Old Tools Versus New Tools, Old Minds Versus New Minds

Old Tools Versus New Tools, Old Minds Versus New Minds

This post explores the core efficiency proposition that cloud-based platforms offer our professional and personal lives. When I started my professional life in 1980, we used the tools pictured below to develop architectural content and construction documents....
The Joy of Building

The Joy of Building

This post explores the joy of the building process. 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 nitty gritty of on-site...

Building and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.)

This post explores ideas and challenges of implementing A.I. within the building industry. In the summer of 2021, I read an article about computer software bias that has had a significant impact on the ongoing development of BuildUSA’s Build Collaborative Environment...
Sand Mandala Art & Building

Sand Mandala Art & Building

This post introduces Sand Mandala Art and explores the characteristics that it shares with Building.  Sand mandala art is a beautiful process that has developed over a long period of time. The art form originated in India, and is currently practiced by Tibetan...
What is BuildUSA?

What is BuildUSA?

This Blog Explores: BuildUSA, and its component parts and characteristics.  . . So, what is BuildUSA?  BuildUSA (BUSA) was originally a technology start-up in the mid-1990s.  The core ambition of BuildUSA was to...
Time is Money

Time is Money

The Blog Post explores: How the timing and timeliness of decision-making impacts the overall quality and cost of a project.  . How the timing and timeliness of decision-making impacts the overall...