INITIAL INVESTMENT TO 3D PRINTING TECHNOLOGIES IN A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
Zdenek Cernohorsky, Petr Matejka
Abstract:
This article deals with an initial investment to 3D printing technologies in a construction company. The investment refers to the use of building information models and their integration with 3D printing technology within a construction company. In the first part, there will be discussed an introduction of 3D printing scheme in a construction company from a lifecycle perspective in general. As a part of this scheme, the ideal variant of an initial investment will be considered a.k.a a pilot project. In the second part, there will be a more detailed discussion of the pilot project, more about each activities which should be its parts and which should analyze cost categories. These categories will be about particular lifecycle stages of the pilot project. In the third part, a summary is done. This article could be a handout for a construction company in a term of an initial investment to 3D printing.
Keywords:
3D printing; BIM; pilot project, lifecycle
APA citation:
ZDENEK CERNOHORSKY, PETR MATEJKA (2017). Initial investment to 3D printing technologies in a construction company. Business & IT, Vol. VII(1), pp. 14-19, DOI: https://doi.org/10.14311/bit.2017.01.03.
Editorial information: journal Business & IT, ISSN 2570-7434, CreativeCommons license CC BY, published by CTU in Prague, 2017, http://bit.fsv.cvut.cz/
