by Natural disasters can destroy entire communities. More than 16,000 houses and other structures were destroyed California January forest fires alone.
The reconstruction can be time -consuming and expensive, but a company in Florida says that it can rebuild less money in a few weeks.
A CBS news analysis resulted in the costs of Building Deliveries across the country have increased by 47% since 2016.
Patrick Murphy, a former congress member in Pennsylvania, is the managing director of Renco, the company behind the new technology, which was inspired by an unusual object: Lego Bricks. The bricks are a composite made of glass, recycled plastic and other materials.
The bricks are a composite made of glass, recycled plastic and other materials. / Credit: CBS News
“Basically, we can produce about 16 houses a day in this facility,” said Murphy.
Her factory in Jupiter, Florida, is scheduled to begin burning operations in April.
How the technology works
The company said that the built houses can endure 240 miles per hour of wind and are fire -proof than most bricks and wood. Another bonus: they are waterproof.
“We decided to start in the toughest area, as well as years of testing to make sure that they withstand the hurricanes in category 5 of the 5th grade,” said Murphy about the introduction of their factory in Florida.
Yessica Coronado has been living in an apartment near Palm Beach, Florida for almost a year. Coronado said she didn’t know that her complex was built differently than other buildings. The four buildings in their complex contain 96 units and are the first of their kind in the country.
“I only viewed it as a regular apartment complex,” said Coronado.
Eleven workers built the walls, floors and blankets of each building in just eight weeks.
“We built so much faster than we would have done it with wood or concrete, a kind of traditional material,” said Murphy.
Save costs and time
While the Renco stones are more expensive, Murphy saves that they are still saving 20% due to their reduced time and work. You continue to save Insurance.
“We can build a lot more products with unskilled workers much faster.
Renco said the main restriction was that they are currently limited in buildings with no more than five floors.
“You have received such a lifespan for so long that the insurance company is about 20% cheaper in our first building for long -term insurance,” said Murphy. “It doesn’t rotten, it doesn’t rust. Pests don’t eat it, do not eat it.”
Illya Azaroff, an architect who teaches sustainable construction at City University of New York, calls it a “great time of change” for the construction.
“Last year, 114 million people were driven out for natural and humans caused by humans last year. If I think about it, this must be a moment of change,” he said.
Azaroff said that products such as Renco have construction restrictions and tend to be blocked that are structural and time -saving advantages of crucial importance.
“If I see innovations on the market like this, we can build on fire resistance, earthquake resistance, hurricane winds, tornado power winds, we just have to have political will, and we have to have it, and we have to have courage to get new ways try to do things.
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