by steve | Jun 11, 2020 | 11-Building Performance and Quality, 6-Building Processes and Operations, 7-Strategy & Business Model Innovation, Blog Posts
In an earlier blog post I tried to establish parameters around what the definitions of quality for Building might look like. In looking at this issue for the second time, food comes to mind as a...
by | Aug 1, 2019 | 11-Building Performance and Quality, 7-Strategy & Business Model Innovation, 9-Industry Collaboration, Blog Posts
Expressway Syndrome Do any of you remember living through the creation of a new expressway? In the Chicago area, there are numerous expressways: Lakeshore Drive...
by | Apr 22, 2019 | 11-Building Performance and Quality, Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting, Global Trends Shaping the Industries 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 | 11-Building Performance and Quality, Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting, Global Trends Shaping the Industries 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 | 11-Building Performance and Quality, Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting, Global Trends Shaping the Industries 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 | Dec 11, 2018 | 11-Building Performance and Quality, 12-Government and Regulation, Blog Posts
It was 1983, in Lincoln Park, and I was three months into my first Design/Build/Development project. My partner and I had just purchased a traditional Chicago Bungalow that had been raised on timbers in the aftermath of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. In the decade...
