BuiltQuik rebuilds with UOW
The BuiltQuik team rebuilds with their University of Wollongong research team to developed a supply chain model for their modular housing systems that is changing communities and the world.
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So so when I was about eight years old i
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moved on to a big shed
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on my father's property with my brothers
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and my dad and myself
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it was very humbling because it helped
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us appreciate the basics of having a
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roof over our head
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and that's actually where the first
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models were started
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before the Builtquik frames
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so my father bruce has always been a
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crazy inventor who's always had crazy
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ideas
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but he did not have the ability himself
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to turn it into a business
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so that's where my brother Hayden took
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it on himself to go and do an MBA
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and from there we got funding we
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developed and patented
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the housing product
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these days my dad and brothers and
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myself are all running
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businesses together developing
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construction products and
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systems for bridges and housing the
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whole philosophy behind
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all of our businesses products is to
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support regional installation regional
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jobs
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in northern territory the current
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delivery method for housing is through
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tenders
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there isn't much consultation in
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community
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on country with the tenants that are
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going to be living in the houses or the
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elders of those communities
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and it was only after we started to
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actually develop our
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stakeholder network and relationships
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with local aboriginal corporations and
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cultural consultants up
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in the top end that we started to really
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understand the needs and
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refine the product to suit those needs
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if our
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product was to be delivered into these
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remote communities
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the whole business that delivered that
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needed to be community-led
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we also had to look at the supply chain
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in detail to understand
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how we could engage with local
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businesses to support local employment
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so as a small business trying to achieve
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such a grand vision
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we recognized quite quickly that we
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needed the credibility
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of an academic institution such as the
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University of Wollongong
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so when Hayden and I first met Tillman
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the moment we met him
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he took the challenge on for himself
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it was really a very innovative concept
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that they've presented
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and they were looking for a researcher
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that can help them with developing and
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refining their business model
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as well as developing a supply-chain
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solution
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the deliverables from the collaboration
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we're really focused on
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having a turnkey solution for both the
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community's expectations of the product
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but as well as at the northern territory
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government and the federal government's
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requirements
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to actually fund our housing which makes
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the business model for the communities
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viable
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the aspect that I brought in is tillman really
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see build quick as a service provider
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to community moving it from a frame
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manufacturing business
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to a licensing ip business
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so then we actually license our
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technology to the communities
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directly the frame is also a vehicle for
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for job creation and skill development
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instead of just delivering product that
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we supply we actually train people to
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deliver the product themselves so you
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don't have people flying in
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and flying out building houses you
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develop skills long term
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to create sustainable housing
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when we're designing supply chain we're
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actually designing a system
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we're looking at it it's like
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reshuffling the parts
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rather than just being a product which
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is shipped out
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that used simple walls we don't provide
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walls because
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regionally available materials can be
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used as your wall
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the fit out and the design of the
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central frame is left to the community
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they can
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determine how they want to live their
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life the fabrication is done by
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indigenous fabricators so the end-to-end
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physical supply chain is owned by the
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indigenous communities
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supply chain concepts embedded is mass
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customization
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i had a whole team working on this
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project as well
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colleagues from IT joining students
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from the Masters of Science
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so it was a real team effort
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the main reason Tillman helped to make
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the concept viable was to
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refine the details and to identify the
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necessary
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elements of the system which still
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needed development we have then been
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able to go
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back up to northern territory and
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establish relationships to fill in
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those certain parts of the model with
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local
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partners local businesses to provide all
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of the supplier capabilities that would
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actually
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be the turnkey delivery partners for
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remote community delivery of housing
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upon completion of the Tech Voucher we
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had a roadmap to
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the commercialization of the system
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fairly soon after we've completed the
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initial phase
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it got really silent
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and then the tragic news hit us that
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Hayden passed away
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unexpectedly due to a heart condition in
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Sydney the last time I saw Hayden was
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actually
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in this building where we were having a
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meeting to
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sort of evolve the database project it's
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really
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hard to talk about a like how can you
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focus
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when your life just changed forever so
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it's been quite hard getting back on the
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horse per se
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because we established this mentoring
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relationship
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early on it continued
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and it got very personal at some point
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gentleman has been absolutely
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instrumental to my healing
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and supporting what needed to be done
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getting done
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we found ourselves having the network
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that we were trying to support
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up north and around here locally
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turn around and support us he realized
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himself that
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what we've been working on is larger
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than himself
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when you've worked with someone to
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create a dream that they won't see
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that's what hurts the most I won't rest
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until that
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dream is a reality
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when we finished the initial
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collaboration it really was
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the end of the development phase of our
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business and the beginning of
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the commercialization of our designs
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what we're doing is we're designed a
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Supply-chain in theory
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and now it's about implementing it
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testing it and make it work in practice
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there's this strong belief in the
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solution
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and we continue working together looking
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for the next round of funding
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we've had so much support from
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government industry
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communities and it's an obvious paradigm
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shift it's an obvious
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step change but not one of us can get
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there individually
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we have to all get there as a collective
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i think earthquake's future looks bright
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they have
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a great product with a great business
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model
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because it's modeled on a 20-foot
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container you can provide shelter
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homes and economic stimulation anywhere
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in the world
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basically, it's going to change the world
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thanks for coming
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anyway
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you