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Steve’ Build Blog (SBB) is all about the challenges building faces and the solutions being developed. Overtime SBB will be introducing BuildUSA (BUSA), the Prototype Initiative (PI) and Optimized Building (OB), combined they offer solutions to forward looking, integrated and collaborative, Building Teams.  

Monthly Theme

Throughout 2023, SBB will organize content via a “Monthly Theme”. Building, encompasses an extraordinary amount of topics, and “Monthly Theme is intended to make the content more useful. If you have any suggestion, please reach out and let us know.

March 2023 Monthly Theme:

Technology creates data and analytic transparency in remarkable detail and speed, to a potentially infinite audience. How may this conflict with traditional business models that have been built on the premise that proprietary business practices and IP, are the key to the company’s current competitive edge?

DYK- Knowledge Transfer

DYK- Knowledge Transfer

Did you know that knowledge transfer is necessary for a business to run smoothly? It improves innovation, collaboration, and understanding in your business. Rather than relying on facts and...

Existing Authority vs Technology’s Transparency

Existing Authority vs Technology’s Transparency

This Blog Post explores the traditional competitive advantage building companies have exploited by being opaque and the current struggle/opportunity that technology brings with increased...

DYK-Wind Energy

DYK-Wind Energy

Did you know that wind is used to produce electricity by converting the kinetic energy of air in motion into electricity? Today modern wind turbines rotate the rotor blades, which convert...

They Don’t Build Them Like They Used To

They Don’t Build Them Like They Used To

Growing up I would often hear the phrase “they don’t build them like they used to.” The saying implies that older buildings are better than new buildings. Better design, better construction, better...

Generation Cyborg

Generation Cyborg

I am the father of two cyborgs. That is, I am the father of two Millennials. As far as I’m concerned, they may as well be cyborgs. As someone who came of age in a media ecology of tape decks,...

DYK- Underrepresented Group in Construction

DYK- Underrepresented Group in Construction

Did you know that the construction industry was predominately male between 2003 and 2020. Despite the fact that the figures ranged from 9.1 million to 11.4 million, barely 10% of construction...

DYK- The Worldwide Construction Boom

DYK- The Worldwide Construction Boom

Did you know that there are numerous construction firms all around the world that have experience working on projects both domestically and abroad. The Panama Canal and the Suez Canal, which were...

White Paper Three: Optimized Building

White Paper Three: Optimized Building

White paper three will cover the traditional on-site building process that is notoriously inefficient. Typically, it involves the coordination of multiple, disjointed teams, each inhabiting their...

White Paper Two: CDE, BIM, & BIG DATA

White Paper Two: CDE, BIM, & BIG DATA

White paper two will cover three key drivers of the industry’s ongoing digital transformation that are common data environments (CDEs), building information modeling (BIM), and big data analytics....

DYK- Planning Disaster Recovery

DYK- Planning Disaster Recovery

Did you know that disorder frequently follows natural calamities. Because of the volatile climate and the heightened emotions, quick judgments must be taken. The effectiveness and execution of...

DYK: Three Interconnected Solutions

DYK: Three Interconnected Solutions

Did you know that a lot of people think that cities are in jeopardy. They could be correct. Urban centers have seen an unparalleled string of interrelated, compounding crises over the past three...

DYK- Big Data Challenges

DYK- Big Data Challenges

Did you know that adopting analytics tools may pose challenges for project-driven business in the building industry. Unstructured Data- It is the biggest challenge for any big data analytics...

DYK- Common Data Environment (CDE)

DYK- Common Data Environment (CDE)

Did you know that Common Data Environment also known as (CDE) is a cloud-based digital platform that functions as a central repository for all project data. It improves efficiencies and streamlines...

DYK- Introduction to Optimized Building

DYK- Introduction to Optimized Building

Did you know that "Optimized" building and modular construction represents a portion of the future of building development. After decades of relatively slow growth, the rapid rise of modular looks...

Optimized Building & The Healthcare System

Optimized Building & The Healthcare System

This blog introduces a key aspect of Optimized Building: building designs and their component CAMs developed within an overall ecosystem of product solutions. A core aspect of Optimized Building is...

DYK- Robust Technological Solutions

DYK- Robust Technological Solutions

Did you know that technologies such as BIM have the capacity to breakdown traditional silos, enable real time knowledge sharing, and promote collaboration among previously disconnected...

The Building Experience

The Building Experience

This post explores the unique experience that Building provides to all participants My first memory of building is of an apartment complex that was built next to my house when I was 4 years old. I...

DYK- Inflation & The Construction Industry

DYK- Inflation & The Construction Industry

Did you know that as rates of inflation has increased in our economy it has affected our industry and the effects are showing. Essential materials and skilled labor significantly more expensive, but...

DYK- Green Buildings & Climate Change

DYK- Green Buildings & Climate Change

Did you know that by building green we can can reduce the impact our buildings have on contributing to climate change. According to Architect 2023, building accounts for 40% of all greenhouse has...

