by steve | Sep 16, 2022 | #Attractive organizational culture, #Work force retention, Blog Posts, Building_Business, Politics and Society (BBPS), Building, Construction & Architecture, Building's History_Current Challenges & Resistance to Change (BHCCRC), Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Building Industry, Funny & interesting, Other Related Concepts & Strategies, Replace Pictures for old content, 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...
by steve | Aug 4, 2022 | #Quality & value, Blog Posts, Building Performance, Quality, Value, Building_Business, Politics and Society (BBPS), Building, Construction & Architecture, Building's History_Current Challenges & Resistance to Change (BHCCRC), Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Building Industry, Funny & interesting, General Building Interest, Other Related Concepts & Strategies, Replace Pictures for old content, Society & Culture
This blog explores: Sand Mandala Art and explores the characteristics that it shares with Building. What is Sand Mandala Art? Sand mandala art is a beautiful process that has developed over a long period of time. The art form originated in India, and is...
by steve | Jun 11, 2020 | #Attractive organizational culture, #Demographic shifts, #Multiple stakeholders with diverse interests, #Project leadership & management, #Staffing & project teams, #Trust & good faith, #Work force retention, Blog Posts, Building_Business, Politics and Society (BBPS), Building's History_Current Challenges & Resistance to Change (BHCCRC), Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Building Industry, Other Related Concepts & Strategies, Replace Pictures for old content, Society & Culture
This blog post explores what Building’s future decision-making look like? Conjecturing that building’s future decision-making will likely align with a “Spock” model, blending logical frameworks for standards and workflows...
by steve | May 10, 2020 | #Adoption (of new technology, materials, tools), #Digital platforms & transactions, #Digital technology and big data, #Economy, value, & globalized markets, #Knowledge transfer, #Mobility, #New business models, #Productivity, #Project leadership & management, #Quality & value, #Standardization, #Support services ( financing, insurance, legal), #Technology & digitization, Blog Posts, BUILDING INDUSTRY INFORMATION, FACTS & KNOWLEDGE, Building_Business, Politics and Society (BBPS), Building, Construction & Architecture, Building's History_Current Challenges & Resistance to Change (BHCCRC), Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Building Industry, Other Related Concepts & Strategies, Replace Pictures for old content, Society & Culture
This post explores: How at any given time, a community’s balance of Knowledge, Resources, Skill-Sets, and Customs (KRSC) defines its optimal potential, and as Building undergoes a transformative shift driven by technology, collaboration, and new standards, it...
by steve | May 10, 2020 | #Global Trends Impacting Building, #Land & water Use, #Resource Scarcity, Did You Know? (DYK), Environment, Land and Climate, Society & Culture
Did you know the construction industry has an average unlevered beta of about 1.33? This means that if the market itself is neutral (at a beta of 1.00) than the construction/engineering industry has a much stronger correlation or deviation with the market! If an...
by steve | Apr 12, 2020 | #Economy, value & globalized markets, #Global Trends Impacting Building, Did You Know? (DYK), Society & Culture
Did you know that the U.S. spends 3.5 trillion on healthcare per year? This is more than every other country and about 18% of our countries’ gross domestic output (GDP). Of that $3.5 trillion, $1.5 trillion, is financed by the federal government....
