Walmart and Alquist have announced the completion of the second groundbreaking 3D Concrete Print (3DCP) project at the Owens Cross Roads, Ala., Supercenter. The walls supporting the 5,000-square-foot pickup expansion were completed in one week.
In Alabama, the five-person Alquist team, utilizing two 3DCP systems, printed the 16-foot-high walls on the Owens Cross Roads expansion in just 75 hours during seven operational days, faster than traditional building methods.
The Alquist 3DCP crew set a new company record for a project this size, based on speed, and established a new benchmark for cost efficiency in commercial construction. Utilizing 3DCP reduced overall costs for this project versus traditional construction, showing that costs can continue improving as usage scales to additional projects, underscoring the technology’s benefits to retail construction timelines and budgets…