Podcasts about Handover

"My data is too messy for AI."We hear it on almost every call. Barry Chiu thinks it's the wrong way round.Consider this a contractor's guide to data and AI.Nobody has clean data at the raw level. Not one contractor.You can't know how bad yours is until it's all in one place and you can put the systems side by side.When you find that job numbers don't match across two systems, that's your first win, not a setback.His line on it: "you're already a step ahead of a lot of people, because people are not even aware of how bad the data is."Waiting until your data is clean means waiting forever.In today's episode of Bricks & Bytes, we sit down with Barry Chiu, CEO and co-founder of Kroo, to unpack why the obsession with "clean data" is holding contractors back from using AI.Full episode out on YouTube and Spotify! Link in comments.#construction #constructiontech #ai #aec #bricksandbytesOur Sponsors:BreadCrumb- 50,000+ projects globally. All running safer, faster, with Breadcrumb. - breadcrumb.coAphex is the multiplayer planning platform where construction teams plan together, stay aligned, and deliver projects faster – check out aphex.coArchdesk - “The #1 Construction Management Software for Growing Companies - Manage your projects from Tender to Handover” check archdesk.com00:00 Intro01:12 How the company grew and where it is now03:39 What AI actually does in construction tech today06:54 Why construction data is useless without context09:13 Connecting data across your project systems10:08 Sponsors13:09 Real customer examples of unified project data15:33 Why construction data management is so hard18:05 AI readiness: what you need in place first23:24 How to build a strong construction data foundation24:37 Data permissions and security in construction software26:24 Should you use third-party data tools?28:41 Why subcontractors are winning with tech29:59 Data sovereignty and competitive advantage explained31:07 How to get real value out of your data32:59 Questions to ask a software vendor before you buy34:52 What's next for Crew and AI in construction

Viola Morris and Muqdad Al Ghalebi are contesting the General Secretary and Assistant General Secretary positions (along with 20 Councillors) on a ticket to run in the upcoming NSW Nurses and Midwives Association elections. A contested election at the NSW branch of the nurses and midwives union hasn't occurred in 23 years!Candidates Viola and Muqdad spoke to Peter Lammiman on Rights, Rorts and Rants on Sept 4 2026 about the inadequate salary, conditions and WHS issues challenging their profession in NSW which prompted them to step up, organise a ticket and run for election. Their campaign is called "Time for handover" and is on social media. The radio show was first broadcast on Radio Blue Mountains 89.1 FM on 4 September 2026 by Blue Mountains Unions & Community (BMUC) and presented by Merran Maclaren.If you'd like to add to the discussion, you can ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠leave an audio comment about our show⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, which may be added to one of our podcasts.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apply to be a guest on our radio show⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Rights, Rorts and Rants on Radio Blue Mountains 89.1FM, Fridays from 4pm to 6pm or livestreamed via ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠rbm.org.au.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join a union - 1300 486 466 or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠join online⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  Join ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BMUC⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Blue Mountains Unions & Community pays its respect to and acknowledges, the Darug and Gundungurra First Peoples of the Blue Mountains area and acknowledges this is Aboriginal Land that was never ceded.Disclaimer: Rights, Rorts and Rants explores a range of issues from different perspectives. The views expressed on the show and podcast are not necessarily endorsed by Blue Mountains & Community.   

Anthropic's own alignment lead says there's a greater than 10% chance AI kills us all within a decade.He was backing up a researcher who'd just quit the company over exactly that.On this episode of Bricks, Bucks & Bytes, we read the entire doomsday scenario out loud: the data centres, the autonomous research, the whole thing. Then we picked it apart.Martin's take: it's a fairy tale that conveniently justifies more regulation. Dustin's take: the AI can't even build its own infrastructure without us, so who's actually building the robots to run it?Bernie Sanders wants to ban superintelligence outright. Anthropic's own safety lead admits nobody has a plan to stop it either way.Full breakdown in the episode..#ai #bricksbucksandbytes #constructiontech #bricksandbytesChapters00:00 Intro01:16 AI Extinction Risk: Are We Really in Danger?04:19 How AI Could Actually Wipe Out Humanity07:18 AI vs Architects: The Commoditization Threat10:18 Can AI Ever Be Truly Creative?13:11 AI, Laziness and the Erosion of Critical Thinking16:12 OpenAI's Astra: Designing Full Homes with AI27:38 $616M Funding Boom in AEC Startups30:34 Why Foundational Models Threaten Construction Startups33:17 VCs Pile Into Physical AI and Robotics35:57 Europe's Construction Industry in Freefall37:50 Rising Interest Rates Crush UK Housebuilders41:25 AI, the Fed and the Next Economic Crisis44:50 Apple's $2,000 Folding iPhone Verdict

