Modern Built Environment

Effectively running a business legacy can be challenging, even in the best of times. How about a successful one of over 100 years old? In this unprecedented and rare in-depth interview, Eric discusses the keys and attitude needed to run a successful business that is over a century old, and still innovating and adjusting in these unique times, to say the least. Are you an entrepreneur out there who wants the most relevant insights on how to start and run your business successfully? This is a must listen episode.

Eric Foster, the Swinerton CEO who has been in the business for 38 years and Tom address a number of industry-related topic and have tons of golden insights, experiences information that they lay down in this episode that is a rare gem. The show provides an exclusive insight into the rarest of rare executives and one of the most successful building company, in America. Not to miss.

Learn how to build a carbon-free building that is safe, economical, and healthy by the use of wood in this episode. Tom and Susan Jones dive deep into details of Mass Timber and its importance today.

"And my dream more than anything is to have more and more buildings built ideally out of mass timber, but as sustainable as possible. "

This is a must-listen episode for all the architects and business owners who want to learn how to improve the quality of life for people living in cities and learn ways they can use policy to change the built environment. We are joined by Kim Dowdell, the 2020 AIA Young Architects Award winner who discuses how to deal with the situation as a business and turn it to profits.

"The duty of an architect it to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public."

Ron Lloyd, National Sales Manager at CERACLAD join us for a discussion on specialized exteriors. CERACLAD is a revolutionary Fiber Cement Cladding with a high performance ceramic coating for long lasting performance. Installed exclusively with a Rain Screen cavity wall design. It is being used in innovative ways to lower the cost of affordable housing projects and make design build projects more sustainable.

Dr. Charles M. Martin is the chief scientist at Calculation Consulting, a boutique consultancy and software development shop specializing in machine learning and data science. They help companies design new products and predict revenue from their data and set up a big data solution. Applying machine learning algorithms, they help companies discover the patterns that drive traffic, engagement, and sales.

Charles Salter, professional engineer and president of Charles M. Salter & Associates, Inc.

Charles applies his expertise in design, construction, business and the law to his practice of acoustical consulting. Currently, he manages over 100 projects involving building acoustics and environmental noise analysis. His accomplishments have included work on the Skywalker Ranch's state-of-the-art Post-Production Studios, which won the National Engineering Award in 1988 and the Allied Professions Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects California Council in 1998.

The Modern Built Environment set down with Bill Hayward of the Hayward Score. Bill is the founder and CEO of Hayward Score as well as the CEO and Chief Sustainability Officer of Hayward Lumber, a 100-year-old California lumber and building material supplier. Since 2008, when he, his wife, and their newborn daughter became sick in their "dream home," Bill has been focused on combining building science and medical science into a compelling strategy to transform home construction so that homes will no longer degrade human health.