Tuesday morning at the Sheraton Hotel in Redding, contractors, city officials and more met behind closed doors.

Their topic of discussion: a way of the future, autonomous construction.

The meeting was more a formality for a plan the city of Redding has already approved: bringing 3-D printed homes to Shasta County.

KRCR spoke with Don Ajamian, a general contractor whose company will be handling these machines. Him and his partner for the project, Matthew Gile of Emergent 3-D printing, were both excited to bring this technology to the community.

We will be serving the 3 main areas in housing: disaster recovery, affordable housing, and homelessness recovery.... 3-D printing will allow that to happen more quickly, and build more beautiful and resilient homes" - Matthew Gile

For Ajamian, he told us that pre-construction will start on his homes in March, and that printing will happen "by April, or May at the latest."

The benefits for 3-D printed homes are well-established by now.

To list just a few, homes from a printer can be made quicker, cost less, and are built with concrete, meaning they are more resistant to disasters such as fires.

"We're just ecstatic to be partnering with the city of Redding and Shasta County, to serve our community and bring it (printed homes) right here and have it be a hometown win," added Gile.