"I think what dies is when you have someone show up and they don't actually understand the problem they're solving and they can't relate to a builder."That's Brett Dahmer, CFO of Performance Contracting Group, on what actually kills a vendor pitch inside a 60+ office, employee owned specialty contractor.We sat down with Brett for a rare finance side view of ConTech decisions. He walked us through:BarrierCube Ventures, PCG's own venture arm, and why a contractor started writing cheques into startupsThe Track3D investment, and what happens when you're both a startup's investor and its biggest customerThe line KP Reddy gave him early on that he still uses to size up every founderBrett's quick fire answer on ROI in construction tech is worth the listen alone. A vendor once quoted him a figure for a company he knows personally, and it didn't hold up.Full episode live on Youtube and Spotify. #aec #bricksandbytes #construction #constructiontech #vcOur Sponsors:BreadCrumb- 50,000+ projects globally. All running safer, faster, with Breadcrumb. - breadcrumb.coAphex is the multiplayer planning platform where construction teams plan together, stay aligned, and deliver projects faster – check out aphex.coArchdesk - “The #1 Construction Management Software for Growing Companies - Manage your projects from Tender to Handover” check archdesk.comChapters00:00 Intro01:00 Introduction to Brett Dahmer and Performance Contracting03:53 The Role of Technology in Construction08:51 Establishing a Venture Arm: Barrier Cube Ventures11:30 CFO Perspectives on Technology Investments17:19 Investing in Track Free D: A Case Study22:43 The Dual Role: Investor and Customer26:19 Challenges in Selling Technology to PCG26:49 Understanding the Pain Points in Problem Solving28:01 The Importance of Humility in Innovation29:57 Navigating Technology Implementation in Construction33:12 Consolidation of Technology for Efficiency35:13 Exploring Robotics and Automation in Construction37:32 Evaluating New Solutions: The First Questions40:12 The Role of Empathy in Founders' Pitches42:40 Reflecting on Investment Trends in Construction Tech45:37 Challenges of Fragmentation in the Construction Industry

700 AI agents hacked Hugging Face.They built a secret notice board inside OpenAI's own infrastructure, swapped over 70,000 messages on it, split the work between them and then tried to cover their tracks.The headlines called it a warning shot for humanity.So we asked two people who actually deploy this stuff inside construction what it means for us.Alain Waha, CTO at Buro Happold: "It's PR gold and it's sales gold."Dustin DeVan, CEO at Ediphi: "I think that there's probably a bit of fear mongering."Their view: the vendors who created the agents now get to sell you agents to defend against agents. Convenient.The part that should actually bother a contractor is smaller. The agents got in using leaked passwords they found online. Count how many logins your project teams hold across estimating, PM, document control and the rest. That is the exposure.And then the flip side, which is where the episode gets interesting.✅ An agent with infinite time will read a six week bid pack more completely than any human ever has (Alain) ✅ Preconstruction is a capital allocation equation, and most of the industry still treats it as "ingest a design and price it" (Dustin) ✅ Give an agent the wrong goal and it cheats. Give it the right one and it finds the complexity in your design that never needed to be thereJake Olsen from Stratus joins for the second half on why data centres are forcing MEP contractors to become manufacturers whether they like it or not.Full episode live on Youtube and Spotify. Link in comments.#bricksbucksandbytes #constructiontech #ai #aec #constructionOur Sponsors:BreadCrumb- 50,000+ projects globally. All running safer, faster, with Breadcrumb. - breadcrumb.coAphex is the multiplayer planning platform where construction teams plan together, stay aligned, and deliver projects faster – check out aphex.coArchdesk - “The #1 Construction Management Software for Growing Companies - Manage your projects from Tender to Handover” check archdesk.comChapters00:00 Intro01:11 OpenAI AI Agents Hack Hugging Face Explained02:03 How 700 AI Agents Breached Hugging Face05:01 AI Cyber Attacks: Real Threat or PR Gold?07:39 AI Fear Mongering, Regulation and Big Tech10:36 Anthropomorphism: Do AI Agents Think Like Humans?13:23 AI Agents in Construction Bidding and Preconstruction15:53 Preconstruction as Capital Allocation (IPD Explained)18:32 Human in the Loop: Generative Design and Cost21:23 Solow Paradox: Why Construction Software Costs Keep Rising24:07 Why AI Adoption Fails in Construction Companies26:53 Sam Altman iPhone Moment, Point Solutions vs Platforms32:32 Stratus: MEP Fabrication Software Explained34:07 Why Data Centers Are Driving Prefab Construction38:44 Industrialized Construction: Will Contractors Go Back?41:42 Goldbeck Mortenson Joint Venture and the Future of MEP49:20 a16z MEP Thesis: Is Revit Really Outdated?55:26 Revit vs Fabrication Design: LOD 400 and PLM

