In his first public interview in nearly a DECADE the legendary grandfather of modern 3DCP tells us the origin story of Contour Crafting, the early challenges and his philosophy on technology and life.

I had no idea this was recorded but when I realized, it made me think about how the whole world should see my honest takes on the construction automation industry! This was recorded months ago on October 4th and may not reflect my present opinions or developments which occurred after that date.

Tour a variety of BOXABL units, Boxzilla and ALL 3 FACTORIES at their headquarters in Las Vegas Nevada. You won't find a more comprehensive tour/ interview anywhere! About BOXABL BOXABL is on a mission to bring building construction in line with modern manufacturing processes by creating a superior residential and commercial building that can be completed in far less time and cost than traditional construction. The core product that we offer is the “Building Box”, which consists of room...

In the first episode with a public company CEO on the Automate Construction podcast, we get to hear all about FBR from CEO Mike Pivac himself with incredibly candid insights to the challenges and things to look forward to. https://www.fbr.com.au/ https:://automateconstruction.com

UTU CEO Roman Shvets tells us about the printer they invented which accepts dry powder delivered to the extruder head mixed right before printing! This is an incredile innovation which has the potential to drastically reduce the waste found in long concrete hoses used by other systems. UTU website https://utu.com.ua/ Automate Construction https://automateconstruction.com Human Robot Army (Get a Job) https://humanrobotarmy.com

Founding Partner Vivin Hegde and Investment Analyst Margarita de la Peña join me for an exciting and thorough industry overview of every construction automaton company there is on their Market Map! This episode is particularly exciting because it branches far beyond the realm of 3D printed construction which we have covered extensively, into new realms of construction automation which also may have promising futures. Check out the market map on the Zacua...

On this episode of the Automate Construction podcast we talk with Michael Butler CEO & Founder of Spacecrete. https://automateconstruction.com https://spacecrete.com/

When I heard there was a company framing prefabricated wall sections with robotic arms and no physical human intervention I had to see it for myself! In this episode we get to hear Brents incredible story of his military service, family, and entrepreneurship. The mission is simple, solve the housing crisis with robots! https://www.botbuilt.com/

Director of 3D Printed Architecture at IAAC University Edouard Cabay joins me for a fascinating dialogue around design for 3D printed buildings and a future of robotics in construction. https://automateconstruction.com https://iaac.net

After a successful business venture in small concrete product automation, this guy built his own large scale concrete printer and now seeks to bring increased automation to the concrete printing processes which we are watching evolve on this podcast. Automate Construction https://automateconstruction.com Zevnik Lab https://zevniklab.com/

Macro 3D Founder Tom Macrokonis joins me to discuss his vibrant entrepreneurial journey, goals, and motivations in the world of construction automation. His intrigue in blending various construction materials on the job site like steel concrete and lumber should be a promising strategy for bringing automation to the masses. Automate Construction Website https://automateconstruction.com Macro 3D Website https://www.macro3d.com.au/

Really excited to have Luai Kurdi on the podcast again! In our first episode Luai was working at Besix 3D where he was their champion of 3DCP tech. After some years with them in the middle east Luai decided it was time for him to venture out on his own to start Print 4D. https://AutomateConstruction.com https://www.print4d.xyz/

Today I get Berry on the podcast for the 3rd time, our first podcast was a virtual tour through the Cybe facility and then I went to the Netherlands and got an operator certificate for their system. While in the Netherlands we did a second episode in person nearly 2 years ago and now we are in Florida discussing the first permitted 3D printed home built on site with a robotic arm in America. https://automate.construction https://cybe.eu

Timothy Wangler was kind enough to join me for 2 hrs discussing some of the nitty gritty details behind concrete 3D printing along with other materials showing promise for the future. Automate Construction https://automate.construction ETH Zurich https://ethz.ch/en.html

3D printed wood is made possible by combining wood fibers with recycled plastics. Morten illuminates some of the benefits and challenges of working with this type of material in this podcast episode. It's awesome hearing about some of the concrete alternatives that can also be fabricated into housing on a large scale. Hopefully the future continues to bring new exciting material breakthroughs.   https://automate.construction  https://www.wohnhomes.com/

Jason and I discuss the massive 100 home project with 7 printers on site from inside one of the homes.

Shashank Shekhar is the CEO & founder if MiCob, the automation firm working with the Military Engineering Services Department of India. As we have seen with some other countries, there are some military applications for 3D printed concrete which are being explored. Although we can't get into the details on a podcast we do cover the general concepts in this insightful episode. I am really grateful Shashank took the time to join me from the other side of the world virtually and share a...

On my 3rd visit to the Boxabl Factory I finally got to sit down with CEO Galiano Tiramani for a Podcast! We discuss how far they have come from the first few units they had when I first stopped by years ago to the 300 units they have built now, 100+ of which are sitting in the parking lot!  https://automate.construction https://www.boxabl.com/

Jason Jones is the CEO of R Squared out of Austin Tx. I stopped the demo unit he 3D printed in cementitious mortar and we recorded a podcast inside. I hope you don't mind my dog was in and out in between swims in the pod and running around with the cattle on the farm.    Automate Construction Website https://automate.construction  R-Squared Website https://r2-texas.com

In this episode of the automate construction podcast Nick Holden and I discuss his start up contour 3-D and how they printed the first permanent 3-D printed building in Australia. This was a tremendous accomplishment and they did it for a TV show which is extremely popular in the land down under. We get into discussing why contour decided to build their own concrete printer Nick Holden entrepreneurial background how he built his career to where it is today and what he believes contour has in...

Meltio is a Spanish startup developing metal printing extruder heads used around the world. Their system uses lasers to melt the inconel or other materials into a very dense custom formed part not limited by traditional casting or forging restrictions. This technology is opening up new design opportunities to make parts lighter and less wasteful.   https://meltio3d.com/

Printer manufacturer & construction innovator in Serbia joins me to discuss how the startup NaturaEco wants to change construction.    https://automate.construction  https://www.naturaecocorp.com

Witold and his team in Poland built their own printer from scratch as the first in the country to use this technology. They seek to use it for rebuilding efforts around Europe. They brought the wok to Poland.  In this episode we get into their startup and its story and even some of Witolds personal experience living in Europe during a time of escalated conflict.   https://automate.construction  https://www.rebuild3dcp.com/

Roof, Paint, Stucco,  this machine is capable of things we have never seen automated on a 3D printed construction site before. Diamond Age is taking big leaps in the right direction (automation) by printing concrete walls then going many steps further.  This has been one of my favorite interviews because of the scope of automation in their system. 3D printed construction is a cool way to automate one step of building a house but there is so much more to automated construction that isn't...