Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien is looking at the groundbreaking use of 3D printing to build homes in the UK as a way of building quicker, cheaper and more efficient homes for the Irish market.
READ MORE: Met Eireann verdict on Ireland ‘Polar Vortex’ fears as weather phenomenon could trigger big freeze Mr O’Brien has also visited factories where he has seen manufacturing of the cast concrete and panelised timber frames that are then dropped at housing sites. “We know there is an Irish company involved with the major innovative project in the UK and the US also has projects at advanced stages that have, we believe, Irish builders involved in them.”
“I’ve been on a number of sites across Ireland where homes have been constructed off-site and then assembled on-site. “Efficiency, sustainability and cost effectiveness are to the fore when we consider any new modern method of construction and both I and my Department are watching other countries and how there are innovating and evolving in residential construction with interest.”
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