by steve | Jun 11, 2020 | Blog Posts, BUILDING_PERFORMANCE, QUALITY & VALUE, Building, Construction & Architecture, 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 parallels between food and building, emphasizing the need to shift focus from short-term aesthetics and financial gains to long-term quality and performance, advocating for better data, understanding, and solutions to create healthy,...
by | Apr 22, 2019 | BUILDING_PERFORMANCE, QUALITY & VALUE, Did You Know? (DYK), GLOBAL TRENDS SHAPING THE BUILDING INDUSTRY'S FUTURE
Did you know in 2015, 52.5% of MSW generated in the U.S. was disposed of in 1,738 landfills? Imagine what it’s like today!!! The 2017 combined capacity of the two largest landfill corporations in the U.S. was more than 10 billion cubic yards. That is over 3...
by | Apr 22, 2019 | BUILDING_PERFORMANCE, QUALITY & VALUE, Did You Know? (DYK), GLOBAL TRENDS SHAPING THE BUILDING INDUSTRY'S FUTURE
Did you know the generation of MSW from private consumption in the U.S. is approximately $21.32 per pound or 47 lbs per thousand dollars? Comparable generation rates (in lbs/thousand dollars) are 40 in the UK, 50 in Sweden, and 61 in...
by | Apr 22, 2019 | BUILDING_PERFORMANCE, QUALITY & VALUE, Did You Know? (DYK), GLOBAL TRENDS SHAPING THE BUILDING INDUSTRY'S FUTURE
Did you know total annual Municipal Solid Waste generation in the U.S. has increased by 73% since 1980, to the current level of about 262 million tons per year? Can you imagine what it is now!? Further, generation increased by 22% over the same time period, from 3.7...
by steve | Apr 22, 2019 | Blog Posts, BUILDING_PERFORMANCE, QUALITY & VALUE, Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Digitization, Cloud Platforms, Modeling, Data & Analytics, GEN_Building_History, Current Challenges & Resistance to Change (BHCCRC), GEN_Business, Politics, Economy & Society (BBPES), GEN_Other Related Concepts & Strategies
This post explores: How the building industry must balance the adoption of new technologies with preserving the unique qualities of collaboration, creativity, and tangible accomplishment that foster personal growth, community, and self-worth among its workforce,...
by steve | Dec 11, 2018 | Blog Posts, BUILDING_PERFORMANCE, QUALITY & VALUE, Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, GEN_Building_History, Current Challenges & Resistance to Change (BHCCRC), GEN_Business, Politics, Economy & Society (BBPES), Government, AHJ's & Regulation
This post explores: The broader challenges and benefits of regulatory oversight The First Development Project & The Right Amount of Regulation It was 1983, in Lincoln Park, and I was three months into my first Design/Build/Development project. My partner and I had...
