Building is the largest industry that has not adapted modern production methods used in all other major industries.

1. Updating an Industry
Composite Building Structures, Ltd.
James P. Antonic – President & CEO

2. Update & Impact - Requirements
• Holistic Approach
– 1 - Materials
• Composites
– 2- System
• Panel Jigs
– 3 - Methods
• Assembly lines
• Integrated Assembly
– Improved Quality & Resistance
• Engineering
– Faster Output
• Logistics

3. Background • Introductions
• Midwest Ethics – Materials
– Metal Casting – Systems
– Experimental Psychology – Methods
– Chemical Manufacturing • Locations
• Production Lines – Europe
– Automotive – Mid-East
– Farm Implement – East Asia
– India
• International
– Market Developments • Hands-on
– Manage to Profit
• Work – Resins in Europe
– New Technologies
– Housing in Japan
– Problem Solving
– JIT with Toyoda

4. Market Values - Research
51,500
Cars
Each

5. US Conditions - Research
• Problems • Fixes
– Hurricanes – What to use
– Earthquakes – Best material
– Floods – Best method
– Tsunami – Best system
– Mud Slides – Scalable supply
– Termites – High production
– Mold – Low skill levels
– Rodents – Overcome needs
– Fire – Penetrate rapidly
– Energy Use – License & JV
– Carbon Footprint – Search for
– IAQ Optimum-Solutions
– Sustainability
– Planet Friendly

6. What’s Wrong - Research
• Prone to Disasters • Inefficient Operations
– Minimal automation
– Failures
– Use old traditions
– Insurance rates
– Raw material cost cycles
• Materials are Minimized
• Piecemeal Innovations
– Collapse, Crush, & Maim
– Band-Aids
– Costly Recycle & Reuse
– Cosmetic changes
– Not Optimized for Use
– Same trades & skills
• Ruled by Lowest Cost
• Suppliers & Users
– Buy materials locally
– Protect livelihood
– Best is readily convenient
– Protect know-how
– Focus on cutting trade labor
costs – Maintain Comfort
– Fear Innovation
Improve quality-Maintain costs / Build faster- Use same people

7. Best Fits - Research
• Best Alternatives • Universal Mandates
– Ideal Material – Tree-free
– Ideal Method – China-proof
– Ideal System – Sustainable materials
– Most Profitable – Best cost/performance
– No loss of – Better quality control
professionals – More uniform quality
or trades – More supervision
– Better systems for – Train appropriate
repetitive tasks to task
Control Business Protect Markets

8. 1. Select - Optimum Material
• Wood
• Aluminum
• Steel
• Concrete Block
• Cast Concrete
• Foam Concrete
• Composites – in ladders

9. Ideal Building Material
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10. How Wood, Steel, & Blocks Fit
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11. How Optimized Composites Fit
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12. How Properties are Optimized
Performance
through
Chemistry
Strength
through
Design

13. Selecting Manufacturing

14. Designing to Replace & Improve

15. Increasing Performance

16. Continuous Processing
Stop Cutting Trees

17. Running Fibers End-to-End

18. Fitting Materials to Applications
Stronger – Safer
Longer-Lasting
Best life-cycle cost
of any construction material
Best cost-performance
of any construction material
Pultrusion Bridges
Pultrusion I-Beam
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19. 2. Find - Most Economical System
• On-site systems
– Wood, Steel, Clay, Straw,
• Tip-ups on-site
• Cast-in-place on-site
• Tip-ups from plant
• Panels from plant
• SIP panels from plant
• Modulars from plant

20. Lowering
Production
Costs

21. Analyzing Current Efficiencies

22. Changing Architectural Drawings

23. Requiring Engineered Prints

24. PEs Approving Layouts

25. Cutting Material Consumption
1 ton of composites use
650 pounds (295 Kg) of
resin = 3 tanks of gas
for your car
*2,000 ft2 (186 m2) disaster resistant home

26. Transporting in High Density
Studs for one 3,000 ft2 (280 m2) home
8ft long x 42in wide x 28in high pallet
Weight = 1,400 pounds (635 Kg)
Approximately 20 pallets/container

27. Improving Profitability

28. 3. Find - Ideal Building Method
• Building Goals • Build Custom or Tract
– Without measuring Homes at High Output
– Any size, style, or – Target
architecture • Developers
– At same production-line • Architects
speed (Ft/Min) • Designers
• Engineers
– For all levels
• Projects
• high end homes
• Governments
• work force housing
• Many Other Users
• Social housing
• Government squatter
projects

29. Rethink Methods
Horizontal to Vertical – High to Low Space & Energy

30. Rapidly Produce
Using Universal Structural-Support Skeletons

31. Simplify Methods – Use Few Tools
Saws for Panels

32. Adobe and Waddle&Daub Walls
Screw Guns for All Assembly

33. Shear Wall Perimeters
Manual Conveyors & Movers

34. Global Customers
• What they build is not important
• How they build it is important
– When Henry Ford asked his customers
"What do you want?"
The answer was a faster horse.
– When Steve Jobs was asked
"What do your customers want?"
The answer was,
“They won’t know what they want
until I show it to them.”

35. Requirements for Change
• Continuous Improvement
– Embrace future opportunities
– Empower a common vision
– Produce useful change
• Thoughtful Management
– Planning & Budgeting
– Structuring & Staffing
– Performance & Measurement
– Goods & Services Production

36. Updating an Industry Summary
1. No country can continue to build
in the same old ways
2. Progress requires holistic integration
of materials-methods-systems
3. Composites will become the universal
framing material of choice
– This is a disruptive technology!
– The Game is Changing!
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– Opportunities Abound!

37. Updating & Changing an Industry
Is not for sissies or cowards
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