Dan Hamilton

@ICON3dtech “It’s time to build”

[Jason Ballard @JasonDBallard]

Process for printing and delivering $99k construction cost homes…

[This Week in Startups @twistartups]

JCal with a reminder we all need:

The measure of how well a society is not about the top 1%, it’s about floor…

How well off are the poorest, the sick, the homeless?

How do we address this issue facing America? @ICON3DTech is 3D printing homes!

@jason

[ICON @ICON3DTech]

3D-printed homes by ICON in ATX at Mueller

[Jason Ballard @JasonDBallard]

Architecture at ICON

[ICON @ICON3DTech]

Insulating a 3D-printed home

[U.S. Marines @USMC]

For 250 years, the Marine Corps has stood as the vanguard, keeping the promise to be first to fight, no matter the cost.

#Marines stationed across the globe commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Marine Corps, honoring a distinguished legacy of service, sacrifice, and unwavering fidelity to both the nation and fellow Marines.

#USMC250 #MarineCorps #SemperFi

[U.S. Marines @USMC]

For 250 years, the world has come to know us by many names, but the one that echoes with unwavering strength and determination is Devil Dogs.

#Marines stationed across the globe commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Marine Corps, honoring a distinguished legacy of service, sacrifice, and unwavering fidelity to both the nation and fellow Marines.

#USMC250 #SemperFi #USMC

[Jason Ballard @JasonDBallard]

We ride @SecArmy … Hooah

[Jason Ballard @JasonDBallard]

What does it mean to 3D Print a Home?

[Jason Ballard @JasonDBallard]

Get out there and build something beautiful.

Two more homes printed for the homeless in Austin via the Initiative 99 project.

[Dan Hamilton @danhamiltonTX]

ICONs dedication to dignified and sustainable housing was reflected in building House Zero.

[ICON @ICON3DTech]

House Zero by ICON & @LakeFlato has been named one of @dwell's “25 Most Important Homes of the Past 25 Years.”

Our hope is House Zero will continue to provoke architects, developers, builders, and homeowners to dream alongside ICON about the exciting and hopeful future that robotic construction makes possible for resilient and sustainable home design.

🔗 https://t.co/DL6BVMrWn8
📸: Leonid Furmansky, Casey Dunn

[ICON @ICON3DTech]

The old way of building can’t meet the challenges of today. Labor shortages. Skyrocketing prices. A broken system. With 3D printing, ICON is building faster, smarter, and stronger — for the future of housing.

“It’s a shift that could bring significant relief…” – The New York Times

Grateful to be featured for helping drive change.
https://t.co/2iMpdDv5R0

[Jason Ballard @JasonDBallard]

If you care about affordable housing, you will want to read this...

How much do new regulations add to the cost of housing? Part 3.

Continuing my series here... I've already looked at the cost of new building requirements, and the cost of new land development requirements. Here I will look at the permitting and inspection costs related to the above.

[Note: I am not looking at rising materials, labor, and land costs... I am simply asking how much it costs to have all these new regulations and requirements.]

Permitting and inspection fees can vary from place to place... since I live and work in Austin, TX I will use it as an example. I think Austin is a good case study because it straddles the line between progressive building codes and ultra-conservative building codes. In fact, Austin has a reputation (relative to other big cities) of being YIMBY and easier to build in.

Austin's permit fees are public, and worth a look here just to get a sense of the complexity and scope:
https://t.co/OdKUrk8BuY

Let's assume I want to build a 3 bed, 2 bath home 2,000 sqft house in Austin, TX (more than 10% smaller than the national average)... Here is what that would cost me in permits and reviews:

- Residential Plan Review Application Processing Fee: $102.84

- Base Fee: $815.00

- 6% Development Services Surcharge on the base fee: $48.90

- Small project plan review + 6% surcharge: $128.03

- Express Residential Plan Review (again with surcharge): $102.84

- Austin Energy Building Service Planning Application Review Fee: $200.00

- Austin Energy 10% Technology Fee: $20.00

- If you didn't get something exactly right in you initial application, and have to resubmit: $484.11

- 6% Development Services Surcharge to resubmit: $29.05

- If you have to revise something in your plan (different than resubmit), a minor plan revision is: $76.50

- 6% surcharge to revise the plan: $4.59

- Major plan revision is over $500 total

- Per hour charge for overtime review (if you are trying to hit a deadline for instance): $208.18 per hour

- If you have any demolition to do before you build, total demolition review plus surcharge: $93.49

- If you want an appointment with a human being to go over everything in person because it is so complicated: $173.52 per hour (including the surcharge)

[Here I am examining just building a single home, but if you want to be a volume builder (providing lots of new housing for Austin), there are almost $3000 of additional fees at this step.]

