by steve | Nov 22, 2022 | Blog Posts, BUILDING'S FUTURE, BUSA_BUILDING ORDERS, BUSA_COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT-BCE, BUSA_Key Concepts_Prototype Initiative_Optimized Bldg_Modularity_CIPOs_BoD, BUSA_OPTIMIZED BUILDING (key BUSA concepts), BUSA_PROTOTYPE INITIATIVE (key BUSA concept), BUSA_What is it, and what are its goals?, Replace Pictures for old content
This blog introduces the BuildUSA business strategy called the “Prototype Initiative (PI).” It describes the PI’s core components, and how the PI supports the key BuildUSA services and Optimized building. Driving Parameters of Innovation In order to foster innovation...
by steve | Oct 12, 2022 | #Common data environments (CDE), #Digital platforms & transactions, #Digital technology and big data, #Digitization, #Knowledge transfer, #New business models, #Productivity, #Quality & value, #Standardization, #Standards across the industry (STW), #Technology & digitization, #Transparency vs obfuscation, #Work force retention, Blog Posts, Building Processes & Operations, BUSA_Bim & Transaction Software Collaboration Technology (BTSCT), BUSA_COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT-BCE, Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Building Industry, GEN_Building_History, Current Challenges & Resistance to Change (BHCCRC), GEN_Business, Politics, Economy & Society (BBPES), GEN_Other Related Concepts & Strategies, Replace Pictures for old content
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...
by steve | Sep 19, 2022 | #Attractive organizational culture, #Building collaboration, #Collaboration, #Digital technology and big data, #Industry fragmentation, #Innovation, #Insufficient cross-discipline collaboration, #Insufficient knowledge transfer, #Lack of standardization, #Multiple stakeholders with diverse interests, #New business models, #Quality & value, #Standards across the industry (STW), #Technology & digitization, Blog Posts, Building Processes & Operations, Building, Construction & Architecture, BUSA_Bim & Transaction Software Collaboration Technology (BTSCT), Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Building Industry, GEN_Building_History, Current Challenges & Resistance to Change (BHCCRC), GEN_Other Related Concepts & Strategies, Replace Pictures for old content
This post explores the beginning of the digital tool evolution (starting in the 1980’s) in the building industry. Innovation 1980’s Style When I started my professional life in 1980, we used the tools pictured below to develop architectural content and...
by steve | Sep 16, 2022 | #Attractive organizational culture, #Work force retention, Blog Posts, Building, Construction & Architecture, Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Building Industry, Funny & interesting, GEN_Building_History, Current Challenges & Resistance to Change (BHCCRC), GEN_Business, Politics, Economy & Society (BBPES), GEN_Other Related Concepts & Strategies, Replace Pictures for old content, Society & Culture
This post explores the joy of the building process. A Day in the Life of Building I have always considered myself lucky in my building career. From very early on, I’ve been able to move freely from one domain of the industry to another on any given workday: from the...
by steve | Aug 17, 2022 | #Artificial Intelligence, #Building collaboration, #Collaboration, #Common data environments (CDE), #Digital platforms & transactions, #Digitization, #Insufficient knowledge transfer, #Knowledge transfer, #Lack of standardization, #Multiple stakeholders with diverse interests, #New business models, #Productivity, #Quality & value, #Standardization, #Technology & digitization, #Trust & good faith, Blog Posts, Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Building Industry, GEN_Business, Politics, Economy & Society (BBPES), GEN_Other Related Concepts & Strategies, Replace Pictures for old content
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...
by steve | Aug 4, 2022 | #Quality & value, Blog Posts, Building, Construction & Architecture, Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Building Industry, Funny & interesting, GEN_Building_History, Current Challenges & Resistance to Change (BHCCRC), GEN_Building_Performance, Quality, Value, GEN_Business, Politics, Economy & Society (BBPES), GEN_Other Related Concepts & Strategies, General Building Interest, Replace Pictures for old content, Society & Culture
This blog explores: Sand Mandala Art and explores the characteristics that it shares with Building. What is Sand Mandala Art? Sand mandala art is a beautiful process that has developed over a long period of time. The art form originated in India, and is...
