Fixing Construction, One Post At A Time

Contributed by Eric D. Lussier

Eighteen months ago, a random conversation on a Tuesday afternoon between Cherise Lakeside and myself went like this:
 
Me: "Seemingly few are committed to speak their mind or try to fix the broken system that is construction.  You do a damn fine job of breaking that mold and trying to help this industry."
 
Cherise: "Thank you. The key, I think, is speaking your mind in a productive and positive way with some solutions in hand.  Everyone just wants to be negative and bitch about things. I try to only stir the pots that need stirring."
 
Me: "You are so right. A problem is everyone acts like their own island and the destination rescue is each their own issue and not working together on being rescued. I pretty much just 'Survivored' the construction industry."
 
Cherise: "Ha, ha! Exactly. We need to pull people out of their comfort zones and make them open their eyes. This is way too much of a "me" society as it is."
 
Me: "So, perhaps a member from each seat at the table who can feature their respective perception and potential solutions. We can register a domain like letsfixconstruction.com"

That's the truth.  I have the actual conversation and those are exact quotes. 
​And just like that, Let's Fix Construction was born."

​It struck me this past Friday, February 16th, that Let's Fix Construction was a year & a half old. If you had told me eighteen months ago what the last 550 days were going to be like, I would have laughed out loud.
 
As a way to look back on these first months of Let's Fix Construction, we're going to take the next week to share and revisit every article that we've posted along the way, starting at number one.  We'll be sharing these posts on social media. Please follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram. 

We've gained dozens of contributors, thousands of readers and now listeners, thanks to the Let's Fix Construction podcast, and didn't want to lose sight at what we started with and shared in the last year and a half.

As always, if you would like to share your knowledge and contribute a forward-thinking concept to a construction-related issue, dispel a myth or just provide a solution for a better built environment, please contact us and let us know. 

And without further ado, our very first post on the Let's Fix Construction blog, written by yours truly, 'The Fifth C of CSI: Collaboration'