Jason Moses

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• The Quinta Monroy project is widely publicized and has received a great deal of attention, arguably overblown. In terms of a housing model, I would not consider it to be innovative because it can be considered as an advanced Sites & Services program. As a concept, such top down incremental housing m...

  Elemental Quinta Monroy
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• Types of Building Components Used Cast-in-place concrete. I would add concrete block in-fill.

  Elemental Quinta Monroy
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• Fuel needs to be a consideration, and may be a limiting factor in under-resourced communities. Transporting the machine to site locations with limited road-networks and poor conditions may prove to be a limitation.

  RePlast
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• It would be important to note what is verified claims and what are manufacturer's claims.

  RePlast
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• Target User: This needs clarification if 'user' will be the actual person who buys blocks, or the block machine purchaser. For the person who buys blocks, unless a business/supply chain model is explained, I'm not sure how the average home-builder would obtain these blocks. If a machine purchaser, t...

  RePlast
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• Competitive Landscape: Hydraform Earth block machine. Waste to Value blocks? Or alternative blocks? Could Strawbales, other CEBs and adobe also be competitors?

  RePlast
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• Intellectual Property: If this category is to be included, it will need to also indicate which specific aspects are protected, the country of protection, and whether or not the patent has been granted or is in process. All (and others) are factors in intellectual property rights, and it may be misle...

  RePlast
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• Market Suggested Price: Will costs be determined per block or per machine? The end-user will be purchasing blocks for $X, but the cost of the machine is actually $100,000. The cost of the machine, and the set-up service costs, are all factors in determining the market. A machine purchase may be acce...

  RePlast
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• Accessibility of the machine is a key issue that perhaps needs to be addressed. Accessibility in terms of shipping/distribution to various locations (remote areas?), accessibility to distributors/dealers, as well as accessibility in terms of cost. If this machine costs US$50,000, then the business m...

  RePlast
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• Types of Building Components Used: In my view these should be the categories of HABITAT, and 'Completed projects' could be one other category. For example, I would like to see the number of options for Loam in the Wall Systems category, bamboo in the Beams and Wall Systems category, Brick and concre...

  METI Handmade School
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• Competitive Landscape: Because this project heavily relies on locally sourced natural materials, the competitive of commercial, manufactured products is minimal. Sourcing is limited to local availability of natural materials.

  METI Handmade School
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• This is an excellent overview of the completed project. I would suggest refraining from showing completed overall projects because it then creates a showcase and portfolio scenario- which has been done repeatedly on many platforms. While it's important to see the final completed form, I believe it w...

  METI Handmade School
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