days, each licensee will receive
on-site training at We Print Houses' construction sites, equipment
certification, bi-annual site visits and ongoing marketing support. We
Print Houses licensees will also have access to a portfolio of home
plans designed by the company's own architects to meet International
Building Code and to feature disaster-resistant details such as curved
walls, buttressed ends, roofs that lie below the roofline, strnger
concrete, and houses that are more energy efficient and have a lower
cost of maintenance. Coupled with the geopolymer cement structure, We
Print Houses homes withstand nature's brute forces of fire, hurricane
and tornadic force winds, 8.0+ earthquakes, hail and flooding.
"The construction industry is ripe for disruption, and the We Print
Houses system arms builders and contractors with the equipment needed to
scale their businesses like they've never imagined," said Gregory
Takeshita, CEO of Forge New. "Builders with this technology can
quadruple their production rates, cut costs by reducing labor and
material for sheet rock, roofing, carpentry and painting. Plus, they can
build more durable and cost-efficient homes using the We Print Houses
technology."
All licensees will participate in a two-week training and certification
program on a We Print Houses construction site of Genesis, the first
home in the U.S. to be designed, engineered, permitted, built, appraised
and sold using this technology. Sited on a 100 x 120-foot lot featuring
a 17-foot slope, Genesis will fully illustrate the complex architectural
capabilities and reduced time, labor and material needs of the We Print
Houses system. "If you can build on our sloped lot, you can build just
about anywhere!" said Larry Haines. Genesis will be constructed with
participation from partners including: basalt rebar company Sudaglass;
BauBox
kitchen cabinetry; Porcelanosa
tile, kitchen and bath fixtures; Ferguson
Plumbing Supply; Whirlpool
appliances; RenewAire's
ERV; Jekko's
mobile platform; Graco
Inc.'s pump and mixer; Elexa's
guardian leak protection system, among others.
Licensees are then included in the We Print Houses marketplace,
connecting qualified builders and prospective home buyers who have
expressed interest in purchasing homes using this innovative technology.
For more information about the We Print Houses 3D home printing system,
call 855-426-8469 or visit www.WePrintHouses.com.
About Sunconomy LLC
Sunconomy LLC builds affordable, smart, sustainable homes and will use
3D printing as a tool to provide affordable housing and job training to
people graduating from crisis intervention programs and seeking to build
a life pursuing the "American Dream" of home ownership.
About Forge New
Forge New is a full-service real estate development company with a
strategic focus in construction technology and emerging markets.
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