85. What is Building all About?

This post explores the history of Building and current stresses and challenges  What Gives With the Building World?    It is filled with some of the most talented, creative and capable problem solvers in the world and yet, it is literally decades...
86. What is BuildUSA all About? 

86. What is BuildUSA all About? 

This post explores the history and current status of BuildUSA.  Building, Building’s Future Steve’s Build Blog (and its affiliated LinkedIn pages), Syntecgroup and BuildUSA, are laser focused on Building’s current challenges and future opportunities. Most...
83. The Changing Basis of Design

83. The Changing Basis of Design

This post explores: The basic elements that building professionals assume are readily available and upon which their building designs are based.  The Basis of Design (BoD) What is the Basis of Design (BoD)? This question has continued to evolve over the past few...
80. Prototype Initiative 

80. Prototype Initiative 

This post outlines the three pillars of BuildUSA’s business plan, the “Prototype Initiative.” It also discusses the six primary services/products that BuildUSA will offer.    Three Pillars of the Prototype Initiative The current series of blog posts...
79. What comprises the BuildUSA Collaborative Environment? 

79. What comprises the BuildUSA Collaborative Environment? 

Standards, Templates & Workflows (STW) +- Building collaborative Environment (BcE)  * Common Data Environment (CDE) / Modular Buildings Built on Chassis (MB)  * Construction Assembly Modules (CAMs) = BCE  STW +- BcE * CDE / MB * CAM= BCE  This...
78. BuildUSA – Optimized Building (OB) 

78. BuildUSA – Optimized Building (OB) 

This post goes into more detail about why and how BUSA and OB were developed and describes in more detail the ten elements or characteristics that comprise Optimized Building. It also addresses why they all jointly create the environment that will allow BuildUSA’s...