{"id":1010,"date":"2024-12-29T08:25:16","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T08:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uni.askace.com\/ibuild\/about-2\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T05:12:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T05:12:44","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uni.askace.com\/ibuild\/welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to BUILDING Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-91b83e74 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-e6ecb224\"><h1 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">Transforming Waste<\/h1><p class=\"uagb-desc-text\"><strong>Empower your life &amp; elevate your financial prospects with creative strategies.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"right\"><button class=\"yellow\" title=\"Enroll in our comprehensive online course here\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uni.askace.com\/ibuild\/register\">Enroll Here<\/a><\/button><\/div>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In this course you will:<\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\u2022 Learn about how to make buildings from industrial waste.<br>\u2022 Learn to develop strategies for lowering your overheads.<br>\u2022 Learn about increasing income revenue streams through.<br>\u2022 Choose your course focus on either living cost reduction for you &amp; your family, or revenue growth by developing small buildings for your use.&nbsp;<br>\u2022 Learn to visualise, design &amp; action your small build plans.<\/p>\n<div class=\"homework\"><div class=\"module-1\"><div class=\"as-styles-warning\" style=\"width: 450px; background-color: #FFF; color: #F00; border: 1px solid #F00; padding: 10px; font-size: 14px;\">\n\t\t\t<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Warning: The stylesheets were not loaded!<\/span> \n\t\t\tYou will need to change the <i>Load stylesheets<\/i> setting from <i>Automatically<\/i> to <i>On homepage<\/i> or <i>On all pages<\/i>. \n\t\t\tYou can set that <a style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #F00;\" href=\"https:\/\/uni.askace.com\/ibuild\/wp-admin\/admin.php?page=accordion-slider-settings\">here<\/a>.\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"accordion-slider-2\" class=\"accordion-slider as-no-js\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 400px;\">\r\n\t<div class=\"as-panels\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"as-panel\">\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\"><strong>We discuss two major strategies in this course<\/strong> &#8211;<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. Reduce Overheads:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">Lowering your weekly living costs \u2014 also known as overheads \u2014 can significantly improve your capacity to go well in life; freeing up your time, improving your capabilities for a new focus, &amp; decreasing stress so you can strategise &amp; take action in the coming chapters of life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">The key is to create living spaces for yourself &amp; loved ones without sacrificing the quality of life. Some ways to achieve this include:<\/p>\n<li><strong>Build smaller, more easily managed buildings that you can move in to.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Asset Management<\/strong>: Remove or alter wasted spaces on your property. Repurpose oversized or cluttered spaces in your home to improve your capacity, &amp; become more efficient.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reposition yourself financially, so that you can remove bank loans &amp; other debts: <\/strong>You can replace building facilities you are using already with newly created spaces. You can add bedrooms, workshop areas, work spaces &#8211; modify your home.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Create buildings that don\u2019t need maintanence<\/strong>: Develop new buildings using new building materials &amp; industrial waste.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/uni.askace.com\/ibuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1A1BCF23-0421-4B63-90EB-42CEA07886BA_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uni.askace.com\/ibuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1A1BCF23-0421-4B63-90EB-42CEA07886BA_1_105_c.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/uni.askace.com\/ibuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1A1BCF23-0421-4B63-90EB-42CEA07886BA_1_105_c-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. Create Revenue Streams:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>You can increase revenue through small buildings that you to create. The goal is develop new income streams by extending on the facilities that you already have. Look for opportunities to diversify or expand your income sources, &amp; to create multiple streams of revenue.<\/p>\n<li><strong>Service Diversification<\/strong>: Create AirBnB\/accomodation services on your property. Add extra rooms that could be rented out or leased. Set up new facilities for art studios, meeting rooms, office spaces, or making products on your site.<\/li>\n<li>Expand the range of products or services you can offer on your site. It is usually easiest to do this by adding facilities to an existing residential or commercial property &#8211; but you can start from scratch on bare land, or improve\/rebuild existing facilities.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Up-Selling<\/strong>: Look for buildings that you can obtain &amp; rebuild.<\/li>\n<li>Sell or lease small buildings you create using the  building materials you discover. Add a lifetime value to someone else, &amp; inject some short-term funds into your world by creating a small building for sale.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Create shared facilities<\/strong>: Partner with other residential property owners or businesses to create spaces that you can run another ideas in. Business spaces, manufacturing spaces, kitchen or manufacturing facilities, etc.<\/li>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/uni.askace.com\/ibuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1A387C57-8C36-45A2-AA17-C4051DB39234_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uni.askace.com\/ibuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1A387C57-8C36-45A2-AA17-C4051DB39234_1_105_c.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/uni.askace.com\/ibuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1A387C57-8C36-45A2-AA17-C4051DB39234_1_105_c-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/uni.askace.com\/ibuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1A387C57-8C36-45A2-AA17-C4051DB39234_1_105_c-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This is an &#8216;alternative building solution&#8217; pole barn style dwelling. It has been built with new timbers, roofing &amp; cladding, new insulation &amp; plywood wall linings. But it has been completed with a lot od repurposed innovatively sourced materials. Double glazed windows &amp; doors, kitchen shelving, kitchen &amp; bathroom fittings, internal doors, &amp; much of the other material was once industrial waste, but now fits beautifully into the build; with flair &amp; style.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-8306c2ba alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-10d8021d\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-3d4c5b2e\"><h3 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">Our Mission<\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\nTo educate and empower individuals to leverage waste materials for sustainable living and income generation, creating a better future for families and communities.\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/uni.askace.com\/ibuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/8hff5CFE.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uni.askace.com\/ibuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/8hff5CFE.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/uni.askace.com\/ibuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/8hff5CFE-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/uni.askace.com\/ibuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/8hff5CFE-400x533.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/uni.askace.com\/ibuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/8hff5CFE-150x200.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-3d4c5b2e\"><h3 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">Core Values<\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\nWe value sustainability, innovation, community empowerment, and financial growth to improve living standards through resourceful building practices.\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-68fa4723\">\n<div align=\"right\"><button class=\"yellow\" title=\"Enroll in our comprehensive online course here\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uni.askace.com\/ibuild\/register\">Enroll Here<\/a><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right\"><big><u>YOU WILL LEARN<\/u><\/big><br>From our stories:<br>By writing reflections:<\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><big><u>WE WILL SHARE:<\/u><\/big><br>+ Our approach to planning<br>+ How we source industrial waste to build<br>+ The economics behind sustainable building<br>+ From examples:<br>HOW WE CREATED SMALL BUILDINGS<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-c4c67c13\"><p class=\"uagb-heading-text\">The BUILDING Initiative course focuses on innovative strategies to reduce costs and boost income through intelligent use of industrial waste for sustainable building solutions. Develop your own building initiative by learning from our ten year journey&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-a88a6894 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"module-1\"><div class=\"as-styles-warning\" style=\"width: 450px; background-color: #FFF; color: #F00; border: 1px solid #F00; padding: 10px; font-size: 14px;\">\n\t\t\t<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Warning: The stylesheets were not loaded!<\/span> \n\t\t\tYou will need to change the <i>Load stylesheets<\/i> setting from <i>Automatically<\/i> to <i>On homepage<\/i> or <i>On all pages<\/i>. \n\t\t\tYou can set that <a style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #F00;\" href=\"https:\/\/uni.askace.com\/ibuild\/wp-admin\/admin.php?page=accordion-slider-settings\">here<\/a>.\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"accordion-slider-1\" class=\"accordion-slider as-no-js\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 400px;\">\r\n\t<div 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