This post explores the potential of big data in building and the data structure built into BuildUSA’s environment that...
WELCOME TO STEVE'S BUILD BLOG
Exploring building’s challenges & opportunities. Introducing BuildUSA, Prototype Initiative & Optimized Building.
What’s it all about:
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
SBB organizes 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.
April 2026’s Theme:
L.I.F.E. and Healthcare
This month’s theme explores the major forces shaping healthcare today and the importance of the L.I.F.E. Concept in helping health systems build and maintain the right balance of staff, equipment, services, and physical space to meet the needs of their communities.
025-BM: Revisiting Zakynthos (October 2024)
Building Memories (BM) uses personal experiences and relates them to topics of importance to building. This BM...
203-DYK: Understanding the AI Landscape
Artificial Intelligence encompasses a range of technologies, including machine learning, where systems learn from...
97. Nexus Philosophy & Building
Exploring How Harari’s “Nexus” Illuminates the Power of Story in BuildUSA and the Building Industry. This...
198-DYK: Types of Digital Twins
Did you know that there are different types of digital twins? And it requires a greater degree of maturity and digital...
87. BuildUSA – Big Data
This post explores the potential of big data in building and the data structure built into BuildUSA’s environment that...
025-BM: Revisiting Zakynthos (October 2024)
Building Memories (BM) uses personal experiences and relates them to topics of importance to building. This BM...
203-DYK: Understanding the AI Landscape
Artificial Intelligence encompasses a range of technologies, including machine learning, where systems learn from...
97. Nexus Philosophy & Building
Exploring How Harari’s “Nexus” Illuminates the Power of Story in BuildUSA and the Building Industry. This...
198-DYK: Types of Digital Twins
Did you know that there are different types of digital twins? And it requires a greater degree of maturity and digital...
197-DYK: Speed Of Light
Did you know that the actual speed of light is 300,000 kilometers per second (186,000 miles per second)? However, it...
123. BuildUSA – Introduction
Overview BuildUSA is a building eco-system composed of a platform, product strategy, and organizational model....
202-DYK: Why Naming Conventions Matter
In building projects, only about 20% of the total effort is spent on physical construction, while the remaining 80% is...
96. BuildUSA’s Collaborative Environment (BCE) – Can It Work?
This post kicks off a series exploring the powerful impact that the BuildUSA Collaborative Environment...
205-DYK: Urban Density Changes Everything
Did You Know 83% of the U.S. population lives in urban areas today, and by 2050 that figure is projected to reach 89%,...
95. The Key Concepts & Why They Support BUSA’s Mission & Goals
This post provides an overview of BuildUSA’s (BUSA) key concepts and explains how each supports the organization’s...
201-DYK: Where Commercial Buildings Use the Most Water
The commercial and institutional sector is the second-largest user of publicly supplied water in the United States,...
200-DYK: Why are Templates Important?
Templates embed standards, parameters, and workflows that govern how project data is created and managed. In BIM,...
204-DYK: Balancing Healthcare Systems Through Data
Did you know The L.I.F.E. Concept demonstrates how healthcare systems can align staffing, medical equipment, and...
99. L.I.F.E & Healthcare
This post explores the major forces shaping healthcare today and the importance of the L.I.F.E. Concept in...
199-DYK: Energy Use in the U.S.
In 2024, the commercial sector used 16.45 quads of energy, 17% of the U.S. total, a 64% increase from 1980. In 2024,...
94. Templates (Ts), Where Data Starts
This post explores Template (Ts) as the central repository of the standards and workflows, that significantly reduce...
98. A Name, It’s All in the Family
Properly implemented naming conventions are the foundation of efficient building project workflows. They reduce...
92. Innovation Everywhere, but Nothing Changes
Despite an explosion of technology and data, the building industry still struggles to turn innovation into real...
93. Definitions & Acronyms
In developing the BuildUSA concepts and Prototype Initiative business plan, a number of industry recognized, as well...
86. What is BuildUSA all About?
This post explores the history and current status of BuildUSA. Building, Building's Future Steve’s Build Blog...
027-BM: Animals of Northshore (Multiple years)
Building Memories (BM) uses personal experiences to explore topics of importance to building. This BM...
026-BM: Biking Banff (August 2022)
Building Memories (BM) uses personal experiences to explore topics of importance to building. This BM reflects on a...
