by steve | May 10, 2020 | 1-Energy, Sustainability, & Global Health, Building, Construction, & Architecture, Did You Know? (DYK), Environment and Climate, Land and Water Use, Resource Scarcity, Society
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 | 1-Energy, Sustainability, & Global Health, Did You Know? (DYK), Economy, Society
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....
by steve | Dec 15, 2019 | Blog Posts, Industry Impact on Economy, Society and the Environment, Insert Pictures
Growing up I would often hear the phrase “they don’t build them like they used to.” The saying implies that older buildings are better than new buildings. Better design, better construction, better detailing, better workmanship—just better. I bought into this thinking...
by steve | Dec 15, 2019 | Blog Posts, Global Trends Shaping the Industries Future, Insert Pictures
One of the (few) benefits of Building’s late arrival to the innovation/disruption(I/D) party is the fact that we have the opportunity to watch countless other industries go through wholesale changes—and to learn from their experience. Industries such as Technology,...
by steve | Sep 3, 2019 | 6-Building Processes and Operations, Blog Posts, Global Trends Shaping the Industries Future, Insert Pictures
One evening in 1983, I was drinking beers with a friend and discussing how I was going to turn my current carpentry work into a robust building and design business. As we were talking, I jotted down a few notes on a napkin to sketch out the principles of a successful...
by steve | Jul 21, 2019 | 13-Industry Information, Facts and Knowledge, 4-Technology, Materials, Tools, 6-Building Processes and Operations, 7-Strategy & Business Model Innovation, 9-Industry Collaboration, Blog Posts, Global Trends Shaping the Industries Future, Insert Pictures
Eureka! Have you ever found yourself driving down the highway obsessing over a seemingly impossible problem Then, all of a sudden, you hear something on the radio, or see a billboard or a license plate, or an oddly dressed passenger in another car, and… Eureka!...