"If you're considered a feature, you're dead."Klas Berghede has spent nearly twenty years at Boldt, a 100% employee owned contractor that has been building since 1889.We asked him whether there is still room for point solutions in construction tech.He said the door is closing.Adoption of AI across the industry is high. Measured improvement is close to zero. McKinsey's latest numbers back him up.Klas reckons roughly half the cost of a complex American build is no longer labour or material. It's the coordination around it.The near term winners will own a whole workflow end to end, not one clever step inside it.Half of ConTech will hate this. The other half already knew.In this episode of Bricks & Bytes, Klas argues that construction has an addiction to solving complex problems with complex solutions, that the industry starts every project from scratch and expects to improve anyway, and that the labour shortage is not the biggest problem we have.Episode out on Youtube and Spotify.#bricksandbytes #bricksbytes #aec #constructiontech #aiOur Sponsors:BreadCrumb- 50,000+ projects globally. All running safer, faster, with Breadcrumb. - breadcrumb.coAphex is the multiplayer planning platform where construction teams plan together, stay aligned, and deliver projects faster – check out aphex.coArchdesk - “The #1 Construction Management Software for Growing Companies - Manage your projects from Tender to Handover” check archdesk.comChapters00:00 Intro01:10 Quick-fire round02:10 Construction's addiction to complex solutions03:33 Who is Bolt? 135 years, employee-owned, self-performing05:32 Inside the data center boom08:55 Data centers and rebuilding the power grid11:12 Inelastic buyers and the scramble for equipment14:45 What industrialized construction really means20:07 The 80/20 rule and the industrialized continuum24:04 AI: better, or just busier?29:13 Workflows over data, and the "definition of insanity"34:16 Why doesn't the whole industry go industrialized?38:24 Is there still room for point solutions?44:12 The flood of copycat AI tools48:43 The real problem isn't the labor shortage54:40 Why projects keep getting more complex56:58 Advice to leaders: never do it twice from scratch

Bill Gates says robots will take construction jobs by 2030. Dustin DeVan offered to bet his entire net worth against it.In this episode of Bricks, Bucks & Bytes, Owen, Dustin and Martin pull apart the 6,000 word essay Gates published this week and ask the question nobody in construction wants to answer out loud: if AI is making everyone so much more productive, why has nobody's headcount actually gone down? What they get into:Why Bill Gates thinks construction and hospitality roles shift to robots by 2030, and why the panel thinks he's wrongMeta's own internal numbers: code changes up 220%, features that reached users up just 36%, security incidents up 40%The Architecture Billings Index at 46.6, the longest slump since records began in 1995, and what it says about 2027California's new sales tax on software and what it does to the cost of running a business#aec #construction #tech #contechOur Sponsors:BreadCrumb- 50,000+ projects globally. All running safer, faster, with Breadcrumb. - breadcrumb.coAphex is the multiplayer planning platform where construction teams plan together, stay aligned, and deliver projects faster – check out aphex.coArchdesk - “The #1 Construction Management Software for Growing Companies - Manage your projects from Tender to Handover” check archdesk.comChapters00:00 Intro01:00 Why AI Job Loss Predictions Keep Missing01:49 Bill Gates AI Essay Explained: Which Jobs Disappear First03:48 Can AI Hack Real Systems? Gates on Cybersecurity Risk06:37 Will Robots Replace Construction Workers by 2030?09:35 AI Companions and Teen Mental Health: The 72% Problem12:14 Meta $18 Billion Settlement: What It Means for TikTok and YouTube17:38 California SB 122: The New Sales Tax on SaaS28:30 Why Free Government Services Are Never Free30:40 Will Businesses Leave California Over Taxes?31:21 Architecture Billings Index 46.6: The Longest Slump on Record35:08 Data Centers vs Everything Else: The Construction Split41:40 How to Hire Software Engineers: In-House vs Agency47:18 Can You Rebuild an Estimating Platform with AI?

