Research

Three people working with 3D printed concrete, wearing lab coats and hard hats

Highlighted outputs

Highly cited research outputs that map the 3DCP technology development are:

Research Projects and initiatives

Hybrid concrete printed part

Digital Hybrid Concrete Printing

Developing cutting edge process advancements to deliver better than cast precision in 3DCP parts through the application of subtractive milling (£1.4m)
Screenshots of visual measurements of printed concrete

3DCP and the road to NetZero

A cohort of PhDs funded through Loughborough University with a collective goal of shifting 3DCP towards NetZero manufacturing (£500k)
Digital scan of structural concrete composites

3D concrete printed structural composites

Extending application through fundamental material science research to develop reinforced printed materials and the model need for design I collaboration with universities of Manchester, Leeds and Sheffield (£1.5m)
Printed concrete machining

Right time concrete

The latest industrially supported project which will develop new digital process and material models that can be used to help design printing and milling strategies without the need for physical trials (£1m)

International collaboration

We are active participants in RILEM, and in particular within the technical committees relating to 3DCP, which focus on pre-standardisation work for quality control:

We have hosted the Digital Concrete conference in 2022, welcoming 250 colleagues from 26 countries for five days of technical meetings, workshops and debate.

Digital Concrete conference 2022
Conference proceedings