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philo

On 11/14/2016 08:10 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 14 Nov 2016 18:29:31 -0600, philo wrote:

On 11/10/2016 03:21 PM, wrote:
There was a thread here a week or so ago about a robot mason and
saying it takes weeks to lay the brick in a house. I understand this
was block but the Mexicans laid up a 2400 sq/ft house in one day here
and they were done at 3.

I saw that too. It's pretty amazing but so much construction is now done
with poured concrete I'm not sure if that will catch on.

Also: even though it's fast...how long does it take to setup and
disassemble? How reliable is it...what if it breaks down etc?

That business is migrating to ICF. They are basically styrofoam Lego
blocks that they lay the walls up with and then pour the center solid
with concrete. It is a very solid structure and well insulated (~6" of
foam).
They built one up the road and it went from footer to tie beam in
about 3 days.

Yep. There is a lot of new construction here too.

The city of Milwaukee did something smart.

The library near my house (which I've started to use again) was a bit
old but still in good enough shape. Since finances are tight, they came
up with a plan to not only pay for itself but bring in money as well.

They completely tore it down and constructed a multi-use building taking
up almost the entire block now. The library takes up part of the ground
floor but they have retail space as well.

Above it are dozens of rental apartments. It's a win-win situation.

BTW: During the time it was being rebuilt, they setup a temporary
library in a nearby former grocery store.