Cost viability of 3D printed house in UK

4th Asia Pacific Conference on Manufacturing Systems; 3rd International Manufacturing Engineering Conference

Tobi, A.L. Mohd^1 ; Omar, S.A.^2 ; Yehia, Z.^3 ; Al-Ojaili, S.^3 ; Hashim, A.^3 ; Orhan, O.^3

Faculty of Engineering Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Batu Pahat, Malaysia^1

Faculty of Accountancy and Business, Universiti Selangor, Shah Alam, Malaysia^2

Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom^3

关键词: 3-D printing;    Average size;    Cost saving;    House construction;    House prices;    Labour costs;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/319/1/012061/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/319/1/012061

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

UK has been facing housing crisis due to the rising price of the property on sale. This paper will look into the viability of 3D printing technology as an alternative way for house construction on UK. The analysis will be carried out based on the data until the year of 2014 due to limited resources availability. Details cost breakdown on average size house construction cost in UK were analysed and relate to the cost viability of 3D printing technology in reducing the house price in UK. It is found that the 3D printing generates saving of up to around 35% out of total house price in UK. This cost saving comes from the 3D printed construction of walls and foundations for material and labour cost.