by steve | Dec 8, 2019 | 4-Technology, Materials, Tools, Blog Posts
I made my first big tech purchase in the early 1980’s. At the time, it felt like a rite of passage, like getting your first driver’s license or buying your first home. In fact, it was almost as expensive as my first home. The IBM AT personal computer cost me $5000 (!)...
by steve | Sep 3, 2019 | 4-Technology, Materials, Tools, 6-Building Processes and Operations, Blog Posts
If you ever played on a seesaw in your younger years, you know that it helps to have a partner of approximately equal weight as yourself on the seat facing you. This way, the seesaw situation attains a kind of dynamic equilibrium, and both partners get to enjoy the...
by steve | Sep 3, 2019 | 6-Building Processes and Operations, Blog Posts, Global Trends Shaping the Industries Future
One evening in 1983, I was drinking beers with a friend and discussing how I was going to turn my current carpentry work into a robust building and design business. As we were talking, I jotted down a few notes on a napkin to sketch out the principles of a successful...
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 | Jul 21, 2019 | 13-Industry Information, Facts and Knowledge, 4-Technology, Materials, Tools, 6-Building Processes and Operations, 7-Strategy & Business Model Innovation, 9-Industry Collaboration, Blog Posts, Global Trends Shaping the Industries Future
Eureka! Have you ever found yourself driving down the highway obsessing over a seemingly impossible problem Then, all of a sudden, you hear something on the radio, or see a billboard or a license plate, or an oddly dressed passenger in another car, and… Eureka!...
by | Apr 22, 2019 | 4-Technology, Materials, Tools, Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting, Industry Impact on Economy, Society and the Environment
Did you know that U.S. water systems need to invest $472.6 billion over the next 20 years to continue providing clean safe drinking water?
