This will be my last post in 2019 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 development industry. When you think no more corners can be cut or skills lost the…
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Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 222). Our guest this episode is international keynote speaker Henry Gordon-Smith talking about Urban Agriculture and the built environment. As founder of @agritecture, Henry guides entrepreneurs, cities, and companies on triple-bottom-line #localagriculture #urbanag #verticalfarming solutions. If you enjoy this episode, share it…
Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 221). Following feed back from my previous post on "Robust CHW System Design" and things that do not survive human algorithms i.e. copy & paste design or value engineering, this post provides some additional recommendations for "super luxury" hotel design. To review,…
Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 220). Last year I was asked to advise on how to design and implement a "robust, low maintenance" Chilled Water System. This client wanted a CHW system design to support a mission critical building plus a "super luxury" hotel. The clients past…
Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 219). To paraphrase a great man, "It is not the end, but it is the beginning of the end". In my opinion, the days of the AEC owner managed, small and medium sized firm (SME) are coming to an end. Why is…
Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 218). This is a special “ask us anything” episode. We have picked 10 listener questions and tried to answer them in a respectful and thoughtful manner… ; ) Many thinks to all our listeners and especially those who sent…
Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 217). BlueRithm Commissioning software are excited to announce their latest feature updates. Starting November 1, 2019 a new update now allows email notifications to be sent to any or all project members. The notifications contain direct links to the…
Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 216). I am always surprised by the architects and engineers I meet that do not understand the basics of property development i.e. the key assumptions that drive the development process. To understand developers decision making it is important to understand…
Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 215). I have just finished the excellent HBO series "Chernobyl " and it was awesome! The show did a great job of explaining the science and politics of the day. It also communicated, in a non-judgmental, terrifying way, how out…