Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 197). 4 weeks ago I started an experiment to increase focus and productivity. I have been surprised by the results so far. I changed my everyday driver phone to a flip phone (actually a Nokia 8110 banana phone) plus…
Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 196). What would it be like if Navy Seals ran building commissioning? Short answer, awesome! It should be noted, the origin of building commissioning is derived from the Navy. Naval ships are commissioned, and go trough extensive sea trials…
Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 195). Our guest this episode is Matthew Marson talking about Smart Buildings. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review on iTunes. In this episode, we discuss; How the war for talent is on…
Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 194). The elephant in the room in any discussion about the built environment’s impact on green house gas (GHG) emissions is the existing building stock. Existing buildings represent ~99% of the built environment and is a “sunk cost” in…
Edifice Complex Podcast alumni Kontrol Energy Corp (CSE:KNR,OTCQB:KNRLF,FSE:1K8) CEO Paul Ghezzi joined the OTCQB podcast to discuss how the company provides market-based energy solutions to its customers through the company’s M&A and organic growth strategy. Listen to Paul on the OTCQB podcast here: http://www.otcmarkets.com/otcqb-podcast?utm_source=LinkedIn&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=OTCQB%20Podcast Check out Paul on the Edifice…
Shout out to Edifice Complex Podcast alumni Saeed Al Abbar for being photogenic and on the front cover of Construction Week. Access Construction Week here: https://www.constructionweekonline.com/business/182304-saeed-al-abbar-on-how-dubais-aesg-is-targeting-stalled-projects-and-saudi-arabia Check out Saeed on the Podcast here: https://edificecomplexpodcast.com/episodes/018-saeed-al-abbar-chairman-emirates-gbc/
Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 193). Has anyone: used, referenced, specified, commissioned in accordance with; “NFPA 3, Standard for Commissioning of Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems”? It never ceases to amaze me how few building design, construction and commissioning professionals know that this standard exists. Even…
Trying an experiment to increase focus and productivity. My new everyday driver is now a flip phone (actually a Nokia 8110 banana phone) plus an iPod so I can listen to podcasts and take the occasional photo. The iPod is striped down to iTunes, Audible, iPhoto, FaceTime and Skype. There…
