50. IPD, UBP, CIPO, PI, CAM’s and the BCE

This post explores: Key tools and processes, including Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), Unified Building Process (UBP), and the Prototype Initiative (PI), which aim to transform the building industry by integrating workflows, enhancing collaboration, and delivering...

49. Common Data Environments (CDE’s), and the BCE

This post explores: The potential of the BuildUSA Collaborative Environment (BCE) as an advanced cloud-based Common Data Environment designed to streamline data sharing, decision-making, and collaboration across all building project phases, significantly enhancing...

47. What Is the Meaning of Optimized Building?

This post explores: Building quality and performance, and provides the initial outline definition to Optimized Building. Quality Remains an Open Question Both industry professionals and members of the general public often  have a hard...

41. Ignorance is Not Bliss

This post explores: How at any given time, a community’s balance of Knowledge, Resources, Skill-Sets, and Customs (KRSC) defines its optimal potential, and as Building undergoes a transformative shift driven by technology, collaboration, and new standards, it...

36. What Can We Learn From Other Industries?

This post explore:s How the building industry, facing imminent disruption, can learn from transformative examples in technology, aviation, and manufacturing, as seen with Apple’s innovation-driven market creation, Boeing’s modular manufacturing and workflow processes,...

35. Does Technology Make Life Better?

This post explores: How technological innovation offers immense potential to improve lives and enhance collaboration, its success in the building industry depends on thoughtful, inclusive implementation that balances progress with the needs and capabilities of teams...