by | Apr 22, 2019 | BUILDING_PERFORMANCE, QUALITY & VALUE, Did You Know? (DYK), GLOBAL TRENDS SHAPING THE BUILDING INDUSTRY'S FUTURE
Did you know total annual Municipal Solid Waste generation in the U.S. has increased by 73% since 1980, to the current level of about 262 million tons per year? Can you imagine what it is now!? Further, generation increased by 22% over the same time period, from 3.7...
by | Apr 22, 2019 | BUILDING'S IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY, SOCIETY & ENVIRONMENT, Did You Know? (DYK)
Did you know pumped hydroelectric storage systems generate electricity by pumping water from a low to a high reservoir, releasing the water from the higher reservoir through a hydroelectric turbine only when electricity is needed? 94% of U.S. energy storage is from...
by | Apr 22, 2019 | BUILDING'S IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY, SOCIETY & ENVIRONMENT, Did You Know? (DYK)
DYK-Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) CAES captures and stores compressed air in an underground cavern. To create electricity, the pressurized air is heated and expanded in an expansion turbine, driving a generator. As of June 2018, there are 4 operating CAES...
by steve | Apr 22, 2019 | #Building collaboration, #Collaboration, #Global Trends Impacting Building, #Multiple stakeholders with diverse interests, #Staffing & project teams, #Strategic workforce planning, Blog Posts, BUILDING_PEOPLE, ORGANIZATION & CULTURE, BUILDING'S IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY, SOCIETY & ENVIRONMENT, 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: How effective team building and decision-making in building projects require fostering a “single ship” mindset where all team members recognize their interconnected stakes and collaborate for the project’s collective success,...
by steve | Apr 22, 2019 | #Economy, value, & globalized markets, #Quality & value, Blog Posts, BUILDING_PERFORMANCE, QUALITY & VALUE, Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Digitization, Cloud Platforms, Modeling, Data & Analytics, GEN_Building_History, Current Challenges & Resistance to Change (BHCCRC), GEN_Business, Politics, Economy & Society (BBPES), GEN_Other Related Concepts & Strategies
This post explores: How the building industry must balance the adoption of new technologies with preserving the unique qualities of collaboration, creativity, and tangible accomplishment that foster personal growth, community, and self-worth among its workforce,...
by steve | Apr 22, 2019 | #Adoption (of new technology), #Demographic shifts, #Industry labor shortage, #Work force retention, 03_AREAS OF INNOVATION, Blog Posts, BUILDING_PEOPLE, ORGANIZATION & CULTURE, Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, 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: How the building industry must balance the adoption of new technologies with preserving the unique qualities of collaboration, creativity, and tangible accomplishment that foster personal growth, community, and self-worth among its workforce,...
