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We are rethinking the way buildings get built.... The last 20 years of my career-- designing everything from apartments and hotels across America to palaces in the Middle East-- led me to understand the limitless future of industrialized construction and prefabrication in the AEC industry. As I increasingly became more certain about the promising potential of IC, automation, and AI, I chose to be the early adopter of these technologies. As one of the founding principals of the global A/E firm, BASE4 and Director at STONEPILE Construction College, I have worked with some of the brightest minds of the industry. In my weekly newsletters, I teach practical AEC essentials, tech-savvy solutions, and industry insights to my 25,000+ industry subscribers. Let's connect to see how I can help you.
BASE4 is a team of award-winning architects, engineers, and interior designers who live at the intersection of technological innovation and premiere building design. Our goal has always been to harness the latest technologies, especially now as we usher in the paradigm shift into the fourth industrialization. As AEC futurists, our goal is to integrate the internal efforts of our industry and- more importantly- work together to reinvigorate the antiquated construction industry. Our expertise in the industrialization of construction remains unparalleled as we excel in modular, offsite, and prefabrication design and implementation. We are one of the very few AEC firms that sell products as opposed to services. This approach helps us quantify and organize our workflow efficiency. With this approach we optimize our design processes with automation, virtual reality design, and continual improvement of our collaborative systems. With strategically placed offices across the United States and in the Dominican Republic, the Republic of Georgia, and India to give us ongoing, we further optimize our systems via 24-hour uninterrupted workdays. BASE4 supports all AEC stakeholders--including developers, GCs, manufacturers, and others--in Strategy Consultation, Total Industrialized Construction Advisory (DfMA), Advanced BIM Consultation, Building Code Consultation, Value Engineering, Simulated Reality Extension, Data Restructuring, and Operational Standardization. www.base-4.com
HotelsUniversity is a personal authority platform focused on hotel design, market dynamics, and construction realities. It exists to clarify how hotel projects actually come together—and where they most often break down. The perspective shared here is grounded in real-world experience, not recycled industry talking points or surface-level trend reporting. The site looks at hotel project the way they are actually delivered: where design decision, market forces, brand standards, and construction constraints intersect. That intersection is where outcomes are detemined—and where most succeed or fail. The goal is simple: make complex hotel projects easier to understand, and better decisions easier to make. www.hotelsuniversity.com
STONEPILE llc is a private online higher education institution that offers an Associate Degree in Applied Science in Construction, A Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Science in Construction Management and Master of Applied Science in Prefabrication, Modular, and Offsite Construction. STONEPILE llc was founded by Dr. Garry Vermaas and Dr. Jodi Vermaas in 2019 with the mission to harness the power of innovation, technology, and experience to train the next generation of construction leaders in values-based perspectives, success-oriented knowledge, and real-world construction skills. STONEPILE llc marries two industries ripe for disruption: Higher Education and Construction. The 1.3 trillion-dollar construction field currently lacks a robust team of leaders to innovate and build for tomorrow. The shortage of skilled leaders in this industry is a national crisis. Yet, the field cannot attract enough bright leaders because the students of today want to go to college, leaving many of the typically technical trades lacking new leadership.
Formerly known as X-nth, exp Global provides professional, technical and strategic advisory services to the world's built and natural environments in six key practice areas: Buildings, Earth & Environment, Energy, Industrial, Infrastructure, and Sustainability. With thousands of people in offices across North America and around the world, we provide the experience and expertise needed to deliver successful project outcomes for our clients and add value to their businesses. Whether the project is big or small, clients have access to our global capability platform from our local office network to ensure the right people provide the right solution.
Ground Floor Engineering offers structural and MEP engineering design. Our services include integrated design, value engineering, and advanced design solutions. Our experience covers the residential, commercial, and hospitality sectors. With offices in the US, China, and India our portfolio includes projects in the US, China, India, Australia, and the West Indies. Ground Floor combines international best practices with a depth of local knowledge. Our experience of designing over 2,000 projects includes hotels, resorts, theme parks, high rise residential, retail, commercial and institutional buildings.