Assessing the Prospects and Risks of Delivering Sustainable Urban Development Through 3D Concrete Printing Implementation

Liubov Adamtsevich (), Andrey Pustovgar and Aleksey Adamtsevich
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Liubov Adamtsevich: Scientific Research Institute of Construction Materials and Technologies, National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering, 26 Yaroslavskoye Shosse, 129337 Moscow, Russia
Andrey Pustovgar: Scientific Research Institute of Construction Materials and Technologies, National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering, 26 Yaroslavskoye Shosse, 129337 Moscow, Russia
Aleksey Adamtsevich: Scientific Research Institute of Construction Materials and Technologies, National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering, 26 Yaroslavskoye Shosse, 129337 Moscow, Russia

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 21, 1-25

Abstract: The article presents the results of a comprehensive study of the use of 3D Concrete printing (3DCP) technology to create urban infrastructure facilities according to sustainable development principles. The work includes a study of scientific articles on the subject area under consideration, a survey of additive construction market participants, as well as an analysis and generalization of promising areas for technology development and methods for improving the quality of objects erected using 3DCP. As part of the conducted literature review, publications included in the Scopus database for the period 2015–2024 were selected for analysis using the keywords ‘Sustainable development + 3DCP’ and ‘Sustainable construction + 3DCP’. The following conclusions were made: (i) the most popular publications are review articles about the development of materials and technologies for 3DCP and (ii) the most sought-after are the studies in the field of partial application of 3DCP technology, existing equipment and materials for 3DCP, and assessment of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of 3DCP use. For this purpose, a questionnaire was developed consisting of three blocks: equipment and technologies; structures and materials for 3DCP; the ecology and economics of 3DCP applicability. As a result, four main risks have been identified, which represent promising areas for 3DCP development.

Keywords: 3DCP; additive manufacturing; sustainable development; Industry 4.0; 3D concrete printing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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