by steve | Jan 24, 2023 | Blog Posts, BUSA_COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT-BCE, BUSA_Data Structure, STWs, BCE & Database Integration: (DSTWDI), BUSA_DATA_NOTES & BUILD COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT, Change Coming to the Building Industry, GEN_Other Related Concepts & Strategies
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...
by steve | Jan 6, 2023 | Blog Posts, BUSA_Bim & Transaction Software Collaboration Technology (BTSCT), BUSA_COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT-BCE, Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Building Industry, GEN_Building_History, Current Challenges & Resistance to Change (BHCCRC), GEN_Business, Politics, Economy & Society (BBPES), GEN_Other Related Concepts & Strategies
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,...
by steve | Nov 22, 2022 | Blog Posts, BUILDING'S FUTURE, BUSA_BUILDING ORDERS, BUSA_COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT-BCE, BUSA_Key Concepts_Prototype Initiative_Optimized Bldg_Modularity_CIPOs_BoD, BUSA_OPTIMIZED BUILDING (key BUSA concepts), BUSA_PROTOTYPE INITIATIVE (key BUSA concept), BUSA_What is it, and what are its goals?
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...
by steve | Oct 12, 2022 | Blog Posts, BUSA_Bim & Transaction Software Collaboration Technology (BTSCT), BUSA_COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT-BCE, Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Building Industry, GEN_Building_History, Current Challenges & Resistance to Change (BHCCRC), GEN_Business, Politics, Economy & Society (BBPES), GEN_Other Related Concepts & Strategies
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...
by steve | Sep 19, 2022 | Blog Posts, Building, Construction & Architecture, BUSA_Bim & Transaction Software Collaboration Technology (BTSCT), Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Building Industry, GEN_Building_History, Current Challenges & Resistance to Change (BHCCRC), GEN_Other Related Concepts & Strategies
This post explores the beginning of the digital tool evolution (starting in the 1980’s) in the building industry. Innovation 1980’s Style When I started my professional life in 1980, we used the tools pictured below to develop architectural content and...
by steve | Sep 16, 2022 | Blog Posts, Building, Construction & Architecture, Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Building Industry, Funny & interesting, GEN_Building_History, Current Challenges & Resistance to Change (BHCCRC), GEN_Business, Politics, Economy & Society (BBPES), GEN_Other Related Concepts & Strategies, Society & Culture
This post explores the joy of the building process. A Day in the Life of Building I have always considered myself lucky in my building career. From very early on, I’ve been able to move freely from one domain of the industry to another on any given workday: from the...