by steve | Mar 14, 2023 | Blog Posts, Building_History, Current Challenges & Resistance to Change (BHCCRC), BuildUSA Collaborative Environment-BCE, BUSA_Bim & Transaction Software Collaboration Technology (BTSCT), Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Building Industry, GEN_Business, Politics, Economy & Society (BBPES), 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 | Feb 14, 2023 | Blog Posts, BuildUSA Collaborative Environment-BCE, BUSA_Data Structure, STWs, BCE & Database Integration: (DSTWDI), Change Coming to the Building Industry, Data & Notes, 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 19, 2023 | Blog Posts, Building_History, Current Challenges & Resistance to Change (BHCCRC), BuildUSA Collaborative Environment-BCE, BUSA_Bim & Transaction Software Collaboration Technology (BTSCT), 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 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 | Dec 13, 2022 | Blog Posts, Building Orders, Building's Future, BuildUSA Collaborative Environment-BCE, BUSA_KEY CONCEPTS (KC), BUSA_OPTIMIZED BUILDING (key BUSA concepts), Prototype Initiative, 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 | Nov 15, 2022 | Blog Posts, Building_History, Current Challenges & Resistance to Change (BHCCRC), Building, Construction & Architecture, BUSA_Bim & Transaction Software Collaboration Technology (BTSCT), Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Building Industry, 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 | Oct 11, 2022 | Blog Posts, Building_History, Current Challenges & Resistance to Change (BHCCRC), Building, Construction & Architecture, Building's impact on the Economy, Society & Environment, Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Building Industry, Funny & interesting, GEN_Business, Politics, Economy & Society (BBPES), Other Related Concepts & Strategies
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...
