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[7] Construction

Construction is a adaptation of the [7] The Seven Steps of Project Management (PM) applied to the field of Construction Management. Construction outlines the process of Construction Management with the intent of developing and executing integral, sustainable building projects. Both this frame and The Seven Steps are versions of [7] The Mandorla frame, the seventh systems shape of the Semantic Ontology Framework (SOF).

Values and Virtues

As a fundamentally human enterprise, construction should be governed by [3] The Three Powers.

SOURCE

Creativity

Our core identity is
to be creators whose
lives are defined by
producing good
rather than by
consumption.

CYCLE

Fruitfulness

We work to express
our identity in the
fruit of our spirit,
soul, and body in a
way that benefits all
who experience it and
so that it will evolve
and grow as it spreads.

DRIVE

Sovereignty

Our species is
uniquely powerful, so
we have a destiny to
reign over our world,
not to destroy or
exploit it, but to bring
it holistic peace.

SOURCE

Planning

When defining intention, designing, and sourcing we should…

  • Maximize how many stakeholders contribute to project.
  • Promote creativity of all involved people
  • Express identity of the people in both design and sourcing
CYCLE

Production

DRIVE

Deployment

Examples

Planning: [belongs?] what if we keep an eye for sources (vendors/products) where people express themselves? This is an opportunity to connect to humanity of source-people in a deeper way. Enriches process and often makes people into advocates who are willing to unlock additional resources. Did something like this happen? Roof metal? Definitely craftsmanship of project. Dennis S. and milling (enabled by using our wood).

Connects to Source section of ATRALA. [Probably belongs below]

Progression

Like all projects built using the [7] The Mandorla frame, Construction has three phases, each focused on a particular kind of system motion: Source, Cycle, Drive. These phases are broken into seven steps and three transitions.

The complete Construction system laid out in a mandorla according to three phases based on types of motion dominant in each phase.

Planning Phase (Source)

Step 1: Intention

Intention is the Prime of a construction system. A prime is a central organizing principle which holds a whole system together with its gravity, thus unifying all the other systems that feed into construction, all the systems that work within the construction process, and all the systems the construction process impacts. It is also the purpose the system is trying to accomplish. This makes “Defining Your Intention,” as this step is called in [7] The Seven Steps, critically important. If in the course of construction, you accomplish something you did not intend or you fail to accomplish something you set out to do, the overall process may be painful and may have negative or even disastrous effects on the people involved.

For example, over 10% of couples will consider divorce while renovating their homes.1 If improving your physical home ruins you relational one, what was the point? But if you can keep in focus the intention of a renovation at every stage — like increasing the spaces where your family wants to be around each other — then it will be easier to control yourself and the process because you will be centered on that intention, weaving it into every step of the process.

  • The purpose of something must be greater than its use. While a building might hold the rain off of your head, who would want to live in a house constructed with only that idea in mind? A building, like any thing, must exist to reference a purpose larger than itself. Buildings, like all things, are used by people to accomplish something in their lives. What will the people in this building want to accomplish? Add up the totality of those things and find the highest and most unifying of these: that’s your buildings true purpose. Things designed only for use are generally poor in quality, destructive in fabrication, and easily disposable — things we all should want less of, especially important when considering the cost and size of buildings.

Example: Tent of Meeting — use. But relates to Moses meeting with God face-to-face, the center of his friendship. This idea of the tent as context for revelation/divine communication on a more practical level: Numbers 9 hints at greater purpose that fulfills the meeting idea – presence of God, which also served as means of communication of the will of God based on the movements of the cloud.

Step 2: Design (Building & Process)

Step 3: Sourcing

Transition: Pre-Build/Build Review

Production Phase (Cycle)

Step 4: Labor Management

Step 5: Procedures & Methods

Transition: Building Opening

Deployment Phase (Drive)

Step 6: Operations Review

Step 7: Construction System Refinement

Transition: Build/Growth Story

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References & Notes

  1. John Patrick Pullen, “Renovating a house can be such a nightmare that it leads over 10% of couples to consider divorce” Business Insider. Nov 14, 2017. https://www.businessinsider.com/12-of-couples-consider-divorce-when-they-are-remodeling-their-home-2017-11