by steve | Apr 12, 2018 | 8-People, Organization and Culture, Blog Posts
I am the father of two cyborgs. That is, I am the father of two Millennials. As far as I’m concerned, they may as well be cyborgs. As someone who came of age in a media ecology of tape decks, typewriters, and landlocked telephones, the digital fluency of the rising...
by | Mar 13, 2018 | 9-Industry Collaboration, Blog Posts
Let’s say you’re a GC and I offer you the opportunity to work on a lucrative project. The specs are as follows: Mile-high skyscraper. It will house the population of a modern metropolis. It will be the most energy efficient building in the world. That’s not all. No...
by | Mar 12, 2018 | 13-Industry Information, Facts and Knowledge, Blog Posts
(A warm welcome to guest blogger Jim Hosking) Merger mania is here to stay! Maybe your organization has been through a merger and you survived, well keep looking around the corner, it may be shortsighted or wishful thinking. In today’s world, mergers are not...
by | Mar 12, 2018 | 13-Industry Information, Facts and Knowledge, Blog Posts
I read the other day that building projects for life on Mars are already underway. Researchers at Northwestern University, using samples of simulated Martian soil, have developed a blend of sulfur concrete that is super-strong, fast-setting and works well with 3-D...
by | Feb 28, 2018 | 13-Industry Information, Facts and Knowledge, Blog Posts
One of the wonderful benefits of being an architect/builder/developer, is that, in the normal course of business you get the opportunity to learn about almost everything. Buildings impact on the landscape, technology, materials, finance, law, regulation and politics,...
by | Feb 4, 2018 | 13-Industry Information, Facts and Knowledge, Blog Posts
I build things for a living. For almost four decades, I’ve worked as an architect, a general contractor, a developer and as CEO of both an architectural and building company. In terms of the way we do things as an industry, not much has changed during that time. But...
