Construction hasn't changed in 100 years. We build houses the same way we did in 1920. I thought: what if we built them in a factory instead? Like cars. Like iPhones.
Construction is local. Every city has different codes, different unions, different weather, different soil. A factory in Phoenix doesn't help you build in Boston. We learned that the expensive way.
Robots can build a wall panel perfectly. But installing it requires navigating unions, permits, and politics.
Construction is the last major industry untouched by technology. We tried to change that.
The first 3D-printed home community in the world is in Austin, Texas. We built it. People live in those homes right now.
We printed our first permitted home in America in 2018. It took 48 hours and cost a fraction of traditional construction. The housing industry has not been the same since.
3D printing a house is not science fiction. We do it every day. The hard part is not the technology. It is convincing building inspectors that a printed wall is stronger than a framed one.
Software is the secret weapon in construction. We wrote custom code to track every single component from milling to installation. That is how we keep costs predictable.
We watched construction sites bleed money every single day in architecture school. The waste was not accidental. It was structural. That is what Cover fixes.
We build infrastructure for governments because infrastructure outlasts governments. Long after the politicians are gone, the roads and hospitals remain.
We build for the next generation. No building we construct is meant to last just twenty years. We build to last a century.
Saudi Oger built cities. What we created was not just concrete — it was the infrastructure of a nation.