Tom Riley agrees to design first Yavapai Community College building at Chino Valley Center gratis; sees 3d cement construction as the future in building
Architect Tom Riley explained to the Governing Board at its February meeting how the newly authorized half million dollars in Yavapai Community College 3d construction printing equipment can be used. He has offered to draw the first plans for a small building at the Chino Valley Center that will be using the equipment.
Riley, who was a member of the Community College team that looked at this equipment in Utah, congratulated the College on its decision to expend the funds to purchase this equipment. He said that this kind of 3d printing is “perhaps, the greatest leap that we’ve seen in construction technology since the 2 x 4.” He went on to say that the “potential for creating low cost buildings, not just housing, . . . is fantastic. It is the brand new technology that is coming our way.”
Riley said the 3d printing machine makes it possible to construct facilities “with less people, less materials, and . . . at a much lower cost.”
You may view all of Mr. Riley’s short presentation to the Governing Board in the video clip below.