by steve | Aug 20, 2025 | Blog Posts, Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Building Industry, Funny & interesting, GEN_Business, Politics, Economy & Society (BBPES), GEN_Other Related Concepts & Strategies, General Building Interest
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...
by steve | Aug 19, 2025 | #Adoption (of new technology), #Attractive organizational culture, #Building Information Modelling (BIM), #Common data environments (CDE), #Data analytics, #Digital platforms & transactions, #Digital technology and big data, #Digitization, #Innovation, #Knowledge transfer, #New business models, #Productivity, #Quality & value, #Standardization, #Technology & digitization, #Transparency vs obfuscation, Blog Posts, Building Processes & Operations, BUSA_COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT-BCE, BUSA_Data Structure, STWs & Database Integration: (DSTWDI), BUSA_DATA_NOTES & BUILD COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT, BUSA_STANDARDS TEMPLATES & WORKFLOWS (key BUSA concept), BUSA_What is it, and what are its goals?, Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Building Industry, GEN_Building_Performance, Quality, Value
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...
by steve | May 20, 2025 | #Adoption (of new technology), #Attractive organizational culture, #Building Information Modelling (BIM), #Collaboration, #Common data environments (CDE), #Cross industry collaboration, #Data analytics, #Digital platforms & transactions, #Digital technology and big data, #Digitization, #Knowledge transfer, #Lack of standardization, #New business models, #Productivity, #Quality & value, #Standardization, #Standards across the industry (STW), #Transparency vs obfuscation, Blog Posts, Building Processes & Operations, BUILDING'S FUTURE, BUSA_ STRATEGIC VISION, BUSA_Business Plan & Development Strategy (BBPDS), BUSA_COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT-BCE, BUSA_Data Structure, STWs & Database Integration: (DSTWDI), BUSA_DATA_NOTES & BUILD COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT, BUSA_STANDARDS TEMPLATES & WORKFLOWS (key BUSA concept), BUSA_What is it, and what are its goals?, Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Building Industry, GEN_Other Related Concepts & Strategies
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...
by steve | Dec 17, 2024 | #Building is a virtual business, #Litigious legal environment, Blog Posts, BUILDING'S FUTURE, BUSA_BUILDING ORDERS, BUSA_COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT-BCE, BUSA_COLLABORATIVELY INTEGRATED PARTNER ORGANIZATION-CIPO, BUSA_CONSTRUCTION ASSEMBLY MODULES & MODULAR BUILDING, BUSA_DATA_NOTES & BUILD COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT, BUSA_EVOLVING BASIS OF DESIGN (BoD, key BUSA concept), BUSA_Key Concepts_Prototype Initiative_Optimized Bldg_Modularity_CIPOs_BoD, BUSA_OPTIMIZED BUILDING (key BUSA concepts), BUSA_PROTOTYPE INITIATIVE (key BUSA concept), BUSA_STANDARDS TEMPLATES & WORKFLOWS (key BUSA concept), BUSA_What is it, and what are its goals?, 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)
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...
by steve | Mar 12, 2024 | #Adoption (of new technology), #Attractive organizational culture, #Building Industry market collaboration, #Economy, value, & globalized markets, #Multiple stakeholders with diverse interests, #New business models, #Quality & value, #Resource Scarcity, #Support services ( financing, insurance, legal), Blog Posts, 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
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...
by steve | Jun 11, 2023 | #Adoption (of new technology), #Advanced building materials (ABM), #Building collaboration, #Collaboration, #Cross industry collaboration, #Material science, #Modularity, #Poor investment in research, #Quality & value, #Standardization, modularization, prefabrication, #Standards across the industry (STW), #Sustainable products optimizing life-cycle value, #Technology & digitization, Blog Posts, BUSA_CONSTRUCTION ASSEMBLY MODULES & MODULAR BUILDING, BUSA_Key Concepts_Prototype Initiative_Optimized Bldg_Modularity_CIPOs_BoD, BUSA_STANDARDS TEMPLATES & WORKFLOWS (key BUSA concept), Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Building Industry, GEN_Business, Politics, Economy & Society (BBPES), GEN_Other Related Concepts & Strategies
https://www.accordantco.com/content/construction-collaboration-technology/ This post explores the increasing capability, benefits, and opportunities for cross-industry collaboration to improve building material products, building processes, and building value....