REVOLUTIONIZING THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY WITH THE THIRD GENERATION 3D HOUSE PRINTING TECHNOLOGY
INTRO
Established in 1983, TEMS was founded by Dr. Paul Tinari, who, in the 1990s, was responsible for first proposing the use of 3D printing to various branches of the US military to help solve their chronic spare parts shortages problem. It is now close to 25 years later that Dr. Paul Tinari has influenced a new housing concept utilizing drone technology for 3D printing of concrete housing, aiming to revolutionize the construction industry by delivering fast, cost-effective, and sustainable housing solutions. The drone technology will be equipped with advanced sensor systems and precision navigation, allowing a minimum of two main drones to autonomously build structures layer by layer using concrete mix.
HOUSING CONCERNS RAISED GLOBALLY
By 2030, it is predicted that 60 percent of the Earth’s 8.3 billion people will live in cities and as many as 2 billion of these people will live in slums. Data presented in 2024 by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) showed that there were between 1.6 billion and 3 billion people around the world without decent housing.
Providing all people on earth with access to decent and affordable housing is one of the main aims of Dr. Tinari’s Global Sustainable Development Plan, where he plans to utilize advanced 3D technology to improve the construction crisis. When families can invest in a good home, their living conditions improve, and they can then take a larger stake in their communities. Investing in housing also increases shared prosperity since new construction generates jobs and economic growth. Rapid population growth and urbanization, especially in Africa and Asia, are placing unsustainable pressures on traditional housing delivery systems, which are often informal and rely on the competence of the state. Where formal housing can’t be supplied, by necessity, informal housing quickly fills the gaps, often resulting in the proliferation of slums and creating new development challenges. To solve the problem, Dr. Tinari has developed a revolutionary, large-scale, Third-Generation 3D Concrete House Printing Technology (3DCHPT) that will fundamentally impact the way all structures are built around the world. The key advancement to this technology will be the implementation of drones. This innovative technology will allow the construction of a wide variety of different kinds of structures that will offer several significant advantages over conventional structures.
VALUE PROPOSITION
- Rapid Construction: 3DCHPT printed structures can typically be erected in a fraction of the time when compared to those built using conventional construction methods
- Low Cost: 3DCHPT structures can typically be built for a cost of approximately $80-$100/sq. ft. compared to $180- $200/sq. ft. or more for traditional, labour-intensive wood frame construction
- Adaptable & Flexible: 3DCHPT allows the production of a broad spectrum of innovative structural shapes that would be either, at worst, impossible, or at best, simply too expensive to build using conventional construction techniques. With the use of reduced components and machinery on the field, 3D technology would be the most versatile to cross borders due to a decrease in size and weight
- Stronger: 3DCHPT structures can be made significantly stronger than those built using traditional building techniques so that they can be made to resist natural disasters such as hurricanes, typhoons, tornadoes, earthquakes and wildfires
- Environmentally Sustainable: By changing the nozzles and dispensing mechanisms, a wide variety of raw materials can be used to build 3DCHPT structures such as clay, earth, stucco, etc. For example, it is possible to use hempcrete or to use the plethora of plastics presently floating in the world’s oceans or discarded in waste dumps as potential raw materials for 3D printing
- Unlimited Potential: 3DCHPT structures can be built virtually anywhere, including mountainsides and other areas where traditional construction would be extremely difficult or impossible
- Regulatory: Civil engineering testing has shown that 3DCHPT can be legally permitted in many regulatory environments & municipal jurisdictions (albeit challenges still exist)
TECHNOLOGY
The advantages of the Third-Generation 3D Concrete House Printing Technology developed by Dr. Tinari in comparison to other 3D concrete house printing systems around the world include:
- Light-Weight & Compact: Our technology is lightweight enough that all components are fully man-portable. The system primarily consists of two main drones, supported by a fleet of smaller auxiliary drones, along with a minimal set of essential concrete-handling components. Compared to traditional gantry-style 3D printing systems—which can weigh 40,000+ pounds—our solution is likely the lightest and most compact 3D construction technology available today
- Rapid Set-up & Take-Down: The entire system can be set up or packed down for transport by two technicians and does not require excessive mechanical complexity that is currently a reality for other 3D printing technologies. Existing systems use heavy truss structures or mechanically extendable, telescoping, or robotic arms. Due to minimal machinery and a lack of spare parts necessary, our system would create an exponentially more rapid procedure, increasing the productivity of actual building time
- Adaptable & Flexible: Our technology is not susceptible to jamming because of dirt getting into the delicate mechanisms that are problematic for alternative 3D technology. Our technology can easily be expanded to produce structures of virtually any size, and minimize the lack of horizontal and vertical construction scalability issues due to rough terrain or remote areas
- Low-Cost: Our technology reduces the need for heavy and excessive mechanical complexity. Our technology also reduces the requirement to hire on-site staff and order spare part(s) with a reduction of cost close to 90%
TARGET MARKETS
Since 2019, the Government of Canada has committed $638 million to address housing challenges in First Nations communities. Indigenous groups across the country have expressed strong interest in accessing our 3D Concrete Housing Printing Technology (3DCHPT) as a viable solution to their ongoing housing crisis. Government ministers have been engaged in discussions and have acknowledged that this innovative technology offers a practical, cost-effective, and rapid approach to finally resolving the long-standing housing shortages in Indigenous communities.
