Let's Fix Construction dot com is an avenue to offer creative solutions, separate myths from facts and erase misconceptions about the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry.
What started over a casual conversation on August 15, 2016 has turned into a website featuring solution-based articles contributed by dozens of AEC industry professionals, a podcast and live workshops and education delivered across the United States and most recently, Canada.
Self-funded and self-founded by Eric D. Lussier of Precision Athletic Surfaces of Vermont and Cherise Lakeside, Specifier for LSW Architects of Vancouver, Washington, they decided to do more than just gripe about the issues plaguing AEC. Their joint effort is to improve the image of our industry by tackling the problems that we face daily.
LFC offers a free medium to share construction industry knowledge on their flagship blog to any writer that would like to contribute an article. The necessity to confront construction concerns face-to-face led to the original ‘Let’s Fix Construction’ workshop, which made its debut in July 2017, just before appearing at CONSTRUCT in Providence, Rhode Island in September.
Coupled with ‘She’s a Specifier, He’s a Product Rep: Different Roles, Same Goals’, ‘Specs 101’, ‘Social Media & the AEC Industry’ and more, Eric and Cherise have presented in Arlington, VA, Las Vegas, Biloxi, MS, Frisco, TX and Edmonton, Alberta, among other locations since CONSTRUCT 2017. Next up is an appearance at the 2018 AIA Conference on Architecture in New York City in June.
The lack of proper training and educational offerings for building product marketers, including architectural specification knowledge, is one of the next items to be tackled by Eric and Cherise. Should you wish to help Let’s Fix Construction dot com on their Total World Domination mission or want to host a workshop, drop them a message at [email protected]