Mark CameronDigital Transformation in Architecture, Engineering & Construction: Take baby steps rather than a…For the past couple of years, I’ve been reading the McKinsey Global Institute reports on the state of infrastructure around the globe. What…May 9, 2018May 9, 2018
Mark CameronBeauty in Design…..(really?)Is there really beauty in the design of civil infrastructure? You bet! but you have to look hard to appreciate the elegant beauty of the…Aug 29, 2017Aug 29, 2017
Mark Cameroninthesmart.ioWe are KindredDRACULA: You are magnificent. BUFFY: I bet you say that before you bite all the girls. DRACULA: No, you are different. Kindred. BUFFY…Jul 26, 2017Jul 26, 2017
Mark CameronThe WHY mattersWhat makes you excited? What drives you on to make it through a long and complex project? Is it a great leader who inspires, a fantastic…Jul 15, 2017Jul 15, 2017
Mark Cameroninthesmart.ioThe Why MattersWhat makes you excited? What drives you on to make it through a long and complex project? Is it a great leader who inspires, a fantastic…Jul 15, 2017Jul 15, 2017
Mark Cameroninthesmart.ioStop re-work. Open source your designsIn a nutshell, my work as a Civil designer relies on having access to a toolbox of standard components. These components form the common…Apr 11, 2017Apr 11, 2017
Mark Cameroninthesmart.ioIs too much freedom a bad thing?Remember the old days when file names had to be short? I do, and it certainly was frustrating. But was that because I was a messy filer…Apr 5, 2017Apr 5, 2017
Mark Cameroninthesmart.ioIf its not good. It failsIs a purely functional product going to be successful? Why does good product have to involve an element of ‘pretty’?Jan 17, 2017Jan 17, 2017
Mark Cameroninthesmart.ioAutomating infrastructure designWho doesn’t love the old 80’s and 90’s sci-fi movies like Tron & Lawnmower Man? Work would be computers with no keyboards, no mouse & no…Jan 15, 2017Jan 15, 2017
Mark Cameroninthesmart.ioBetter to have loved and lost vs the fear of losing.Lord Alfred Tennyson quipped the lines fantastic “Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all”. I guess he was waxing…Jan 3, 2017Jan 3, 2017