by steve | Jan 24, 2023 | #Adoption (of new technology), #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, #New business models, #Productivity, #Quality & value, #Standardization, #Standards across the industry (STW), #Technology & digitization, #Transparency vs obfuscation, Blog Posts, Building Processes & Operations, BUSA_COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT-BCE, BUSA_Data Structure, STWs, BCE & Database Integration: (DSTWDI), BUSA_DATA_NOTES & BUILD COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT, Change Coming to the Building Industry, GEN_Other Related Concepts & Strategies
This Blog Post explores the potential of Big Data Warehouses, data analytics, and the future of building. Who Gets the Financial Reward for Upfront Data Structure Building professionals are hard at work trying to determine the best data structures and workflows to be...
by steve | Jan 6, 2023 | #Building collaboration, #Common data environments (CDE), #Data analytics, #Digital platforms & transactions, #Digital technology and big data, #Digitization, #Innovation, #Insufficient knowledge transfer, #Knowledge transfer, #Lack of standardization, #New business models, #Productivity, #Quality & value, #Standardization, #Technology & digitization, #Transparency vs obfuscation, Blog Posts, Building Processes & Operations, 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 | #Common data environments (CDE), #Digital platforms & transactions, #Digital technology and big data, #Digitization, #Knowledge transfer, #New business models, #Productivity, #Quality & value, #Standardization, #Standards across the industry (STW), #Technology & digitization, #Transparency vs obfuscation, #Work force retention, Blog Posts, Building Processes & Operations, 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 | #Attractive organizational culture, #Building collaboration, #Collaboration, #Digital technology and big data, #Industry fragmentation, #Innovation, #Insufficient cross-discipline collaboration, #Insufficient knowledge transfer, #Lack of standardization, #Multiple stakeholders with diverse interests, #New business models, #Quality & value, #Standards across the industry (STW), #Technology & digitization, Blog Posts, Building Processes & Operations, 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 | #Attractive organizational culture, #Work force retention, 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...
by steve | Aug 17, 2022 | #Artificial Intelligence, #Building collaboration, #Collaboration, #Common data environments (CDE), #Digital platforms & transactions, #Digitization, #Insufficient knowledge transfer, #Knowledge transfer, #Lack of standardization, #Multiple stakeholders with diverse interests, #New business models, #Productivity, #Quality & value, #Standardization, #Technology & digitization, #Trust & good faith, Blog Posts, Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Building Industry, GEN_Business, Politics, Economy & Society (BBPES), GEN_Other Related Concepts & Strategies
This post explores: Ideas and challenges of implementing A.I. within the building industry. Software Bias In the summer of 2021, I read an article about computer software bias that has had a significant impact on the ongoing development of BuildUSA’s Build...