- Residential Building Plan Initial Floodplain Review (Preliminary): $67.84

- Erosion Hazard Zone Review (Preliminary): $205.96

- Grading & Drainage Review (Preliminary): $205.96

- Residential Building Plan Detailed Floodplain Review: $419.76

- Erosion Hazard Zone Plan Review: $352.03

- Grading & Drainage Plan Review: $352.03

- If you want a flood plane variance to build what you want on your own land: $4,997.90

- Pre-Development Tree Consultation: $339.87

- Tree Plan Review: $496.65

- Tree Inspection: $203.52

- New Construction Site Inspection: $666.32

- Foundation Pre-Pour Inspection: $191.86

- Inspections to check on all of the above are $64.66 per inspection.

- Reinspection is $73.46

- After hours inspection is $81.62

- Construction projects can involve dozens of inspections these days.

- PreDemolition Inspection (each): $53.00

- Demolition Permit (each): $67.00

- Fire Residential Code Permit Review: $57.00

- Wildland Urban Interface Fire Inspection (WUI): $266.00

- Wildland Urban Interface Fire Plan Review (WUI): $336.00

(Fire reinspection or after hours fees are $266.00-$336.00 per)

- Austin Energy Electrical Service Application Fee: $20.00

- Electric Service Inspection Fee: $109.80

- Single Family Residential Structures Base Building Inspection Fee: $263.21

- Single Family Residential Structures Base Electrical Inspection Fee: $270.69

- Single Family Residential Structures Base Mechanical Inspection Fee: $105.52

- Single Family Residential Structures Base Plumbing Inspection Fee: $184.70

- Single Family Residential Structures Base Energy Inspection Fee: $59.82

- Certificate of Occupancy Research: $24.00

- Fire Final (Certificate of Occupancy) Inspection: $266.00

- Certificate of Occupancy: $50.00

So, in Austin, to build a rather average home you are going to spend between $5000 and $15,000 on just permits, inspections, and fees.

Add this to $25,000 - $60,000 in new construction costs related to new regulations, and $8,500 - $22,500 in new lot cots related to new land development regulations...

*** I think the approximate all in total cost of new building regulations, permits, inspections, and fees is between $38,500 - $97,500 per home.***

At current mortgage rates, this is $170 - $625 per month for 30 years... simply for new regulations.

This is not for a fancy, high-end home. This is middle class and working class housing in a normal American urban area. The costs of housing regulation are as much as medial insurance, a car note, or a person's food, and cost more than phone bills, internet, and electricity.

If you think we must have all these regulations, this is how much they cost. This is not the cost of materials, labor, and land... this is how much it costs per home to follow regulations introduced since the 1970s.

In the 1970s in Austin, you could walk into the permitting office in person with a set of plans in your hand, $100, and walk out in about 30 minutes with a permit to build. Did that ruin Austin? Was there a public health and safety crisis? Absolutely not. Some of our most iconic, interesting, and sought after buildings were built before the modern escalation of regulations, requirements, permits, inspections, and fees. Many long-time Austinites long for the days of "Weird Austin." It's what made the city desirable in the first place for artists, academics, entrepreneurs, and interesting people.

If you care about the cost of housing, all of this should at least raise some alarm.

[Jason Ballard @JasonDBallard]

Phoenix testing underway

[Jason Ballard @JasonDBallard]

The Austin community of investors, builders, and entrepreneurs in the deep tech / hard tech / frontier tech space is ready to be a friend to other founders and start-ups in Texas. DM me if I can be of any assistance... Time to build. We ride. Tex/acc.

[ICON @ICON3DTech]

Largest community of 3D-printed homes in the world, located in Georgetown, TX.

[Dan Hamilton @danhamiltonTX]

Next Gen.

[Jason Ballard @JasonDBallard]

Sneak peak of ICON’s next generation multi-story printer (Phoenix). Things really coming together. Big test campaign for the next few months coming up. Bigger. Better. Faster. Cheaper. We ride.

[ICON @ICON3DTech]

Special visitor today. @donttrythis @testedcom got a behind the scenes look at our work on Earth and for off-planet. Thanks for an incredible day.

[ICON @ICON3DTech]

3D printing student housing for @TAMU AgriLife Research Center driving the future of agriculture in Texas. https://t.co/WFUBkNAwyC

[U.S. Marines @USMC]

The Last Full Measure of Devotion.

Memorial Day is a sacred day of remembrance to those who gave their lives in defense of our nation and the freedoms we hold sacred.

We remember their sacrifice and uphold their legacy.

Semper Fidelis