Innovation — concrete footbridge

Marines 3D-print concrete footbridge in field Marines from the 1st Marine Logistics Group at Camp Pendleton in California have completed construction of a usable, 3D-printed concrete footbridge as part of a field exercise. This was the first time in the Western Hemisphere that a bridge was 3D-printed onsite rather than in a controlled environment like a factory. The footbridge project, carried out with assistance from the Marine Corps Systems Command Advanced Manufacturing Operations Cell (AMOC) and the Army Corps of Engineers, was part of the Marines’ annual Steel Knight Exercise. During the course of construction, Marines were trained on how to...