Michael Adams, Creator and host of the Forgotten Australia podcast, joins Philip Clark on Nightlife for another terrific historical flashback.

“We never use the word AI anywhere. You're saying we're an AI company, not me.”Mo Akbari-Hochberg built HoloBuilder and sold it to FARO. Now he is back with BuildCrew, a preconstruction platform backed by Khosla Ventures that uses digital workers to help contractors with estimating, trade scoping, bid levelling and preconstruction RFIs.In this episode, Mo explains why he believes 99% of construction AI teams do not properly understand the technology they are building with, why access to the same AI models does not produce the same results and what contractors should look for when buying AI software.We also discuss how BuildCrew can produce a rough order of magnitude estimate in 4 to 5 hours, compare 10 electrical bids in around 20 minutes and identify gaps across construction drawings and project documents.

After more than 2,700 episodes of the Packernet morning show, Ryan Schlipp is stepping back. This short announcement episode lays out a full restructuring of the daily lineup while Ryan thanks the listeners who've been there through every evolution of the show. Key Discussion Points Ryan is stepping away from the morning show after 2,726 Packernet episodes and 926 Packernet After Dark episodes A brand-new morning show is launching (not hosted by Ryan); Sal stays at noon and Tundra around 3 p.m. Packernet After Dark continues with Sal handling fan responses — if the audience still wants to participate The YouTube channel is being handed over to Ryan's son for live streams, possible pre-game tailgates, and a studio refresh Music stays in the mix, with potential new live-stream ideas still being worked out

After more than 2,700 episodes of the Packernet morning show, Ryan Schlipp is stepping back. This short announcement episode lays out a full restructuring of the daily lineup while Ryan thanks the listeners who've been there through every evolution of the show. Key Discussion Points Ryan is stepping away from the morning show after 2,726 Packernet episodes and 926 Packernet After Dark episodes A brand-new morning show is launching (not hosted by Ryan); Sal stays at noon and Tundra around 3 p.m. Packernet After Dark continues with Sal handling fan responses — if the audience still wants to participate The YouTube channel is being handed over to Ryan's son for live streams, possible pre-game tailgates, and a studio refresh Music stays in the mix, with potential new live-stream ideas still being worked out

A @Christadelphians Video: [Actual, provable Bible Truth] We are delving into one of the most thought-provoking and insightful prophetic threads in all of Scripture. This expositional study on the 1260-year dominion of the Little Horn is outstanding in its clarity, revealing how Bible prophecy maps perfectly onto the timeline of history. Join us for a wonderful journey through the books of Daniel and Revelation as we uncover the identity of this power and witness God's sovereign hand at work.In this powerful session, we trace the prophetic timeline from the height of the Roman Empire, through its fragmentation, and the subsequent rise of a unique religious-political power. We analyse the principle of prophecy by repetition and expansion, showing how God highlights what truly matters. Witness the historical shift from persecution to imperial favour under Constantine, the church's embrace of political power, and the incredible fulfilment of Daniel's vision. From the breaking up of Rome to the rise of the Papacy and its remarkable domination, we prove that history is simply prophecy unveiled.**Chapters:**00:00 - Introduction & The Principle of Repetition in Prophecy04:45 - The Foundation: Nebuchadnezzar's Image (Daniel 2)06:00 - The Fourth Beast of Daniel 7: The Roman Empire10:00 - The Historical Fly-Through: From Pagan Rome to Constantine13:30 - Constantine's Influence and the Politicisation of the Church19:30 - The Splitting of the Empire & The Rise of the Ten Horns22:00 - Identifying the Little Horn: The Papal Power25:30 - The Pompous Words & Historical Claims of the Papacy28:00 - The Handover of Authority (AD 538) & The Key Historical Anchors31:30 - The Rise of the Holy Roman Empire & The Two Beasts37:00 - The Humiliation of Kings (The Road to Canossa)39:30 - The Persecution of the Saints & The Inquisition42:00 - The Turning Point: The French Revolution & The Rise of Napoleon44:30 - The End of Temporal Power (1798 & 1870) & Conclusion46:50 - Looking Ahead to Part Two & Call to Action**Bible Verse Category:**

