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For fire zones, the company can tailor its designs to include cementitious cladding, metal roofs, tempered glass and rooftop sprinkler systems, Glenn said.

Another option is deep soil mixing, in which soil is mechanically blended using a cementitious binder or other stabilizing agents.

"For several years, the concept of bio-self-healing cementitious composites has been nurtured within the Advanced Infrastructure Materials Lab," said Mohammad Houshmand, a doctoral candidate in Farnam's lab who was the lead author of the research.

Fiber cement is also known as cementitious siding and is sold under a number of well-known brand names.

The material used in the 3D-printing process is “a proprietary cementitious material called Lavacrete,” according to ICON, which it says is more durable than traditional construction materials.