I am a passionate futurist and thinker, driven by innovation and efficiency. Finding a better way to design and build the places we live and work in is the focus of my career, and I have little patience for the status quo. Simply that something has been done a certain way before does not qualify as a valid reason not to explore new avenues to do it better. Learn from the past, absorb the lessons, and respect your heritage. Then, evolve. Some facts about the construction industry:

Accounts for 10% of the global GDP. Consumes 50% of raw materials, and 48% of global energy supplies. Responsible for 40% of global solid waste and 50% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

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Ours is the most wasteful industry in the world, which is sobering. The burden is on us to do better.