Albertasaurus
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Yes I believe so. They'd be crazy to go concrete since it's 6 storeys.
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Nawads
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The only argument i'd add is they were charging concrete construction prices, but looking at the current stage, it looks like the rest will be wood, I can't see any rebar sticking out for further concert columns.
1875
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Alex_YYC
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UrbanWarrior
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Finally some wood going up (teehee 
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1875
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UrbanWarrior
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Mountain Man
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Buildings go quick when you prefab the wood frame part!
CalgaryTiger
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The productivity of this and the Co-Op one on 16th is impressive. Prefab seems to be better for everyone, workers; who get to work indoors, developers; who get to save time which is money. Great to see construction efficiency gains.
MichaelS
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Promise Robotics expands with new warehouse in Calgary
The latest 60,000 square-foot deployment is set to bring increased housing production to the region with AI-driven robots.
www.canadianarchitect.com
Related to the posts about efficiency. I wonder if this is something the general public will even notice, but it could lead to some very positive changes in industry.
CalgaryTiger
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I think we're right on the precipice of robotics doing for home building what it did for the car.Promise Robotics expands with new warehouse in Calgary
The latest 60,000 square-foot deployment is set to bring increased housing production to the region with AI-driven robots.
Related to the posts about efficiency. I wonder if this is something the general public will even notice, but it could lead to some very positive changes in industry.
ByeByeBaby
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Absolutely we are, in the same way we were 120 years ago:
and 60 years ago:
All three images come from this post in the essential Construction Physics newsletter, by Brian Potter who spent years working for an automated construction startup.
Construction has a ton of problems that make automation really difficult in ways that new buzzwords won't fix. (There was a big project in the 1960s-70s that included multiple aerospace companies, the AI buzz industry of the time.) This post covers some of the key ways that manufacturing improves efficiency and why construction makes those improvements difficult; it's a great blog with a ton of posts on this topic, though.
CalgaryTiger
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As someone with family in the trades who have wrecked their bodies... get an office job kids and take the stairs to your floor. I think adding exoskeletons to work with a skilled trades person is the next step that should revolutionize construction efficiency. They're being used in the military and like a lot of tech, the government is an early adopter and funder and then as it gets refined it becomes more realistic for the general public. We're still 10+ years away and the adoption costs will need to come down but the benefits are too obvious.Absolutely we are, in the same way we were 120 years ago:
and 60 years ago:
and 30 years ago:
All three images come from this post in the essential Construction Physics newsletter, by Brian Potter who spent years working for an automated construction startup.
Construction has a ton of problems that make automation really difficult in ways that new buzzwords won't fix. (There was a big project in the 1960s-70s that included multiple aerospace companies, the AI buzz industry of the time.) This post covers some of the key ways that manufacturing improves efficiency and why construction makes those improvements difficult; it's a great blog with a ton of posts on this topic, though.
UrbanWarrior
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Albertasaurus
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They are really going fast with the wood frame portion. Looks like only a couple more floors to go.