Robot mason

The neighbor would have code enforcement here if they did. You can't do much of anything before 0700. They hate this house because it is at the FEMA required 14' ASL and the rest are more like 7. It is 600-700 sq/ft bigger too. It is a castle on a hill.

... but they can lay the hell out of block. This is pretty work.

g,

Sounds like the writings on the wall. If the Mk. I can lay a wall then the Mk. II will do it better and faster.

Dave M.

I saw that too. It's pretty amazing but so much construction is now done with poured concrete I'm not sure if that will catch on.

Also: even though it's fast...how long does it take to setup and disassemble? How reliable is it...what if it breaks down etc?

That business is migrating to ICF. They are basically styrofoam Lego blocks that they lay the walls up with and then pour the center solid with concrete. It is a very solid structure and well insulated (~6" of foam). They built one up the road and it went from footer to tie beam in about 3 days.

Yep. There is a lot of new construction here too.

The city of Milwaukee did something smart.

The library near my house (which I've started to use again) was a bit old but still in good enough shape. Since finances are tight, they came up with a plan to not only pay for itself but bring in money as well.

They completely tore it down and constructed a multi-use building taking up almost the entire block now. The library takes up part of the ground floor but they have retail space as well.

Above it are dozens of rental apartments. It's a win-win situation.

BTW: During the time it was being rebuilt, they setup a temporary library in a nearby former grocery store.