The method can be used for building residential, school, office, hospital or other permanent (and sometimes temporary) buildings and go some way to balance the needs between the three components of a traditional construction project – time, quality and cost. In other words, volumetric construction comes into its own when there is a requirement to erect a building quickly, to a high-quality standard and at reduced costs. Clearly there will be pros and cons of this technique and they will be discussed here.

Vertical farming So, because the planet has a finite amount of land, we need to get the most yield out of what we have. One way of doing this is building upwards – building vertical farms. A vertical farm means that more food can be grown in the same amount of land because crops are being grown in layered structures. Obviously vertical farming is much different than conventional farming.

Only 14% of engineers in the US are women. Considering the fact that nearly half of the American workforce is made up of women, this statistic is staggeringly low.

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