by steve | Aug 19, 2025 | Blog Posts, Building_Performance, Quality, Value, BuildUSA Collaborative Environment-BCE, BUSA_Data Structure, STWs, BCE & Database Integration: (DSTWDI), Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Building Industry, Data & Notes, Standards Templates & Workflows (STWs), What is it, and what are its goals?
This post is the first in a series of posts that will explore the requirements that must be met for the potential hopes of big data in the world of building to become a reality and what that reality will look like. Innovation _ Its Potential & Challenges...
by steve | Nov 20, 2023 | AREAS OF INNOVATION, B-3_ L.I.F.E. CONCEPT, Blog Posts, Building Orders, BuildUSA Collaborative Environment-BCE, BUSA_Collaboratively Integrated Partner Organizations (CIPOs), BUSA_KEY CONCEPTS (KC), BUSA_OPTIMIZED BUILDING (key BUSA concepts), BUSA_Strategic Vision, Business Plan & Business Strategy (BBPDS), Construction Assembly Modules & Modular Building, Data & Notes, Prototype Initiative, Standards Templates & Workflows (STWs), STRATEGIC VISION, What is it, and what are its goals?
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...
by steve | Jul 14, 2023 | Blog Posts, Building_Performance, Quality, Value
This post explores the nature of what defines a building’s Performance, Quality, and Value. Measuring Quality, Performance & Value In today’s world, how should we define and measure a building’s Quality, Performance, and ultimate Value? There’s...
by steve | Aug 4, 2022 | Blog Posts, Building_History, Current Challenges & Resistance to Change (BHCCRC), Building_Performance, Quality, Value, Building, Construction & Architecture, Building's iImpact on the Economy, Society & Environment, Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Building Industry, Funny & interesting, GEN_Business, Politics, Economy & Society (BBPES), General Building Interest, Other Related Concepts & Strategies
This blog explores: Sand Mandala Art and explores the characteristics that it shares with Building. What is Sand Mandala Art? Sand mandala art is a beautiful process that has developed over a long period of time. The art form originated in India, and is...
by steve | Sep 6, 2021 | Building_Materials & Tools, Did You Know? (DYK)
Did you know that concrete is the most widely used building material in the world? Check out this article for a detailed history of building materials since the stone ages!...
by steve | Aug 18, 2021 | Blog Posts, Building_History, Current Challenges & Resistance to Change (BHCCRC), Building_Performance, Quality, Value, Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Building Industry, Other Related Concepts & Strategies, STRATEGIC VISION
This Blog Explores: Understanding the basics of Value and making the case that understanding Value as it pertains to Building is a key to push building into a brighter future. PB +Q = V, Performance, Business...
