Due to the irregular and variable environments in which most construction projects take place, the topic of on-site automation has previously been largely neglected in favor of off-site prefabrication. While prefabrication has certain obvious economic and schedule benefits, a number of potential applications would benefit from a fully autonomous robotic construction system capable of building w...

The Latham Report (1995) identified a need for greater teamwork within the UK construction industry. The Egan Report (1998) took this principle further and in particular posed a series of challenging targets for the UK house building industry. These targets were focused around greater use of innovative techniques derived from manufacturing, and included the increased use of standardisation, pre...

Prefabrication has been shown to be an effective way of construction in the modern-day context. Although much progress made developing reinforced concrete (RC), timber and steel prefabricated elements/structures, prefabrication masonry walling systems received limited attention past. Conventional is labour-intensive time-consuming; therefore, can solution accelerate make it more cost-effective....

Interest in sustainable construction has been increasing due to recent events. The limitations of natural resources and the scale global impacts, specifically as a result effects climate change, have consequences for sector. These changes are giving rise need reassess way we face built environment rethink new solutions systems or methods that contribute mitigating negative consequences, among w...

Recent developments in computational design and digital fabrication with concrete enable the realization of freeform geometries that optimize material use. 3D Concrete extrusion Printing (3DCP) is presently one most utilized methods concrete. The expected advantages 3DCP result from shaping without formwork placing only where functionally required. Although these were pointed out more than 20 y...