by steve | Jun 11, 2020 | 01_CHALLENGES CONFRONTING THE INDUSTRY, 08-PEOPLE ORGANIZATION & CULTURE, Blog Posts, Replace Pictures for old content
What does Building’s future decision-making look like? Star Trek offers us three models, each embodied in a specific character. Will it be based on intuitive insight drawn from rich and varied experience...
by steve | May 10, 2020 | 01_CHALLENGES CONFRONTING THE INDUSTRY, 04-TECHNOLOGY, MATERIALS & TOOLS, 06-BUILDING PROCESSES & OPERATIONS, 09-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION, Blog Posts, Replace Pictures for old content
Music, mathematics, language, computer coding are all highly formulated and structured, yet at the same time, recognized as some of our most creative systems. I’ve always loved music. I’ve played guitar and...
by steve | May 10, 2020 | 01_CHALLENGES CONFRONTING THE INDUSTRY, 03_GLOBAL TRENDS SHAPING THE INDUSTRIES FUTURE, 13-INDUSTRY INFORMATION, FACTS & KNOWLEDGE, Blog Posts, Replace Pictures for old content
At any given point in time there is a ratio of Knowledge, Resources, Skill-Sets and Customs (KRSC) that combine to provide a potential optimum for life. For example, go back 10,000 years. Despite lacking written...
by steve | Apr 12, 2020 | 06-BUILDING PROCESSES & OPERATIONS, 08-PEOPLE ORGANIZATION & CULTURE, Blog Posts, Replace Pictures for old content
VICIOUS VERSUS VIRTUOUS CYCLES I would argue that all of our activity, both in business and in everyday life, can be organized into one of two cycles: Vicious Cycle: A series of interactions where the...
by steve | Feb 16, 2020 | 06-BUILDING PROCESSES & OPERATIONS, Blog Posts, Replace Pictures for old content
Back to the Future A brief look backward into Building’s history and an even briefer glimpse into Building’s future A successful building process requires expertise from diverse fields of knowledge: finance, architecture, engineering, product manufacturing and...
by steve | Dec 15, 2019 | 02_INDUSTRY IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY, SOCIETY & THE ENVIRONMENT, Blog Posts, Replace Pictures for old content
Growing up I would often hear the phrase “they don’t build them like they used to.” The saying implies that older buildings are better than new buildings. Better design, better construction, better detailing, better workmanship—just better. I bought into this thinking...
