The two-story building with an area of 160 sq.m. was printed in Bekkum by German building materials supplier PERI using a COBOD BOD2 3D printer, with financial and administrative support from regional authorities.
The opening ceremony took place on July 26 this year, with the participation of the Minister of Internal Affairs, local government, construction and equality of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Ina Scharrenbach.
Local authorities allocated 200 thousand euros for the project implementation under the support program innovative construction.
For the construction of the "box" company PERI started already in September last year (September 17, 2020). Here they used an already traditional method, implying 3D printing of non-removable formwork with manual reinforcement and filling, installation of floors, windows, doors and utilities.
The formwork was printed directly on top of the foundation using a large-format construction 3D printer from Danish company COBOD. The layer deposition speed on such a printer reaches 1 m/s or about three and a half cubic meters of cement mixture per hour.
Since PERI - both on the global and domestic market - is one of the leading suppliers of formwork equipment for manual concrete pouring, the company's participation in such a construction 3D printing project is a notable event and a sign that the traditional construction sector has understood that automation and digitization are the future of the construction industry.
Thomas Imbacher, Director of Innovation and Marketing at PERI, explained:
"We are confident that 3D printing has great potential. Therefore, in the near future, in the construction sector it will gain significant importance. We are proud that thanks to PERI's participation in the project in Bekkum, we have become pioneers in a new innovative direction in the construction sector."
Also, we would like to tell you a bit more in detail about the company PERI
PERI company, with sales volume of 1,503 million euros (2020), is one of the leading manufacturers and suppliers of formwork and scaffolding systems worldwide. A family company headquartered in Weißenhorn (Germany), with a staff of 9400 employees, more than 60 subsidiaries and more than 160 warehouses, provides its customers with innovative systemic equipment and comprehensive services related to all aspects of formwork and scaffolding.
