Let's digest the root causes of this AEC's vs reward dilemma, before debating if it's possible to find a one-size-fits-all contract solution. When Owners decide that quality and reliability outwieighs bottom dollar bids, how will your business pivot to deliver more value in a future with alternative contract environments? Interviewees: Rob Fischer, Director of Membership, Construction Users Roundtable (CURT) Brittanie Campbell Turner, Managing Director & Podcast Host, Constructrr Josh Bone @...
Sep 29, 2020•36 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Let's digest the terminology of prefab, before debating if the reward is worth the risk. When Owners decide that prefabrication is the new gold standard, will you be ready to deliver? Guests: Briana Williams - StructionSite Amy Marks - Autodesk - @queenofprefab Episode Clarification: "Amy noted that since our interview, 'Intelligent Materials' has now been replaced with "Advanced Building Products" Show Note Links: Spearin Gap - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Spearin Boyde C. Pau...
Jul 22, 2020•29 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Together, we’ll digest the root causes of innovation burnout, before debating the role of culture and leadership to break through it. Ultimately, we must decide which innovation battles that are worth fighting for, and which ones need a little more time to incubate. Before investing the resources necessary to deliver innovation, ensure the cultural health of the organization is ready. Episode Guests: Tooey Courtemanche | CEO, Procore [@tooeyprocore, @ProcoreTech] Alison Hart | Project Solutions,...
Jan 16, 2020•33 min•Season 2Ep. 6
We’ll digest how measurement impacts our incentive to innovate, before debating the return on investment of learning from failures. What changes in measurement are required to drive innovation in construction? How can AEC professionals, project owner/operators, and technology solutions provide a new level of transparency and accountability to thrive in the digital age? What metrics will drive the right behavior changes and deliver measurable improvements to the bottom line? Guest Perspectives: K...
Oct 29, 2019•37 min•Season 2Ep. 5
What is the balance between talk and action to drive innovation in the AEC Industry? If innovation requires a new level of ‘coopetition’, what is the separation between transparency and intellectual property? What can AEC professionals learn from other industries about the ‘art and science’ of innovation? How must leadership adjust adjust their mindset and strategy to harness technology’s full potential? Guests Jeff Sample @ironmanofit | Director of Strategy @eSUB Travis Voss @pwrliftnerd | Tech...
Jul 31, 2019•27 min•Season 2Ep. 4
In this episode, we’ll digest the value of connected data across the design, construction, and operation phases, before we debate the challenge of delivering the right information to the r ight person at the right time. Together, we’ll understand the role of standards and contract incentives to protect our Common Data Environment (CDE) from design collaboration phase to facility operations and maintenance. Guest Perspectives: Carl Veillette [ @CarlVeillette ], VP Product, BIMTrack (@BIMTrack) Ke...
Jun 19, 2019•27 min•Season 2Ep. 3
What is an Application Programming Interface (API)? How can API integrations address our Shared Pains with manual re-entry of data from application to application? What data and process standards are required for open-API solutions to work as advertised? Who is already implementing open-API integrations? Interviewees: Jordan Hoff, PPM Manager, Trimble [@TrimbleCorpNews ] Ajoy Khrishnamoorthy, VP of Product Strategy, Vertical Construction, Acumatica [@ajoyk, @Acumatica] Jason Ramsey, Founder &...
Mar 29, 2019•28 min•Season 2Ep. 1
DIGEST: What are the different categories of diversity? DEBATE: Do we truly understand the risk of not accepting diverse opinions or ideas? DECIDE: How do we move beyond Surface Level Equality and focus on the value of Interpersonal Diversity? DELIVER: What is the role of leadership (both top-down and bottom-up) to drive this cultural transformation? Guest Perspectives: Danielle Dy Buncio, VIATechnik [ @DDyBuncio ] Tauhira Hoossainy, Milwaukee Tool [ @MilwaukeeTool ] Uchenna Okoye, Skanska USA [...
Mar 28, 2019•28 min•Season 2Ep. 2
This episode brings together a diverse group of industry and technology professionals to discuss strategies and solutions to our collective Shared Pains with data transparency and interoperability. Find out how the Construction Progress Coalition is connecting these different perspectives together around a Common Data Exchange (CDX) approach to measuring and reducing the waste an inequality that has plagued construction for generations. Jimmy Forsberg - Skanska (GC, Sweden) Mark Decker - Jacobse...
Dec 31, 2018•34 min•Season 1Ep. 6
We digest the root causes of unreliable as-builts; in order to debate which project stakeholders have the most incentive - and influence - to replace analog documentation standards with digital performance requirements. Hearing from these different perspectives, remember….the role is yours to decide which of these innovations applies to your situation, and where to begin. Guest Interviews: Allen Angle, Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) @allenangle Connor Christian, InEight @cmchristian330 Todd Sutton, Za...
Nov 27, 2018•31 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Digest - Why is there so much waste generated in the Submittal process? Debate - How technology streamline the submittal process without losing the value of their intent? Decide - Of these necessary changes to the process, what are the barriers in which we can control? What roadblocks exist externally that we cannot control? Deliver - How might a CDX Playbook help project teams communicate their unique workflow requirements through a common digital language? Guest Interviews: Brianna Halfhide, C...
Nov 02, 2018•31 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Digest - what are the root causes of late design changes? Debate - How can data and mobile collaboration help us to predict or prevent their impacts? Decide - What do you do when the contract incentive is to maximize your profit….at the project’s expense? Deliver - How might a CDX Collaboration Session between GC and impacted Trade Contractors resolve our #SharedPains of lost time and waste through the Request for Quotation (RFQ) to Potential Change Order (PCO) exchange. Guest Interviews: Myles ...
Oct 16, 2018•31 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Digest the full extent of our #SharedPains with reliable data exchanges across each delivery phase. Hear a debate from different stakeholder perspectives about their ideal solutions, and decide how best to initiate a crucial conversation with your project leader or company executive that will deliver the intended result. Digest: What data should we be collecting? Debate: Who helps or hurts our ability to track field data? Decide: How is government trying to become a part of the solution? Deliver...
Oct 02, 2018•23 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Despite all of the technology available to Architecture, Engineering, & Construction (AEC) Professionals, very little of it has proven to make a dent in Construction’s ‘Productivity Imperative’ coined by McKinsey & Co. in their 2015 market report. Our special guests are Benny Baltrotsky, Co-Founder of the Construction Open Standards Alliance (COSA) and Chief Strategy Officer for eSUB Software; and Nathan Wood, Founding Member of the Construction PDF Coalition and now Executive Director o...
Sep 18, 2018•29 min•Season 1Ep. 1
“Why does construction invest less than any other industry on new technology and innovation?” “How has this impacted our ability to improve productivity and reliability compared to manufacturing and other industries?” “How can we begin to reverse these negative trends?” If you’ve asked yourself any of these questions in your career as an Architect, Engineer, Contractor, Fabricator, Material Supplier, Technology Provider, Owner, or Operator….this podcast is for you. Each episode focus hones in on...
Sep 10, 2018•8 min
