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In the proposed system, Building Information Modelling (BIM) and robot-arm 3D concrete printers are integrated to be a seamless information communication platform. The data of printed concrete structures and reinforcement rebars are extracted, separated, processed, and analysed on a BIM platform (i.e., Revit) by using a self-developed script. Then, these obtained data are sent to two robots to conduct different printing tasks, i.e., concurrent concrete structure printing and reinforcement rebar placement, respectively. The proposed system is successfully validated by a case study conducted in a virtual environment. 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