Editing Building material (section)

== Research and development ==
To facilitate and optimize the use of new materials and up-to-date technologies, ongoing research is being undertaken to improve efficiency, productivity and competitiveness in world markets.{{fact|date=April 2024}}

Material [[research and development]] may be commercial, academical or both, and can be conducted at any scale.

[[Rapid prototyping]] allows researchers to develop and test materials quickly, making adjustments and solving issues during the process. Rather than developing materials theoretically and then testing them, only to discover fundamental flaws, rapid prototypes allow for comparatively quick development and testing, shortening the time to market for a new materials to a matter of months, rather than years.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rapid prototyping quickly becoming the standard in construction|url=https://www.themanufacturer.com/articles/rapid-prototyping-quickly-becoming-standard-construction/|access-date=2021-09-30|website=The Manufacturer|language=en-GB}}</ref>