2 minute readThe fallacy is to look at construction as manufacturing, just as it’s a fallacy to look at the auto business as manufacturing.
Take, for example:
Nissan upped its ante. Yesterday, word came through that Nexiite is a proprietary blend of readily available ingredients, with no ILFI Red List toxic substances, has comparable properties to concrete, but contains no Portland cement or lime, significantly reducing end-to-end carbon emissions. Nexiite is used to create Nexii Panels for use in commercial, industrial and residential buildings. Nexii NCMs precision-manufacture panels that are flat-packed and transported direct to site where they are bolted together and rapidly assembled. This cost-competitive building solution creates sustainable, disaster-resilient buildings with reduced emissions, up to 75% shorter build times, and near-zero on-site waste.” In July, we wrote here, comparing and contrasting the arc of Nexii with the rise and fall of Katerra: Different entirely than the foundational Katerra origin story is Nexii’s 10-year-old founding and construction application array around its Nexiite “secret sauce.” Nexii ceo Stephen Sidwell tells TBD it was developed by Nexii founders and inventors Ben and Michael Dombrowsky, as a recipe that converts sand into fast-curing, ultralight-weight, storm-, fire-, mold-, mildew-, insect-, and earthquake resistant, high R-value wall-panels, roofs, flooring, doors, etc., whose pre-assemblies and pods can come complete with MEP, out of factory-fabrication plants, flat-packed like Ikea packages, and fully-assembled into homes in two weeks. We don’t want nor intend to compete with architects, engineers, on-site trades, general contractors, and other people whose livelihoods are building,” Sidwell says of the Nexii masterplan. “Our desire is to work to engage, earn trust, and provide value and to train these professionals to design systems and envelopes as they do, becoming part of a certified, licensed network.” Sidwell notes that in addition to the four utility patents Nexii has secured for its Nexiite and panel products, it has 41 patents pending, and has completed more than 200 tests on its materials’ fire, structural, seismic, hygrothermal, and sound characteristics in its own and 3rd party labs. Join the conversation
