I was told that The Villages completed a $40 million dollar manufacturing facility to make concrete weight bearing walls that require no metal or wood studs. In fact, they arrive at the job site with the wires already inserted and ready to construct the home - making it faster and more environmentally friendly. I believe this construction approach has been implemented in many of the new villas.
There is a quick description:
Concrete makes it possible to design very robust and durable buildings, and taking advantage of its thermal mass by keeping it inside the building envelope can help regulate interior temperatures. There is also an increasing use of precast concrete in the building industry, which offers advantages in terms of environmental impact, cost and speed of construction - especially if choosing carbon negative concrete CMU blocks using Carbicrete and also low-carbon concrete from CarbonCure.
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