69. White Paper Two: CDE, BIM, & BIG DATA

White paper two explores: The three key drivers of the industry’s ongoing digital transformation that are Common Data Environments (CDEs), Building Information Modelling (BIM), and big data analytics. Data generated by the building process-and capture by...
66. Notes: Building Big Data Warehouses

66. Notes: Building Big Data Warehouses

This Blog Post explores the potential of Big Data Warehouses, data analytics, and the future of building. Who Gets the Financial Reward for Upfront Data Structure Building professionals are hard at work trying to determine the best data structures and workflows to be...
65. Existing Authority vs Technology’s Transparency

65. Existing Authority vs Technology’s Transparency

This Blog Post explores the traditional competitive advantage building companies have exploited by being opaque and the current struggle/opportunity that technology brings with increased transparency. Opacity vs Transparency As technology gets more and more powerful,...

63. Efficiency, Value & Cloud Based Platforms

This post explores the core efficiency proposition that cloud-based platforms offer our professional and personal lives BuildUSA’s Beginning When I started work on BuildUSA in the mid-90s (1994-1996), my focus was on how to make the building transactions more...

59. Building and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.)

This post explores: Ideas and challenges of implementing A.I. within the building industry. Software Bias In the summer of 2021, I read an article about computer software bias that has had a significant impact on the ongoing development of BuildUSA’s Build...

55. The Building Orders-Optimized Building

This Blog Explores: The meaning of Optimized Building.    The New Building Orders In the blog post “The New Order” , were introduced.     Boutique projects that offer high-end custom-building solutions based on the unique preferences...