A Call for Collaboration in Construction

If you have been following along here for many, many years, then you know there are a few topics that are near and dear to my heart including the labor shortage, sustainability, and the responsible and ethical use of technology like AI (artificial intelligence) to spur business ingenuity into a new era of work, just to name a few. Something else I am very passionate about is connecting disparate systems. Interoperability has long been a challenge in the construction industry. In fact, once again I am going to have you journey back two decades to 2004 for a minute.

Many of you may remember NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) released a very telling paper in 2004: Cost Analysis of Inadequate Interoperability in the U.S. Capital Facilities Industry.

The research unpacked that the cost of inadequate interoperability in the U.S. capital facilities industry is roughly $15.8 ...