About EDS Builders
Doc Smith is a member of the AIA Building Code Committee
The committee meets monthly and discusses future codes being considered for adoption, real-time case studies where codes have made an impact in a project. The Mission of the Building Code Committee is to keep the membership updated in the upcoming changes to the code, assist the governing bodies in developing the code, and educate the membership.
Doc Smith is a member of the Minneapolis Building Enclosure Council (BEC)
The purpose of the Council is to promote and encourage discussion, training, education, technology transfer, exchange information about local issues and cases, relevant weather conditions, and all matters concerning building enclosures and the related science.
EDS Builders core values and uniqueness in action.
EDS BUILDERS... CREATES SWIFT, CANDID, NO RISK COMMUNICATION: EDS Buliders believes that communication is a dialogue that can only take place when all parties trust each other enough to be candid and honest.
EDS BUILDERS... BELIEVES ACCURACY BUILDS TRUSTING RELATIONSHIPS: Primes and subs must know that you’ll “say what you’ll do and do what you say”. Trust begets commitment and commitment leads to a shared vision.
EDS BUILDERS... EXPECTS THE BEST: Creates high expectations because EDS Buliders knows that everybody wants to be proud of the work they have done, both as an individual and as part of a team.
EDS BUILDERS... CREATES A SENSE OF OWNERSHIP: When everyone is invited into the vision...commitment and ownership is much easier to establish.
EDS BUILDERS... DELIVERS SWIFT DECISIONS ON THE JOB: The ability to make decisions and answer questions on the job comes from experience and talent. The ability to make them swiftly demonstrates leadership. All members of the project team need decisions immediately.
EDS BUILDERS... BELIEVES YOU MUST INSPECT WHAT YOU EXPECT: Presence on-site sends a message to an entire project team. All members of the project team must feel comfortable that you are there and maximize their strengths as well as shore up their weaknesses.