by steve | Jan 23, 2019 | 05-DIGITIZATION, MODELING, DATA & ANALYTICS, 06-BUILDING PROCESSES & OPERATIONS, 07-STRATEGY & BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION, 10-INDUSTRY MARKETING, 6. Replace Pictures for old content, Blog Posts, IV_GUEST CONTRIBUTIONS
When you look at the image that introduces this blog post, do you the think the modular structure of the present or the past is of higher quality? Do you even think of classical Greek Temples as modular construction? In the classical period of Western civilization,...
by steve | Dec 19, 2018 | 06-BUILDING PROCESSES & OPERATIONS, 07-STRATEGY & BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION, 6. Replace Pictures for old content, Blog Posts
IN THE IMMORTAL WORDS OF JOE FRIDAY: “Just the Facts Ma’am, Just the Facts” What are Data, Facts and Knowledge? Who Owns or Controls Them? Sometimes the facts seem so obvious it is hard to accept when they are actually wrong!! While writing I used...
by steve | Dec 11, 2018 | 11-BUILDING PERFORMANCE & QUALITY, 12-GOVERNMENT & REGULATION, 6. Replace Pictures for old content, 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...
by steve | Nov 12, 2018 | 01_CHALLENGES CONFRONTING THE INDUSTRY, 08-PEOPLE ORGANIZATION & CULTURE, 6. Replace Pictures for old content, Blog Posts
Technology, Innovation, Disruption (TID): It may sound strange to begin a post on technology by referencing my 93-year-old mother, lovingly known by our family as The Bubbster. However, I think her experience with new technology is an accurate reflection of our...
by steve | Nov 5, 2018 | 06-BUILDING PROCESSES & OPERATIONS, 09-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION, 6. Replace Pictures for old content, Blog Posts
Collaborative cloud-based platforms – key to transitioning building Today, all of us share a simultaneous sense of amazement, aggravation and trepidation at the sheer amount of information—the good, the bad and the ugly—available at our finger tips. The deluge...
by steve | Nov 5, 2018 | 02_INDUSTRY IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY, SOCIETY & THE ENVIRONMENT, 13-INDUSTRY INFORMATION, FACTS & KNOWLEDGE, Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting
Did you know that Wasteful Energy uses in residential homes include the following and that these together they represent approximately 39% of all residential primary energy use? Heating and cooling unoccupied homes and rooms Inefficient appliances Thermostat...
