3D-Printed, Factory-Built Homes Coming To A Community Near You

3D-Printed, Factory-Built Homes Coming To A Community Near You

California-based 3D-printing construction tech company Mighty Buildings says it’s on a new and ambitious growth trajectory. From Hawaii to Saudi Arabia, it plans to build communities of sustainable, net-zero, 3D-printed houses fabricated in microfactories that can be spun up virtually anywhere in a matter of months.

“The scale economics of our microfactories makes it feasible to build anywhere,” says Scott Gebicke, Mighty Buildings’ CEO. “This microfactory approach is one of the main reasons I joined the company because the scalability is really impressive.”

Gebicke has been at the helm of Mighty Buildings for just three months, following 11 years at manufacturing solutions provider Jabil

Modular, 3D-printed backyard mother-in-law studios and pool houses put Mighty Buildings on the map. The stylish, move-in-ready units could be lowered by a crane to virtually any southern California location. But the approach had its drawbacks. First, the size of each unit was limited to about nine feet to avoid requiring special trucks. Installation required blocking off roads, and the BtoC model required overseeing the entire process, including the permitting process and contractors.

“We knew the resilience of our 3D printable stone and the design flexibility of our modular approach was scalable,” says Gebicke, “but going directly to consumers with