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Muscatine and Iowa’s first 3D-printed home needs to be rebuilt

By: Dave Thompson|September 26, 2023
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    • Workers with Alquist 3D start the process of building a 3D-printed home in Muscatine this spring. That home will now have to be rebuilt. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

    MUSCATINE, Iowa – The first-in-the-state 3D-printed home that is under construction in this community just hit a major stumbling block. The home’s walls will have to be rebuilt because of a problem with the concrete mixture being used to build the walls.

    The home under construction on Duncan Drive in the Arbor Commons subdivision in Muscatine is being built using a 3D construction robotic…

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