I was at a conference at the end of April, and we were discussing new ways to deliver customer outcomes utilizing technology. The topic then shifted to how to utilize technologies that are primarily operational in nature in a capital project.

In my previous article on two-system integration, I discussed the four steps for effective integration. Just to recap, those steps are:

These days, everyone seems to want a smart building, but taking the desire for a smart building and turning it into a design is difficult to say the least.

Honestly, the definition of open systems is the most confusing of the three types. Open protocols are pretty straight forward — they’re protocols that communicate with one another.

In last month’s article, we discussed the topic of technology — when to use it and when not to. When we start to utilize technology on our projects, we tend to run into the concept of openness.