Meet Michael Strong, Senior Project Manager at Pankow Builders, and find out how a summer construction job turned into a 20+ year career in green-building! From NetZero schools in California to prefabricated custom homes, Michael is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to all building and project types. We discuss the environmental, health, and cost benefits of a truly integrative approach to building that is vastly different than the traditional Design/Bid/Build method. Michael gives examples of how he’s been able to work with owners and clients to develop smarter, healthier, higher-performing homes and buildings and what it means to think "Beyond the Building". Michael's Bio:Flip the Curve. Transform the Industry. See the Possibilities. Be a Lean Leader. These are my “Whys”.As the Sr. Project Manager, I am the quintessential project Team Leader. I collaborate; work tirelessly as a Client Advocate, I put people first and focus on changing the process to serve the stakeholders. There are no sacred cows as I strive to achieve the impossible, the “never before considered”, to beat the budget and meet the schedule.It helps that I understand how to build a building–not just how a building is built. I have poured concrete, framed walls, floors, ceiling and roofs, windows & doors, laid shingles and brick, hung drywall, built cabinets, kicked carpet, pulled electrical and more. In short, I understand the limitations; pressures and challenges of working in the field. And I understand that successful communication in the field, as in the office, is one of the primary reasons project succeed.Fortunately, communication remains the strongest of my assets. Having been a leading radio personality and TV actor, I am comfortable in front of a microphone or camera, on a job site speaking to 100+ laborers or on stage at a conference. I love motivating the project team at the punch stage of a project bringing it across the finish line! Teaching others is one of my greatest rewards!  Show Notes:New Buildings Institute - https://newbuildings.org/