by steve | Mar 20, 2023 | Blog Posts, BUSA_Bim & Transaction Software Collaboration Technology (BTSCT), BUSA_COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT-BCE, BUSA_Data Structure, STWs, BCE & Database Integration: (DSTWDI), BUSA_What is it, and what are its goals?, Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Building Industry, White Papers
White paper two explores: The three key drivers of the industry’s ongoing digital transformation that are Common Data Environments (CDEs), Building Information Modelling (BIM), and big data analytics. Data generated by the building process-and capture by...
by steve | Feb 11, 2023 | Blog Posts, BUSA_BUILDING ORDERS, BUSA_OPTIMIZED BUILDING (key BUSA concepts), BUSA_PROTOTYPE INITIATIVE (key BUSA concept), 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 unique experience that Building provides to all participants My Earliest Building Memories My first memory of building is of an apartment complex that was built next to my house when I was 4 years old. I was fascinated by the construction...
by steve | Jan 6, 2023 | Blog Posts, BUSA_Bim & Transaction Software Collaboration Technology (BTSCT), BUSA_COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT-BCE, 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 Blog Post explores the traditional competitive advantage building companies have exploited by being opaque and the current struggle/opportunity that technology brings with increased transparency. Opacity vs Transparency As technology gets more and more powerful,...
by steve | Oct 12, 2022 | Blog Posts, BUSA_Bim & Transaction Software Collaboration Technology (BTSCT), BUSA_COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT-BCE, 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 core efficiency proposition that cloud-based platforms offer our professional and personal lives BuildUSA’s Beginning When I started work on BuildUSA in the mid-90s (1994-1996), my focus was on how to make the building transactions more...
by steve | Sep 19, 2022 | Blog Posts, Building, Construction & Architecture, BUSA_Bim & Transaction Software Collaboration Technology (BTSCT), Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Building Industry, GEN_Building_History, Current Challenges & Resistance to Change (BHCCRC), GEN_Other Related Concepts & Strategies
This post explores the beginning of the digital tool evolution (starting in the 1980’s) in the building industry. Innovation 1980’s Style When I started my professional life in 1980, we used the tools pictured below to develop architectural content and...
by steve | Sep 16, 2022 | Blog Posts, Building, Construction & Architecture, Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Building Industry, Funny & interesting, GEN_Building_History, Current Challenges & Resistance to Change (BHCCRC), GEN_Business, Politics, Economy & Society (BBPES), GEN_Other Related Concepts & Strategies, Society & Culture
This post explores the joy of the building process. A Day in the Life of Building I have always considered myself lucky in my building career. From very early on, I’ve been able to move freely from one domain of the industry to another on any given workday: from the...