Notes: Building Big Data Warehouses

Notes: Building Big Data Warehouses

This Blog Post explores the potential of Big Data Warehouses, data analytics, and the future of building Building professionals are hard at work trying to determine the best data structures and...

DYK- Energy Storage

DYK- Energy Storage

Did you know that there are many benefits to choosing energy storage? It depends on the application and the type of technology that is selected to meet that application’s requirement. Energy...

DYK- Solar Energy Technologies

DYK- Solar Energy Technologies

Did you know that there are two main types of solar energy technologies: photovoltaics (PV) and concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP)? In Photovoltaics Basics when the sun shines onto a solar...

DYK- Construction Standardization

DYK- Construction Standardization

Did you know that the low productivity in the construction sector is due to the lack of standardized processes, and the low adoption of technologies. In construction standardization means...

DYK- Knowledge Transfer

DYK- Knowledge Transfer

Did you know that knowledge transfer is necessary for a business to run smoothly? It improves innovation, collaboration, and understanding in your business. Rather than relying on facts and...

Existing Authority vs Technology’s Transparency

Existing Authority vs Technology’s Transparency

This Blog Post explores the traditional competitive advantage building companies have exploited by being opaque and the current struggle/opportunity that technology brings with increased...

DYK- Building Industry Fragmentation

DYK- Building Industry Fragmentation

Did you know that fragmentation within the construction industry arises from two areas within the traditional construction process; the construction work process where the most significant division...

DYK- Collaboration in Construction

DYK- Collaboration in Construction

Did you know that collaboration is key to construction? When it comes to construction the biggest challenge is to deliver projects on time. Strong collaboration means increased productivity,...

DYK- Construction Digitization

DYK- Construction Digitization

Did you know digital building technologies assist the structure of the technological landscape in the construction sector? For example, technologies are categorized along two axes: cyber-physical...

DYK- Smart Building Technologies

DYK- Smart Building Technologies

Did you know that smart buildings include efficient technologies with automated controls, networked sensors and meters, advanced building automation, data analytics software, energy management...

DYK- World of BIM

DYK- World of BIM

Did you know that the uses of building information modeling (BIM) in the construction sector of the United States as of summer 2019; 49% percent of the surveyed builders stated that they use...

DYK- Data Analytics in Construction

DYK- Data Analytics in Construction

Did you know that the construction industry faces many challenges? One crucial challenge is that the construction process itself generates a lot of data often stored in multiple antiquated...

DYK- Building Performance Data

DYK- Building Performance Data

Did you know that the Building Performance Data (BPD) contains information about the building’s energy use, location, and physical and operational characteristics? The BPD is used by building...

DYK- Vertical Construction

DYK- Vertical Construction

Did you know that in vertical construction, such as commercial and institutional buildings digital technologies could reduce the cost of design, engineering, and construction by 10% to 15%? In...

Prototype Initiative

Prototype Initiative

This blog introduces the BuildUSA business strategy called the “Prototype Initiative (PI).” It describes the PI’s core components, and how the PI supports the key BuildUSA services and Optimized...

DYK- Smart Healthcare

DYK- Smart Healthcare

Did you know that due to rapid population increases, traditional healthcare systems are now unable to handle and accommodate everyone’s requirements? Smart healthcare educates users about their...

DYK- Cloud Based Electronic Health Records

DYK- Cloud Based Electronic Health Records

Did you know that cloud-based Electronic Health Records (EHR) allow systems to be interoperable and the sharing of health information to be done securely? These services offer the opportunity...

DYK: Z Modular

DYK: Z Modular

Did you know that the Z Modular reduces construction time, guarantees precision, and ensures rapid installation. Also, a portfolio of customizable, ready-to-build designs allows you to complete...

DYK: Houses Like Cars

DYK: Houses Like Cars

Did you know that assembly OSM brings auto and plane technologies to residential construction? A startup called Assembly OSM aims to build mid-to-high-rise residential buildings using a...

DYK- WYZ Bulb Color

DYK- WYZ Bulb Color

Did you know that the WYZ bulb color is the brightest smart bulb? It is one of the most affordable color-adjustable bulbs. It has an intuitive app that makes the switch to using smart bulbs as easy...

Efficiency, Value & Cloud Based Platforms

Efficiency, Value & Cloud Based Platforms

This post explores the core efficiency proposition that cloud-based platforms offer our professional and personal lives When I started work on BuildUSA in the mid-90s (1994-1996), my focus was on...

DYK- Bioenergy Technologies Office

DYK- Bioenergy Technologies Office

Did you know that Bioenergy can help ensure an economically sound and secure future while reducing environmental impacts through: Developing affordable domestic fuels and co-products Advancing clean...

DYK- HP’s Construction Robot

DYK- HP’s Construction Robot

Did you know that HP now has a SitePrint Robot? The robot can autonomously print layouts on construction site floors and the machine can outline walls, doors and other elements with little...

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