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Construction Physics Table of Contents
An overview of most Construction Physics posts, organized by topic.
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Why are nuclear power construction costs so high? Part II
To briefly recap, we previously found that nuclear power construction costs in the US and around the world steadily increased from the late 1960s…
Brian Potter
Jun 24
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Why are nuclear power construction costs so high? Part I
Nuclear power currently makes up slightly less than 20% of the total electricity produced in the US, largely from plants built in the 70s and 80s…
Brian Potter
Jun 9
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Industrialized Production of Joy - Interview with Tyler Goss
This is an excerpt from a longer interview I did with Tyler Goss, a former architect who now works at AECOM, and has had a bunch of interesting roles in…
Brian Potter
Jun 2
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The Ups and Downs of Automated Code Checking Software
A recurring theme of this newsletter is that most new ideas and innovations in the construction industry have been tried, often much earlier than you…
Brian Potter
May 27
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Is There a Housing Shortage or Not?
The housing shortage in the US is a perennially popular topic of conversation for the urbanist crowd (which online includes basically everyone.) The…
Brian Potter
May 11
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Is There a Housing Shortage or Not?
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Interview with Alice Leung, VP at Brick and Mortar Ventures
This week on Construction Physics I interviewed Alice Leung. Alice is vice president of platform and product strategy at Brick and Mortar Ventures, a…
Brian Potter
May 3
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The Prefab Pivot
One of the main themes of this newsletter is that the construction process is significantly constrained by geography. For work done on-site, workers and…
Brian Potter
Apr 22
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