Developing and supporting new digital modern methods for construction manufacturing is increasingly important to address productivity, cost and quality issues against the imperatives of the NetZero challenge.

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The 3DCP group are a team of academics from across the schools of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering, Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, Chemistry and Design and Creative Arts who collaborate with industry academic partners nationally and internationally to deliver the next generation of construction manufacturing technology.

Our aims

To develop, support and promote globally leading innovative construction manufacturing technology and process automation to improve productivity and quality, while reducing cost and environmental impact.

Our areas of expertise

Digital

Digital workflow for robotic based large-scale additive manufacturing and CNC driven processes

Materials

Development of one component and two component printing motors

Process

Production process stages and automation of tooling operations for large-scale fabrication

Measurement

High accuracy, large scale measurement verification systems and system calibration