More than 6 months have passed since forest fires destroyed thousands of houses in the Los Angeles area, yet only a few of them were constructed. In the Qahar neighborhood of Altadina, the vacant lands dominated, and no new home has not yet been constructed. However, one of the first houses in which construction work will start in this street depends on technology to accelerate the reconstruction process.
Small mobile factory
Later this summer, a “small factory” will arrive at the site, and robots will begin to build walls, ceilings and floor panels, while the construction team lay the foundations. Other ingredients for homes, such as the “rooms” of bathrooms, will be built with all pre -installed equipment, outside the site and delivered to assembly.
Fire resistant houses
“Cosmic”, the startup company that specializes in building homes, initially launched a project to build additional sustainable housing units (ADUS) with a simplified process aimed at saving time and cost. Last year, the Engineers team began designing a larger and fire -resistant family home in northern California. When the disaster Los Angeles struck last January, the company accelerated the pace of its work to develop small factories for the fire area.
An alternative to ready -made homes
“My primary belief is that traditional ready -made buildings are useless,” says Sasha Gokic, founder of Cosmic. We have seen billions of dollars invested in the ready -made buildings industry, as they need to operate the factory produced constantly, which is very difficult due to the costs of operating the factory. ” The typical factory has a limited geographical location; Where it is not economically feasible to connect products to a distance of approximately 300 miles.
The factory goes towards the home building site
Instead, Cosmic seeks to bring modern manufacturing directly to each site. The first small factory of the company is now on a plot of land in Pacific Palcedes; Where the company is working to issue permits for another house in this fire area, and the factory will move back and forth between Palsades and Eddina.
A efficient and economic construction system
Gokic says that the construction system is about 10 times faster than traditional construction, and it uses almost 60 percent less, which may help avoid disturbances, as the construction sector in southern California is already suffering from a shortage of employment; Especially with the current threat of immigrant raids.
Houses with customer specifications
The company also uses technology in the design process. For home in Altadina, for example, I used a house design program according to customer specifications in 7 days. “In fact, the leading technology is that it is driven by artificial intelligence,” says Gokic.
He adds that the company can create a plan compatible with software instructions, especially designed for the site and the customer’s needs immediately. And because the program produces only designs that the company knows its ability to build, it is easy to provide time schedules and accurate pricing information.
Less cost
Gokic says the cost of houses is about 30 percent less than the cost of traditional construction.
The program also helps accelerate the process of requesting permits; Where the team presented all documents to the city within about 20 days. “As we continue to improve the system, we aim to be immediate,” says Gokic. That is, within approximately 24 hours of the initial design, and two days for permits. ”
* “Fast Companish” magazine, “Tribune Media” services.
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