Anyplace in the Sector News

Round-up of recent sector coverage for Adaptable Structures and the Anyplace system.

National Business Review article tile — square format with NBR masthead. Headline reads 'No brainer adaptable housing system fails to gain support.' Subhead reads 'Despite developing a modular, low carbon and simple residential building system, Murphy O'Neal can't catch the eye of government innovation boffins.' Murphy O'Neal headshot in circle at lower left.
National Business Review feature, 24 January 2024 — by Maria Slade. Read the full article at nbr.co.nz.

Big thanks to construction news

New Zealand Construction News article header. Headline 'Rebel with a cause' with subhead 'Vigilante builder set on disrupting with unique sustainable modular construction.'
NZ Construction News — "Rebel with a cause… Vigilante builder set on disrupting with unique sustainable modular construction."

Someone tagged me as "vigilante builder," and it's stuck.

The issue with the current compliance system is that it is extremely focused on patching holes in a boat logic. It doesn't have ANY consideration for change, jut add more. It's the reason that homes have become so expensive. Materials that are not needed are being applied to appease a system fixated on keeping afloat. Unfortunately, there are still a lot of failures in the traditional construction field, but the biggest failure of all is not learning from our mistakes. At some point people will have to realize we are following a method older than cars and simply trying to modernize it instead of redesigning from the ground up.

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