by steve | Nov 22, 2020 | #Attractive organizational culture, #Building performance & quality, #Collaboration, #Common data environments (CDE), #Cross industry collaboration, #Digital platforms & transactions, #Digitization, #Knowledge transfer, #New building processes & operations, #New business models, #Productivity, #Project leadership & management, #Quality & value, #Staffing & project teams, #Standardization, #Standardization, modularization, prefabrication, #Standards across the industry (STW), #Transparency vs obfuscation, #Work force retention, Blog Posts, Building Processes & Operations, BUILDING'S FUTURE, BUSA_ STRATEGIC VISION, BUSA_Key Concepts_Prototype Initiative_Optimized Bldg_Modularity_CIPOs_BoD, BUSA_OPTIMIZED BUILDING (key BUSA concepts), BUSA_What is it, and what are its goals?
This post explores: Building quality and performance, and provides the initial outline definition to Optimized Building. Quality Remains an Open Question Both industry professionals and members of the general public often have a hard...
by steve | Jun 11, 2020 | #Attractive organizational culture, #Building performance & quality, #New Building strategy & business model innovation, #New business models, #Quality & value, 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 steve | May 10, 2020 | #Adoption (of new technology), #Building collaboration, #Building performance & quality, #Collaboration, #Digital technology and big data, #Industry fragmentation, #Insufficient cross-discipline collaboration, #Insufficient knowledge transfer, #Knowledge transfer, #Modularity, #Quality & value, #Standardization, #Standardization, modularization, prefabrication, #Standards across the industry (STW), #Technology & digitization, #Transparency vs obfuscation, Blog Posts, 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 how the building industry can learn from music’s effective use of standardized modules, collaborative tools, and workflows, applying similar principles through cloud-based platforms and Construction Assembly Modules to streamline...
by steve | May 10, 2020 | #Adoption (of new technology), #Digital platforms & transactions, #Digital technology and big data, #Economy, value, & globalized markets, #Knowledge transfer, #Mobility, #New business models, #Productivity, #Project leadership & management, #Quality & value, #Standardization, #Support services ( financing, insurance, legal), #Technology & digitization, Blog Posts, BUILDING INDUSTRY INFORMATION, FACTS & KNOWLEDGE, 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, Society & Culture
This post explores: How at any given time, a community’s balance of Knowledge, Resources, Skill-Sets, and Customs (KRSC) defines its optimal potential, and as Building undergoes a transformative shift driven by technology, collaboration, and new standards, it...
by steve | Feb 16, 2020 | #Attractive organizational culture, #Building Industry market collaboration, #Collaboration, #Cross industry collaboration, #Industry fragmentation, #Lean management & operations, #New building processes & operations, #New business models, #Productivity, #Project leadership & management, #Quality & value, #Staffing & project teams, #Standardization, #Standards across the industry (STW), #Support services ( financing, insurance, legal), #Transparency vs obfuscation, #Work force retention, Blog Posts, 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)
This post explores: The history of building and how it has evolved from DIY and Master Builder models to fragmented modern processes involving diverse stakeholders, but the future promises a revival of unified leadership, driven by technological advancements,...
by steve | Dec 15, 2019 | #Building collaboration, #Digital platforms & transactions, #Digitization, #Innovation, #Insufficient cross-discipline collaboration, #Insufficient knowledge transfer, #Knowledge transfer, #Lack of standardization, #Lean management & operations, #Multiple stakeholders with diverse interests, #Productivity, #Standardization, #Standardization, modularization, prefabrication, #Technology & digitization, #Transparency vs obfuscation, Blog Posts, 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 explore:s How the building industry, facing imminent disruption, can learn from transformative examples in technology, aviation, and manufacturing, as seen with Apple’s innovation-driven market creation, Boeing’s modular manufacturing and workflow processes,...