006-BF: Waste-Forever Chemicals
Building Futures (BF) is about identifying projects, ideas, and innovations that create lasting positive change within...
004-BF: U.S. Energy Grid
Building Futures (BF) is about identifying projects, ideas, and innovations that create lasting positive change within...
007-BF: Climate and Change
Building Futures (BF) is about identifying projects, ideas, and innovations that create lasting positive change within...
021-BM: Northshore Animals (1992 – 2023)
Building Memories (BM) uses personal experiences and relates them to topics of importance to building. This BM...
001-BM: My First Building Project – Skoulikadon, Zakynthos, Greece (1980)
Building Memories (BM) uses personal experiences and relates them to topics of importance to building. This BM...
015-BM: Temple of the Warriors, Chichen Itza, Yucatán, Mexico (Spring 2013)
Building Memories (BM) uses personal experiences and relates them to topics of importance to building. This BM...
007-BM: Paris, France (1979 – 1980)
Building Memories (BM) uses personal experiences to explore topics of importance to building. This BM...
003-BF: Great Lakes Watersheds (2023)
Building Futures (BF) is about identifying projects, ideas, and innovations that create lasting, positive change...
014-BM: Chicago Triathlon – Getting Healthy (August 2014)
Building Memories (BM) uses personal experiences and relates them to topics of importance to building. This BM...
013-BM: Infrastructure – Hoover Dam (2014)
Building Memories (BM) uses personal experiences and relates them to topics of importance to building. This BM...
012-BM: Biking Coast of California (Summer 1981)
Building Memories (BM) uses personal experiences and relates them to topics of importance to building. This BM...
011-BM: Lay Lady Lay (October 2016)
Building Memories (BM) uses personal experiences and relates them to topics of importance to building. This BM...
010-BM: Hiking the Inca Trail (Winter 2016)
Building Memories (BM) uses personal experiences and relates them to topics of importance to building. This BM...
BF: U.S. Energy Grid
Building Futures (BF) is about identifying projects, ideas, and innovations that create lasting positive...
018-BM: Nashville – Music, Food & Fun
Building Memories (BM) uses personal experiences to explore topics of importance to building. This BM reflects on...
002-BM: Bicycling through The Botanical Gardens (2021)
Building Memories (BM) uses personal experiences and relates them to topics of importance to building. This BM...
005-BM: Studying in Versailles (1979 – 1980)
Building Memories (BM) uses personal experiences and relates them to topics of importance to building. This BM...
91. The Fed, Treasury, Monetary Policy and BuildUSA
This post is the first of a series of posts. The goal is to provide an intuitive understanding of how the economy and...
191-DYK: What defines a successful healthcare system?
Did you know a successful healthcare system is one that balances advanced medical technology with compassionate,...
190-DYK: What is the data that needs to be understood to operate a meaningful and successful healthcare system?
Did you know operating a meaningful and successful healthcare system requires understanding four key types of data?...
90. The L.I.F.E. Concept and BuildUSA
This post is the first in a series of posts that will explore the L.I.F.E. Concept, explore the changing nature of...
189-DYK: What is the importance of High Tech and High Touch healthcare working together to provide great healthcare?
Did you know the integration of High Tech and High Touch healthcare is essential to delivering truly effective and...
023-BM: Recording Music
Building Memories (BM) uses personal experiences and relates them to topics of importance to building. This BM...
009-BF: Transportation & Air Travel (Chicago’s O’Hare, Midway and Future South Suburban Peotone Airports)
Building Futures (BF) is about identifying projects, ideas, and innovations that create lasting positive...
188-DYK: What are the components that comprise a healthcare system?
Did you know a comprehensive healthcare system, as outlined in the L.I.F.E. Concept, is made up of several...
183-DYK: What are the opportunities if complete building databases and easy accessibility can be provided to all the players in the building industry?
Did you know, if complete building databases with easy accessibility are provided to all players in the industry,...
182-DYK: What keeps the building industry from creating more useful databases?
Did you know the building industry faces several challenges in creating more useful databases, primarily due to...
89. BIM, BCE & Data Mining
This post is the first in a series of posts that will explore the requirements that must be met for the potential...
181-DYK: Where does the data collected by the building industry currently reside?
Did you know the data collected by the building industry currently resides in project databases, construction...