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Addictive Manufacturing, Prosumption and Construction Safety

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Construction safety is one of the most important issues on-sites. In recent years, as the costs of construction accident compensation increased, there has also been a growth in the number of the research studies that shed light on the possible solution to lower the likelihood of accidents. Whilst many of the previous research showed that modular construction reduces the construction accident rates due to higher level of certainty in factory-like environment, we conjecture that the new additive manufacturing (AM) technology may serve a similar purpose. We wish to explore the possibility of using additive manufacturing to reduce construction accidents on-sites. We first provide a brief introduction about additive manufacturing. After that, we provide a detailed description about the working principle of additive manufacturing. Third, we study various different factors that affect the quality of additive manufacturing. Fourth, the pros and cons of additive manufacturing in the construction industry will be explained. Additionally, the application of additive manufacturing in the construction industries will be illustrated. Last, but not least, some case studies will be included to illustrate the application of additive manufacturing in the construction industry to ensure safety on-sites.

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Li, R.Y.M. (2018). Addictive Manufacturing, Prosumption and Construction Safety. In: An Economic Analysis on Automated Construction Safety. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5771-7_4

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