68. Introduction to 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. Resolving Challenges Via Building Series Solutions A core aspect of Optimized Building is to develop an...
67. The Building Experience

67. The Building Experience

This post explores the unique experience that Building provides to all participants My Earliest Building Memories My first memory of building is of an apartment complex that was built next to my house when I was 4 years old. I was fascinated by the construction...
66. Notes: Building Big Data Warehouses

66. Notes: Building Big Data Warehouses

This Blog Post explores the potential of Big Data Warehouses, data analytics, and the future of building. Who Gets the Financial Reward for Upfront Data Structure Building professionals are hard at work trying to determine the best data structures and workflows to be...
65. Existing Authority vs Technology’s Transparency

65. 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 transparency. Opacity vs Transparency As technology gets more and more powerful,...
64. Prototype Initiative

64. 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 building. Driving Parameters of Innovation In order to foster innovation...
63. Efficiency, Value & Cloud Based Platforms

63. Efficiency, Value & Cloud Based Platforms

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