Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 182). Canaries were taken into Victorian coal mines as an early warning for gas leaks. If the canary died you had to run like hell and get out. I am calling it, the Australian property market canary has died ( https://voiceofthemarkets.blogspot.com/2019/02/australia-real-estate-its-economy-is.html )…
Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 181). Our guest this episode is Steve Burrows CBE, our first guest with an IMDB.com page! This was an inspiring podcast and Steve believes, and now we do, his life is more exciting than Elon Musk’s. Steve might be…
Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 180). Property is a capital intensive business and cashflow is a perennial problem for most firms. How you and your firm are paid impacts ultimate success or failure. Over the last 38 years I have seen firms go bust even when they…
Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 179). Is the built environment plus “IOT” an opportunity for cyber security firms such as Palo Alto Networks? Current State of Play Big players such as Siemens, Honeywell and Johnsons dominate building automation. They are increasingly providing one stop, integrated solutions…
Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 178). Each year I have a “purge” in an attempt to optimize. I ask myself: How can I have more fun? How can I simplify? How can I delegate more? This is my way to mentally and physically “lighten the load”…
Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 177). Our guest this episode (dropping January 15th) is Dr. William Bahnfleth, ASHRAE past President and Professor of Architectural Engineering at Penn State University. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review on…
The Edifice Complex podcast alumni list is strong and we think you will love our guests in 2019. They include, in no particular order; Steve Burrows CBE - Engineering the Impossible ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-burrows-cbe-7b49954/ ) Bill Browning - Biofiliac Design ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-browning-a6b29227/ ) Murray Guy - Lean Construction ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/murray-guy-01402116/ )…
Thank you everyone who subscribes to the Edifice Complex podcast (https://edificecomplexpodcast.com). Robert and I are working hard to bring more hidden and not so hidden stars of our industry to your attention in 2019. We wish everyone a healthy and prosperous 2019.
Another year closing, time really does fly when you are having a great time. This will be my last post in 2018 and I want to sincerely thank everyone who takes the time to read my self medicating, rambling thoughts on the crazy that is the built environment design and…
Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 175). Our guest this episode is John Williams, MEP and sustainability design manager for the Mexico City airport project. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review on iTunes. In this episode, we…