by steve | May 19, 2020 | Blog Posts, Building Industry Information, Facts & Knowledge, Building_History, Current Challenges & Resistance to Change (BHCCRC), Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Building Industry, GEN_Business, Politics, Economy & Society (BBPES), Other Related Concepts & Strategies
This post explores: The nature of change and that the building industry faces an imminent tectonic shift driven by mounting pressures, new technologies, and unsustainable practices, necessitating proactive leadership to embrace collaborative solutions and redefine...
by steve | May 11, 2020 | Building_Digitization, Cloud Platforms, Modeling, Data & Analytics, Did You Know? (DYK)
Did you know that 45 percent of architecture firms use BIM?
by steve | May 10, 2020 | Did You Know? (DYK), Environment, Land and Climate
Did you know the construction industry has an average unlevered beta of about 1.33? This means that if the market itself is neutral (at a beta of 1.00) than the construction/engineering industry has a much stronger correlation or deviation with the market! If an...
by steve | Apr 14, 2020 | Blog Posts, Building_History, Current Challenges & Resistance to Change (BHCCRC), Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Building Industry, GEN_Business, Politics, Economy & Society (BBPES), Other Related Concepts & Strategies
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 | Apr 12, 2020 | Did You Know? (DYK)
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 | Mar 17, 2020 | Blog Posts, Building_History, Current Challenges & Resistance to Change (BHCCRC), Building, Construction & Architecture, Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Building Industry, GEN_Business, Politics, Economy & Society (BBPES)
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,...
