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Can 3D-printed and prefab housing fix the housing crisis?

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Can 3D-printed and prefab housing fix the housing crisis?

12 min

An examination of whether 3D printing and factory-built housing can scale to meet demand or if regulatory and financial bottlenecks remain the true barriers.

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Show notes

Parallel processing in modular construction can reduce total building timelines by ten to thirty percent.

Current three-D printing technology is largely restricted to single-story structures and requires human finishing trades.

Katerra's two-billion-dollar bankruptcy in twenty twenty-one highlights the risks of massive upfront capital in construction.

Land and soft costs account for forty percent of home prices in cities like San Francisco.

Panelized construction uses flat-packed walls and trusses to address the shortage of skilled framing crews.

Federal building codes give manufactured homes a significant volume advantage over local modular projects.

In this episode

  1. 1Intro1 min
  2. 2The Factory Floor vs. The Muddy Lot3 min
  3. 33D Printing: Hype vs. Hard Concrete3 min
  4. 4The Regulatory and Land Bottleneck3 min
  5. 5The Path to Housing Abundance2 min
  6. 6Outro1 min

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Can 3D-printed and prefab housing fix the housing crisis? — Fylom