On the 25 and 26th we
had meetings with HR&A. These meetings were an eye opener for me
since I got the insight of the American construction industry. While
HR&A wanted to fully understand their mandate and also present some of the
initial works, they also were making proposals on the way forward before ground
breaking late October/early November. They used 3D printing to develop
the Pavilion model. We were curious and wanted to know more.
In one of their works,
the Barclays Centre in New York City, everything was done with the use of
technology. Each part that went into building the massive center was bar
coded and placed exactly how the model was developed on the computer. The
roof material which had decra-like material had all the pieces barcoded 3D
printed and placed where it was meant to be. There are no
estimates. If you have built in Kenya you know what this method would do
to efficiencies in building. There was no “Mzee Mabati haikutosha”. This is precision building.
