Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 243). I am amazed by the high number of professionals who have no idea how to use e-mail or communicate effectively. Typically, they are all low productivity people. High productivity requires discipline plus mastery over your communication tools. Being busy with communication…
Guest post by Andy Martin - President of BlueRithm Commissioning Software. The conflicting forces of higher quality, lower cost, faster delivery…and a pandemic Progress begets progress. We will never reach a time when society says, “OK, that’s good enough” and quits innovating and dreaming. It’s antithetical to human nature. Because…
Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 242). Confusion with building commissioning terminology came up again this week when a client asked for clarification on the difference between "start-up", "pre-commissioning" and "commissioning". This is a particular issue in the Middle East where engineering cultures clash and it is really…
Here is the case against Green Building Certification in four slices. Edifice Complex Podcast #037 - Rochelle Ade - Green Building Certification is NOT Working The End of GreenBuilding Certifications Via Evidence Based Design Edifice Complex Podcast #011 - Jerry Yudelson - Reinventing Green Building Jerry Yudelson Edifice Complex Podcast…
Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 241). Our guest this episode is Jerry Yudelson talking about his new book and life as the “Godfather of Green”. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review on iTunes. In this episode we discuss: Is…
Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 240). Our guest this episode is Rochelle Ade, Green Building consultant and PhD candidate talking about applying data and critical thinking to “green building”. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review on iTunes. In this…
Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 239). What happens when due to IoT + 5G + machine learning & AI, owners can see in real time; 1. Energy use and costs down to system and component level? 2. Calculate building carbon emissions? 3. Hold their design and construction…
Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 238). Have you hired a Millwright or a Cooper lately? Do you use a Blackberry? Everything changes. Jobs and whole professions can be displaced by technology. The days of careers for life are over due to acceleration in technological and societal change.…
As part of BlueRithm's never-ending mission to make BlueRithm software as powerful and easy to use as possible, they recently added a project setup wizard. The wizard can take you through the entire project setup process, or individual steps. You can jump back in to the wizard at any stage…