by steve | Mar 12, 2018 | 13-INDUSTRY INFORMATION, FACTS & KNOWLEDGE, Blog Posts
(A warm welcome to guest blogger Jim Hosking) Merger mania is here to stay! Maybe your organization has been through a merger and you survived, well keep looking around the corner, it may be shortsighted or wishful thinking. In today’s world, mergers are not...
by steve | Mar 12, 2018 | 13-INDUSTRY INFORMATION, FACTS & KNOWLEDGE, Blog Posts, Replace Pictures for old content
I read the other day that building projects for life on Mars are already underway. Researchers at Northwestern University, using samples of simulated Martian soil, have developed a blend of sulfur concrete that is super-strong, fast-setting and works well with 3-D...
by steve | Feb 28, 2018 | 13-INDUSTRY INFORMATION, FACTS & KNOWLEDGE, Blog Posts, Replace Pictures for old content
One of the wonderful benefits of being an architect/builder/developer, is that, in the normal course of business you get the opportunity to learn about almost everything. Buildings impact on the landscape, technology, materials, finance, law, regulation and politics,...
by steve | Feb 4, 2018 | 13-INDUSTRY INFORMATION, FACTS & KNOWLEDGE, Blog Posts
I build things for a living. For almost four decades, I’ve worked as an architect, a general contractor, a developer and as CEO of both an architectural and building company. In terms of the way we do things as an industry, not much has changed during that time. But...
by steve | Oct 4, 2017 | 13-INDUSTRY INFORMATION, FACTS & KNOWLEDGE, Blog Posts
L.I.F.E. Concept (Originally published in 1986) Each year the public is becoming more conscious and concerned with issues of health care. It is no longer satisfactory to just be free of illness. People want to feel good, positive, and energetic. This psychology...
by steve | Apr 15, 2017 | 13-INDUSTRY INFORMATION, FACTS & KNOWLEDGE, Blog Posts
Businesses today operate in one of two broad categories: The boutique market, where companies offer customers high levels of customer experience and support, but restrict their distribution into the marketplace The commodity market, where companies severely limit...
