by steve | Apr 12, 2020 | Did You Know? (DYK), Economy, Energy, Sustainability, & Global Health, Society & Culture
Did you know that the U.S. spends 3.5 trillion on healthcare per year? This is more than every other country and about 18% of our countries’ gross domestic output (GDP). Of that $3.5 trillion, $1.5 trillion, is financed by the federal government....
by steve | Apr 12, 2020 | Blog Posts, Building Staff, Organization & Culture, Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Industry, New Building Processes & Operations, Organization Culture, Poor Leadership, Project Leadership & Management, Project Owners, Quality and Value, Replace Pictures for old content, Staffing and Project Teams, Trust & Good Faith
This post explores: The contrast between vicious cycles, driven by poor leadership and mismanagement, which lead to futility and inefficiency, and virtuous cycles, fostered by effective leadership and preparation, which enable progress, optimism, and success in both...
by steve | Feb 16, 2020 | Blog Posts, Building, Construction & Architecture, Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Industry, Collaboration, Cross industry collaboration, Industry Fragmentation, Industry wide collaboration on marketing, Lean management and operations, Legal Relationships & Contracts, New Building Processes & Operations, New business models, Organization Culture, Productivity, Project Leadership & Management, Quality and Value, Replace Pictures for old content, Staffing and Project Teams, Standardization, STW standards across the industry, Transparency vs Obfuscation, Work force
This post explores: The history of building and how it has evolved from DIY and Master Builder models to fragmented modern processes involving diverse stakeholders, but the future promises a revival of unified leadership, driven by technological advancements,...
by steve | Dec 15, 2019 | Blog Posts, Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Industry, Economy, Replace Pictures for old content, Resource Utilization and Management, Society & Culture, The Economy, Value, & Globalized Markets
This post explores: How historical buildings often inspire admiration for their grandeur and craftsmanship, modern construction surpasses them in safety, efficiency, sustainability, and affordability, balancing aspirations with contemporary political, socioeconomic,...
by steve | Dec 15, 2019 | Blog Posts, Building Collaboration, Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Industry, Digitial Platforms & Transactions, Digitization, Innovation, Insufficient Cross-Discipline Collaboration, Insufficient Knowledge Transfer, Knowledge transfer, Lack of Standardization, Lean management and operations, Multiple Stakeholders with Diverse Interests, Productivity, Replace Pictures for old content, Standardization, Standardization, modularization, prefabrication, Technology & Digitization, Transparency vs Obfuscation
This post explore:s How the building industry, facing imminent disruption, can learn from transformative examples in technology, aviation, and manufacturing, as seen with Apple’s innovation-driven market creation, Boeing’s modular manufacturing and workflow processes,...
