by steve | Nov 22, 2020 | 4B-Standardization, modularization, prefabrication, 5-Digitization, Modeling, Data and Analytics, 6-Building Processes and Operations, 7-Strategy & Business Model Innovation, 8-People, Organization and Culture, Blog Posts
Both industry professionals and members of the general public often have a hard time describing what constitutes a great building. Typically, people cite a cool exterior and/or interior aesthetic as the primary...
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 | 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 | Mar 25, 2019 | 6-Building Processes and Operations, 7-Strategy & Business Model Innovation, 8-People, Organization and Culture, Blog Posts
“It’s not brain surgery.” The saying implies that the activity in question is relatively simple in comparison with the difficulty of operating on the human brain. There may be some truth to this saying—but NOT if it is applied to the building process. Consider that a...
by | Feb 25, 2019 | 6-Building Processes and Operations, 7-Strategy & Business Model Innovation, Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting
Did you know the rate of urbanization, i.e., the changing of land from forest or agricultural uses to suburban and urban uses, is increasing by 15% from 2010 – 2015? Urban land area is 106,386 square miles, or 3% of total land area in the U.S., and is projected...
