by steve | Oct 15, 2018 | 01_CHALLENGES CONFRONTING THE INDUSTRY, 02_INDUSTRY IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY, SOCIETY & THE ENVIRONMENT, 13-INDUSTRY INFORMATION, FACTS & KNOWLEDGE, Did You Know? (DYK)
Did you know that urban areas comprise only 3.6% of the total land mass of the 48 contiguous states, but 80% of the Americans, live, work and play there.
by steve | Sep 4, 2018 | 02_INDUSTRY IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY, SOCIETY & THE ENVIRONMENT, 11-BUILDING PERFORMANCE & QUALITY, B_AREAS OF INNOVATION, Did You Know? (DYK), Replace Pictures for old content
Did you know that in the United States approximately 20% of all electrical energy generated is used to heat and cool large institutional building. Can buildings be used as batteries by dumping energy in when renewable sources (wind/solar) are plentiful and then...
by steve | Jul 6, 2018 | 01_CHALLENGES CONFRONTING THE INDUSTRY, 02_INDUSTRY IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY, SOCIETY & THE ENVIRONMENT, 06-BUILDING PROCESSES & OPERATIONS, Blog Posts, Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Industry Fragmentation, Replace Pictures for old content, The Economy & Globalized Markets
This post explores: The immense economic impact of the building industry and its complex, custom nature, advocating for standardization, technology integration, and collaborative platforms to achieve high-quality, high-performance, cost-effective, and timely project...
by steve | Feb 4, 2018 | 02_INDUSTRY IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY, SOCIETY & THE ENVIRONMENT, 13-INDUSTRY INFORMATION, FACTS & KNOWLEDGE, Automated construction equipment, Blog Posts, Change Coming to the INdustry, Technology & Digitization
Fourth Industrial Revolution 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...
by steve | Apr 15, 2017 | 13-INDUSTRY INFORMATION, FACTS & KNOWLEDGE, Blog Posts, Business, Economy, The Economy & Globalized Markets
Boutique & Commodity Markets: 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,...
