Drones, VR, AI, 3D printing and scanning: how can all...
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DYK: An Industry Favorite
Did you know that concrete is the most widely used building material in the world? Check out this article for a detailed...
DYK: The Prophecy Has Ended
Did you know that the Great Pyramid of Giza was the tallest structure in the world for over 3,800 years?
Common Data Environments (CDE’s)
DYK: Soaring in The Clouds
Did you know that the global cloud computing market is expected to reach $623.3 billion by 2023 and according to cloud...
Progress on The Worlds Largest Skyscraper – Jeddah Tower
DYK: Height Wars – The Battle of The Heavens
Did you know that there currently is a new world's tallest building being built? Currently the Burj Khalifa, in Dubai,...
DYK: Do You Hear Something?
Did you know there has been a 239 percent growth of drone use in the construction industry in the past year?
DYK: Tower of Terror
Did you know that the world's fastest elevator located in Shanghai Tower and goes 40 feet per minute!
IPD, UBP, CIPO, PI, CAM’s and the BCE
The title of this blog post may sound like bureaucratic acronym speak, but I promise you...
Common Data Environments (CDE’s), and the BCE
Collaboration, Lean Construction, Six Sigma...
What Does The Future of Green Construction Look Like?
First Look Into Tesla’s Fully Electric Semi Truck
DYK: Rattleshake
Did you know that Snakes can help predict earthquakes!?
DYK: Rise & Shine
Did you know that Space missions have been using solar energy to power spaceships since 1958, including the International...
DYK: Letting The Bubble Pop
Did you know in 2009 after the housing market crash a small business filed for bankruptcy every eight minutes?
White Paper One: Building is Changing Are You?
One of our greatest public works yet, White Paper 1, will uncover all the current problems in the building world today and...
What Is the Meaning of Optimized Building?
Both industry professionals and members of the general public often have a hard...
DYK: Noah’s Ark
Did you know that Global warming is causing the sea level to rise in two ways??? First: the glaciers and ice sheets...
DYK: Powered by The People
Did you know that there are 30.2 million small businesses in this country? Small businesses comprise 99.9% of all United...
Successful Innovation Is Always a Zero-Sum Game
When I was a kid, bringing home a new toy, piece of sports equipment, or gadget always gave me a...
The White Papers Are Here
Click Here To View (Est. read time: 5 mins) The white papers are coming! Check out this introduction for a brief...
DYK: Volcanos, Earths Untouchable Oil
Did you know that volcanoes and geysers are examples of geothermal energy? Geothermal energy is plentiful, but...
DYK: Worlds First Skyscraper?
Did you know that the Home Insurance Building in Chicago is generally considered the world's first skyscraper? Completed in...
DYK: Unnatural Selection..
Did you know that the world’s population is expected to increase by 2 billion persons in the next 30 years, from 7.7...
DYK: Its Getting Hot in Here, So Recycle All Your Clothes
Did you know that it is expected that the planet’s temperature may rise at least another 2 degrees Fahrenheit up to 11...
DYK: Less Power
Did you know 75% of the energy we use comes from non-renewable energy such as oil, fossil fuels, coal, natural gas and...
Floating Cities.. They. Are. Here.
Floating cities, Lego house? What more could you want.
Augmented Brick Laying
3D AR tech meets constriction.
The Future of Mobile Living & Fold-able Building Technology
Ten Fold Engineering presents their fordable designs concepts.
Inside Kendall Jenner’s L.A. Home!
What Skills Do You Need to Be an Architect?
Llyan Austria breaks down the tools, skills and practices that is required to...
DYK: Set Course for Tatooine
Did you know that according to astrophysicists and Einsteins theory of relativity, a warp drive is physically possible? Now...
Food and Building Got it Wrong!!
In an earlier blog post I tried to establish parameters around what the definitions of...
The Borg vs. Kirk vs. Spock
What does Building’s future decision-making look like? Star Trek offers us three...
DYK: More Power!
Did you know 75% of the energy we use comes from non-renewable energy such as oil, fossil fuels, coal, natural gas and...
DYK: More Than Just a Mattress
Did you know one in 10 Europeans are conceived in an Ikea bed?
DYK: Grab a Coffee?
Did you know Starbucks' round tables were created specifically so customers would feel less alone?
DYK: Lithium, Gold of The Future
Did you know lithium is an element of growing importance due to its use in batteries used in cell phones, laptops, and...
DYK: BIM is Leading the Future
Did you know that 45 percent of architecture firms use BIM?
Systems, Standards, Templates, Workflows & Modules
Music, mathematics, language, computer coding are all highly formulated and structured, yet at the same time,...
Ignorance is Not Bliss
At any given point in time there is a ratio of Knowledge, Resources, Skill-Sets and Customs (KRSC)...
Change is Tectonic
CHANGE IS TECTONIC The current group of blog posts are being written in a very uncertain environment. Testing has just...
DYK: Construction Industry’s Place in the Market
Did you know the construction industry has an average unlevered beta of about 1.33? This means that if the market itself is...
DYK: The Healthcare Budget
Did you know that the U.S. spends 3.5 trillion on healthcare per year? This is more than every other country and...
VICIOUS vs. VIRTUOUS CYCLES
VICIOUS VERSUS VIRTUOUS CYCLES I would argue that all of our activity, both in business and...
Back To The Future
Back to the Future A brief look backward into Building’s history and an even briefer glimpse into Building’s future A...
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...
What Can We Learn From Other Industries?
One of the (few) benefits of Building’s late arrival to the innovation/disruption(I/D) party is the fact that we have the...
Does Technology Make Life Better?
I made my first big tech purchase in the early 1980’s. At the time, it felt like a rite of passage, like getting your first...