Construction Technology

THE BUILDER OF THE FUTURE The Builder of the Future Moladi construction systems has developed a way in which houses and social infrastructure can be built faster and cheaper, without jeopardising the structural integrity of buildings. by Glenneis Kriel - Finweek   While most other industries have undergone tremendous change, the building and construction sector has seen little new technological breakthroughs over the past fifty years. That was until Hennie Botes, the founder of Moladi , came along.   Realising the struggles of the poor in getting good quality housing, already in the 1980s, Botes decided to do something about it. His solution was the development of a whole new building system, which he named Moladi. The system replaces the cumbersome bricklaying process with an approach similar to plastic injection moulding.   A “mould” is produced by training local unskilled labour to assemble reusable plastic injection moulded panels, commonly known as formwork. The for...

The Model T of mass housing - moladi The mass production techniques Henry Ford championed in the automotive industry, lean production and lean assembly, is what our CEO, Hennie Botes is focused on implementing in affordable mass housing in order to eliminate waste, speed up production resulting in cost reduction   moladi - Mass Housing Construction System Hennie Botes - CEO of moladi - Ford Model T Mr Hennie Botes, CEO of moladi , talks about solving the housing problem in developing countries and helping relieving poverty, through the use of a reusable, recyclable and lightweight plastic formwork mold.   moladi approaches building construction as a "Production Line" similar to that of the automotive industry. "One of the important principles under a lean production paradigm is termed "lean assembly". This refers to simplifying the process of assembly through industrialisation, modularisations, standardisation, and continuous flow processes. Th...

Innovation - Beyond "Faster Horses" | moladi Innovation - Beyond "Faster Horses" moladi-creative-destruction “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” - Henry Ford -      “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster bricklayers.” - Hennie Botes  moladi moulds mortar   Creative destruction - Time for CHANGE www.moladi.com     Tags: moladi, bricklayer, innovation, invention, new, change, creative destruction, housing, production, plastic formwork, modular formwork, patented, speed, construction, technology, Henry Ford, Hennie Botes

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Embodied Energy in Construction Material-moladi   Embodied Energy in Construction Materials Embodied Energy Embodied Energy is the sum of all the energy required to produce any goods or services, considered as if that energy was incorporated or 'embodied' in the product itself. The concept can be useful in determining the effectiveness of energy-producing or energy-saving devices, or the "real" replacement cost of a building, and, because energy-inputs usually entail greenhouse gas emissions, in deciding whether a product contributes to or mitigates global warming. One fundamental question is: does the device produce more energy or save more energy than it took to make it? Embodied energy is an accounting method which aims to find the sum total of the energy necessary for an entire product life-cycle. Determining what constitutes this life-cycle includes assessing the relevance and extent of energy into raw material extraction, transport, manufacture, assembly, ins...