Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 273). I am so over the "green building" movement. The green building movement is a bit like WWE wrestling with all the theatrics, misdirection's and entertainment. Is it real? Or is it a way for us to outsource our thinking and worrying…
"A picture is worth a thousand words". DCM are drawing specialists for one simple reason, drawings are the most valuable building information assets. Drawings can: Memorialize as built information. Communicate complexity and multiple data points on a single page. Be used as evidence of regulatory compliance. What would you rather…
Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 272). Should the commissioning manager be involved in elevator (lift) and escalator systems commissioning? The short answer is NO! There are valid reasons for this, such as: Deep domain expertise is required. Elevators and escalators are serious items and can impact occupant…
We are all in the data business. However, some of us do not yet realize this! Data management and analysis is a key business performance differentiator. Data collection, quality, management, sorting, retrieval and analysis will be the difference between success and failure in the future. Does your business manage data…
Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 271). Our guest this episode is Thomas Toftgaard Jarløv Head of Asset Requirements & Commissioning at Copenhagen Airport, Author of “Guide to Commissioning in Practice” and architect of construction and Cx management software, “Cx planner”. If you enjoy this episode, share it…
Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 270). The Feb 3rd, 2021 news item from the New York Times may be looked back on as a harbinger of a market top in high rise residential development. IMHO, this story has everything: The madness of the crowd generating mania in…
Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 269). Please repeat after me, "LEED Commissioning begins during design phase" It is disappointing that senior design and construction professionals who should know better and profess love and admiration for the LEED green building certification program, do not understand what LEED Commissioning…
Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 268). Full credit to my podcast partner Robert Bean, AKA Canada's building services "MacGyver". Using his deep experience and domain expertise Robert has posted solutions for isolating at home to minimize cross infection risk. This is a triage approach and by no…
Staying true to BlueRithms motto of constantly working hard to deliver the best platform at an untouchable value, they have just released another update. This is a big one! Having a central place to store all of your project data is important, but having the right tools to get answers…
Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 267). I am calling it, Data Centre (yes, this is the correct spelling for "centre") Commissioning Manager will be the most secure, in demand job over the next two years. Data Centre Commissioning Manager is not a job that can be phoned…