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Construction Conversations

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Honest, in-the-field conversations with builders, leaders, and innovators shaping the future of construction. From foremen to founders, each episode unpacks real challenges, emerging tech, and the human side of building better.

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72 episodes

  1. Ep. 67 - Why Construction Tech Fails Without People in the Room 49:22
  2. Ep. 66 - You Have to Earn the Right to Change How People Work 53:30
  3. Ep. 65 - Inside the Black Box: How Construction AI Actually Works 54:30
  4. Ep. 64 - Most GC Innovation Dies After One Job. This One Didn't. 49:56
  5. Buildots at a Billion, Autodesk's Fragmentation Problem, and a Fine Nobody Will Feel - September 2026 Reviewed as Noted 56:58
  6. Ep. 63 - Your Percent Complete Is Wrong: What Prefab Did to the Trades 54:56
  7. Ep. 62 - Most Construction Companies Aren't Businesses. They're Jobs. 54:51
  8. Ep. 61 - What Palantir Actually Sells, and Why It's Not Another App 56:44
  9. Procore Meters AI, PE Buys the Concrete, and SoftBank Bets $200M on Robots - August 2026 Reviewed as Noted 1:03:49
  10. Ep. 60 - Your Drawings, Specs and RFIs Have Never Met Each Other 52:59
  11. Ep. 59 - Ask What's Broken Before You Buy the AI: A PM's Way Out of Suck-Faster Software 1:00:05
  12. Ep. 58 - "I'm Going In Surgical": How a Traveling Super Rescues a Job That's Behind 41:41
  13. Ep. 57 - Why Contractors Can’t Afford to Skip the Contract: Bid Reviews, Clauses, and Hidden Risk 1:00:55
  14. Procore Buys DroneDeploy, New York Freezes Data Centers, and Two Opposite Junes - July 2026 Reviewed as Noted 55:27
  15. Ep. 56 - Your Data Doesn't Need to Be Perfect: How Contractors Should Actually Start with AI 1:05:09
  16. Ep. 55 - Speed vs. Quality: Commissioning Data Centers Without Compromise 43:28
  17. Ep. 54 - Lead With the Answer: How Site Leaders Lose the Room in 90 Seconds 42:22
  18. Gen Z Hits the Trades, Palantir Lands McCarthy, and the AI Software Bubble - June 2026 Reviewed as Noted 1:03:11
  19. Ep. 53 - The Best Construction Tech Rarely Wins. Here's What Does. 58:39
  20. Ep. 52 - What Field Leaders are Never Taught About Career Growth (Career Cheat Code) 1:00:44
  21. Ep. 51 - Everyone Wants the Data. Few Want to Do the BIM Work 51:18
  22. Ep. 50 - You Can't Buy Your Way Out: A Small GC, a Big GC, and the AI Reset on Construction Tech 57:59
  23. Ep. 49 - The Super Who Speaks Both Languages 41:59
  24. Ep. 48 - Digitize Your Brain Before You Retire: Construction's Coming Talent Cliff 58:16
  25. Acquisitions, The Power of Data Centers, and AI Capabilities - May 2026 Reviewed as Noted | Ep. 1 44:53
  26. Ep. 47 - Why Construction Won't Innovate: Big GCs Are in the Cash Business 1:02:23
  27. Ep. 46 - Why Most Construction Schedules Fail (And What Needs to Change) 1:01:58
  28. Ep. 45 - Construction Litigation Explained: How One Email Cost $30 Million 1:07:05
  29. Ep. 44 - What Project Teams Are Getting Wrong About AI with Tyler Campbell 55:07
  30. Ep. 43 - Your Jobsite Has a User Experience Problem With Wes Juergen 54:54
  31. Ep. 42 - The Org Chart is Killing Innovation With Charles Ma 55:33
  32. Ep. 41 - Why a ConTech VC Stopped Investing in SaaS With KP Reddy 1:00:06
  33. Ep. 40 - Your Point Solution Might Be Dead Weight: How to Layer Tech Into Your Construction Business 52:08
  34. Ep. 39 - Stop Policing Your Jobsite. Start Listening to It with Evercam 51:37
  35. Ep. 38 - An Owner Graded His Last 6 GCs. (Most of Them Failed) with Steve Little 59:54
  36. Ep. 37 - The Retirement Wave Hitting Construction: Why the Industry Can't Lose Any More Boomers with Mark Fly 44:03
  37. Ep. 36 - Is White Collar Construction Work Safe from AI? Asking for a Friend with Aaron Toppston 59:51
  38. Ep. 35 - The Easy Button Is a Lie: What AI Actually Does for Construction with Hugh Seaton 56:17
  39. Ep. 34 – Construction Workforce Crisis: The Knowledge Gap Construction Needs to Solve with Angelo Suntres 55:01
  40. Ep. 33 – Beyond the CM Fee: Why the GC Business Model Is About to Break with Victor Muchiri 51:08
  41. Ep. 32 – Where I'd Put a Billion Dollars to Fix Construction (Hint: It's Not Tech) with Fouad Khalil 57:40
  42. Ep. 31 - From Jobsite to Startup: The Hard Truth About Building Construction Tech With Cameron Page 52:01
  43. Ep. 30 - The Brutal Truth About Construction Tech Nobody Wants to Admit with Michael Zeppieri 48:29
  44. Ep. 29 - Precon in the Age of AI: What Actually Matters Now with Patrick Murphy and Jeremy Crumley 49:35
  45. Ep. 28 – Surviving the Next 5 Years: What Young PMs Must Know About AI with Dr. Sarah Buchner 49:14
  46. Ep. 27 – Leadership at Hyperscale: Why Culture Beats Process in Today's Data Centers with Tim Straub 48:55
  47. Ep. 26 – Construction Tech Masterclass: What Three Decades Teaches About Sales and Service with Al Ricci 53:13
  48. Ep. 25 - Field First, Tech Second: How BIM Became McCarthy’s Digital Backbone with Alex Belkofer 45:32
  49. Ep. 24 – Beyond Recordables: Highwire’s David Tibbetts on SIFs, Culture & Collaboration 56:58
  50. Ep. 23 - The $405M Bet: Field AI’s Plan to Robotize Construction with Stuart Maggs 56:04