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Constructed Futures

Hugh Seaton•constructedfutures.com
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A weekly conversation about the future of our built environment, featuring outside experts and seasoned leaders in construction, architecture and more.
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Larry Aoun: Managing Specifications & Owner Requirements at Gilbane

Larry Aoun is a project manager at Gilbane Building Company, where he'll oversee the process of bringing in customer requirements, turning those into logs, running the job then finally handing over the project to the owner. We discuss progress of digitizing this process. A fantastic view into how projects are run and what goes into making sure that requirements are communicated, managed and tracked across a project's lifecycle.

Sep 16, 2021•30 min•Ep. 68

Caleb Taylor: Upgrading Contractor CRM and Closeouts with Buildr

At the end of every construction project, files, warranties, and other materials need to be handed over to the owner - a process that is often difficult, expensive and hard to do satisfactorily. In today's hyper competitive construction market, solid handovers can be a competitive advantage, and Buildr was designed to make that easy and efficient. Co-founder Caleb Taylor takes us through their process and the launch of their new CRM for new business at Buildr.

Sep 07, 2021•30 min•Ep. 65

Brian Perlberg: Disrupting Construction Contracts at ConsensusDocs

Contracts are at the heart of construction projects, and often are the source of inefficiencies and ultimately litigation. Brian Perlberg, Executive Director and Senior Counsel of ConsensusDocs, walks us through how they're making better contracts, creating new contracts that empower innovations like BIM, Design-Build and more, and are formed from a huge coalition of contractors, technologists, trades and more.

Aug 26, 2021•32 min•Ep. 63

David Basiji: Next Generation Pipe Fabrication at Pypeserver

Fabrication of construction materials continues to evolve, becoming more and more efficient, accurate and effective. Pypeserver has developed their own proprietary file formats, processes and software to push the envelope and provide best in class fabrication. David shares his thoughts on fabrication, and introduces the idea of a 'well constructed point solution.'

Aug 04, 2021•30 min•Ep. 59

Mark Oden: Building World Class BIM Services at BIM Designs

BIM is critical to most construction workflows - as expectations for quality BIM work continue to grow, companies like BIM Designs help owners and contractors to handle the work. Mark Oden shares how his team have built a world class, union-centric BIM detailing crew.

Jul 20, 2021•28 min•Ep. 57

Rick Bawcum: Creating a World-Class Standards API for Crosswalk by CSI

CSI has been the steward and producer of the MasterFormat, UniFormat and OmniClass standards for decades. CSI now makes these available digitally through an API. Rick takes us through the value of the API and its unique "crosswalking" functionality, as well as what it takes to make a truly world-class API.

Jul 19, 2021•28 min•Ep. 56

Matt Edwards: Little Robot Helpers That Work For You With Nyfty.ai

Construction projects are full of repetitive, tedious, but necessary tasks, like filing daily reports, administering orientations, and so on. Nyfty.ai creates 'bots' that handle critical tasks like these, and leverages powerful natural language understanding to make interacting with these bots fast and easy. As more and more processes digitize, understanding how to automate these processes will be critical.

Jul 13, 2021•33 min•Ep. 55

James Swanston: Getting Serious About Construction Logistics with Voyage Control

Supply chain and Logistics are one of the more complex parts of any operation, and construction is especially complex. James Swanston applies critical lessons learned in a military career to the problems of logistics in construction, and gives us some ideas for where supply chain and logistics will evolve in the future.

Jul 08, 2021•33 min•Ep. 53

Jeff Sample: Communication is the Key to Pre-Construction with Join

More and more attention is being paid to preconstruction processes. Jeff Sample, head of communications at Join, explains that the key missing ingredient in many preconstruction processes is effective communication amongst different teams. Join was designed to provide the tools and platform to facilitate those communications.

Jul 06, 2021•32 min•Ep. 52

Ronen Vengosh: Secure & Control Critical Content with Egnyte

Sharing files easily, securely, instantly on a jobsite is not easy. Doing so with uneven WiFi can be even harder. Egnyte's Ronen Vengosh explains how they keep files secure, what it takes to help their clients with cybersecurity, and some of the cool file sharing features that Engyte offers.

Jun 24, 2021•23 min•Ep. 50

Scott Ellison: An Investor's View of Construction Technology Startups

Scott Ellison has invested in a number of contech startups, and is actively involved in the space. We talked about his "respect/disrupt" ratio, and how some of the unique aspects of the construction industry affect technology adoption, startups and the future of the industry. A great set of perspectives for startups, investors and innovation teams.

Jun 14, 2021•27 min•Ep. 47

Peyton Kringlie: Developing a Cybersecurity Practice at LS Black Constructors

LS Black, a general contractor based in Minneapolis, has needed to be at the forefront of construction cybersecurity because of government contracts. Peyton Kringlie is one of the team members driving the development of sophisticated cybersecurity practices and policies throughout the company. Peyton shares some great lessons learned for other contractors starting a similar journey.

Jun 07, 2021•32 min•Ep. 45

Carl Ericson: What Digital Twins do For Owners, at Augmented Construction

Why should owners care about digital twins? Actually lots of reasons, and Augmented Construction's Carl Ericson takes us through a number of them. From scope certainty, to future changes to really understanding what their building will look and feel like, digital twins offer a powerful set of benefits for owners. Learn more at: http://augmentedconstructioninc.com/

May 27, 2021•34 min•Ep. 44

Brett Settles: Advancing BIM and VDC Workflows with Revizto

Revizto was made to open up BIM and VDC workflows for greater collaboration among the entire team, not just Revit users. Brett Settles brings his years of experience in VDC to our conversation to explain past and current issues, and how Revizto addresses them. Our conversation also covered the interesting idea of technology getting out ahead of management, and their need to understand what is being produced and used - Revizto helps with this issue as well.

May 25, 2021•32 min•Ep. 43

Frederic Guitton: Construction Management Software for the Mid-Tier with Red Team

Red Team started within a mid-tier construction company, and has grown over the years to address the distinct needs of this market segment. Frederic Guitton, Red Team's Chief Revenue Officer, shares his insights about Construction's mid-market, and how Red Team addresses those needs. Learn more at: https://www.redteam.com/

May 24, 2021•32 min•Ep. 42
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