60. Exploring the Limitations of Life & Building

This Blog Post uses analogy to explore why there are natural limitations to how much and how fast we can achieve change. The Speed of Light Rapid change and enormous growth are often looked upon as positive features of innovation. We have learned over the past 4 plus...
89. BIM, BCE & Data Mining

89. BIM, BCE & Data Mining

This post is the first in a series of posts that will explore the requirements that must be met for the potential hopes of big data in the world of building to become a reality and what that reality will look like.  Innovation _ Its Potential & Challenges...
87. BuildUSA – Big Data

87. BuildUSA – Big Data

This post explores the potential of big data in building and the data structure built into BuildUSA’s environment that will support and enhance Big Data’s potential. Data is a Mess Almost all parties agree that the greatest challenge in big data analysis is the lack...

85. What is Building all About?

This post explores the history of Building and current stresses and challenges  What Gives With the Building World?    It is filled with some of the most talented, creative and capable problem solvers in the world and yet, it is literally decades...
81. Building punches above its weight

81. Building punches above its weight

This post explores the impact that the building industry has on the overall economy.  Building Impacts All Aspects of the Economy If you explore the building supply chain from beginning to end you quickly realize that building impacts almost every aspect of our...
79. What comprises the BuildUSA Collaborative Environment? 

79. What comprises the BuildUSA Collaborative Environment? 

Standards, Templates & Workflows (STW) +- Building collaborative Environment (BcE)  * Common Data Environment (CDE) / Modular Buildings Built on Chassis (MB)  * Construction Assembly Modules (CAMs) = BCE  STW +- BcE * CDE / MB * CAM= BCE  This...