Land was initially secured to build the first 3D Printed Concrete House structure in Ladner, BC, Canada, along with an approved Building Permit where the initial layer of 3D printed concrete was field-tested.
The University of British Columbia Faculty of Civil Engineering has tested structures produced by our second-generation technology back in 2019.
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
Development and field testing of the second-generation prototype sub-systems of the 3D house system have been completed. The third-generation technology will utilize the results of the previous technology to build and test the first completed prototype that will implement the use of drone technology. The technology will be ready to start full in-lab testing and field testing to evaluate the system’s capacity to accurately produce exterior walls of housing. The R&D will include the development and incorporation of smart sensors into our latest technology in order to increase the ability to maintain a high degree of accuracy, even when our technology is exposed to adverse environmental conditions such as high winds.
Once the field testing of the prototype has been completed, the results will be used to affirm the finalized version of the technology. With the construction of the first, fully deployable machine, the next step will be to start up assembly lines that will be capable of producing hundreds of machines that will be capable of meeting the urgent need for quality, natural-disaster (wildfire, tornado, hurricane, earthquake) resistant, low-cost residential housing.
CHALLENGES & MITIGATION
The greatest challenge at this time is obtaining building approval for the evaluation of 3D printed buildings. We believe that strong pressure from communities around the world will pave the way for building approval over the next few years, especially when it comes to affordable housing considerations. Given our technology has the affordability and compatibility to cross waters, it would be the most ideal technology to pave the way for futuristic methods of construction.
CONCLUSION & FINAL POINTS
What business are we in? 3D technology – or specifically, utilizing drone technology for the use of 3D house printing. At least, this is one exceptional method to help improve the world towards building high-quality, low-cost, disaster-resistant housing around the globe and to make a profit for our investors and shareholders
What is our long-term vision? To revolutionize the global construction industry by using drone technology as a way to print housing quickly and efficiently while maintaining top-quality structural integrity.
What is our mission? To develop & commercialize a Drone-3DCHP technology that can manufacture a typical single-family home in 3-5 days, and continue to advance the drone technology to build multiple-level housing in the future.
Why should you invest? Unlike any other system currently available, our patented technology will allow the rapid construction of low-cost, high-strength, custom-designed housing virtually anywhere. The use of this technology to build millions of greatly needed housing units offers a very real and solid profit potential.
Competition: Competing 3D Concrete House Printing Systems cost millions more, are exponentially heavier, and take ten times longer to set up/take down. In addition, the current 3D printing technology cannot easily access remote areas and requires highly complex mechanisms that can add additional cost and time to any structure.
Why should you invest now? The massive increase in the cost of wood since 2022 (>400% to >500%) created a massive opportunity for commercial 3D Concrete House Printing Systems to offer highly cost-competitive residential housing. We are ready and able to take full advantage of this unique opportunity.
While several groups are pursuing the commercialization of 3D Concrete House Printing (3DCHPT) machines, we are uniquely positioned to lead the field. Our breakthrough came with the development of a second-generation, cable-based 3DCHPT system—designed with advanced cable hardware and design flexibility—we are now ready to proceed with drone innovation. These enhancements allow us to overcome critical technological barriers and push the boundaries of what’s possible. This next-generation system is poised to redefine industry standards and render existing technologies obsolete.
Contact: Dr. Paul Tinari, Cell: 604-760-5088, E-Mail: tinarip@yahoo.com