Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 183). Why is building integrated systems testing (IST) not explicitly specified in specifications? Owners assume their building systems have been tested as an integrated whole i.e all systems cause & effects, including their software and hardware interfaces work as designed. This assumption…
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…