APAC stocks were mixed as the region attempted to shrug off the broadly negative handover from Wall Street; European equity futures indicate an uneventful open.In FX, DXY marginally softened, and USD/JPY was choppy overnight following the mostly in-line Japanese inflation data for July.10yr UST futures lingered around the prior day's trough, Bund futures mildly retreated, and 10yr JGB futures tracked previous declines in global peers.Crude futures were contained overnight amid a lack of major fresh developments; spot gold resumed its recent choppy performance above the USD 4,500/oz level.Looking ahead, highlights include Global S&P Flash PMIs (Aug), UK Retail Sales (Jul), PSNB (Jul), EU Negotiated Wage Growth (Q2), Canadian Retail Sales (Jun), EU Consumer Confidence Flash (Aug), BoC SLOS (Q2). Credit rating updates from Fitch on Poland, Moody's on the Netherlands and Sweden.Read the full report covering Equities, Forex, Fixed Income, Commodites and more on Newsquawk

We spoke to Kevin Peterson this week. He runs the tech at Bedrock Robotics.He told us their control room "looks like StarCraft, actually."You click on an excavator on a screen and give it a job. Then it just digs. Nobody sitting in it.This went live on real customer sites on Monday.The same day, a company called Gravis Robotics got $200 million from SoftBank.We asked Kevin about the timing. Nobody seems to know.Full chat with Kevin and Alain is out now on Bricks Bucks and Bytes.#bricksbucksandbytes #bricksandbytes #aec #constructiontech #aiOur Sponsors:BreadCrumb- 50,000+ projects globally. All running safer, faster, with Breadcrumb. - breadcrumb.coAphex is the multiplayer planning platform where construction teams plan together, stay aligned, and deliver projects faster – check out aphex.coArchdesk - “The #1 Construction Management Software for Growing Companies - Manage your projects from Tender to Handover” check archdesk.comChapters00:00 Intro00:55 Construction Autonomy's Biggest Week04:25 Bedrock Robotics Goes Fully Autonomous + Gravis $200M SoftBank Round06:54 Why Autonomous Machines Took 25 Years to Arrive09:52 How Waymo Technology Made Jobsite Autonomy Possible12:50 What Does Fully Autonomous Actually Mean?16:06 Who Is Investing in Construction Robotics (SoftBank, CapitalG, NVIDIA)18:59 Autonomous Excavation vs Excavators: The Real Market22:01 Kevin Peterson Interview: No Driver, No Operator, No Oversight24:48 Bedrock vs Gravis: The Autonomy Race Heats Up28:01 Self-Driving Cars vs Construction: Which Is Harder?31:42 How Autonomous Excavators Handle Safety on Site33:39 Training an Excavator Like an LLM: Physical AI Explained36:44 Orchestrating Machine Fleets on Construction Sites39:10 Why Construction Sites Break Self-Driving Logic44:33 World Models, Procore DroneDeploy Deal & AI Consolidation51:16 Will AI Replace Construction Consultants?

A @Christadelphians Video: [Actual, provable Bible Truth] We are delving into one of the most thought-provoking and insightful prophetic threads in all of Scripture. This expositional study on the 1260-year dominion of the Little Horn is outstanding in its clarity, revealing how Bible prophecy maps perfectly onto the timeline of history. Join us for a wonderful journey through the books of Daniel and Revelation as we uncover the identity of this power and witness God's sovereign hand at work.In this powerful session, we trace the prophetic timeline from the height of the Roman Empire, through its fragmentation, and the subsequent rise of a unique religious-political power. We analyse the principle of prophecy by repetition and expansion, showing how God highlights what truly matters. Witness the historical shift from persecution to imperial favour under Constantine, the church's embrace of political power, and the incredible fulfilment of Daniel's vision. From the breaking up of Rome to the rise of the Papacy and its remarkable domination, we prove that history is simply prophecy unveiled.*Chapters:*00:00 - Introduction & The Principle of Repetition in Prophecy04:45 - The Foundation: Nebuchadnezzar's Image (Daniel 2)06:00 - The Fourth Beast of Daniel 7: The Roman Empire10:00 - The Historical Fly-Through: From Pagan Rome to Constantine13:30 - Constantine's Influence and the Politicisation of the Church19:30 - The Splitting of the Empire & The Rise of the Ten Horns22:00 - Identifying the Little Horn: The Papal Power25:30 - The Pompous Words & Historical Claims of the Papacy28:00 - The Handover of Authority (AD 538) & The Key Historical Anchors31:30 - The Rise of the Holy Roman Empire & The Two Beasts37:00 - The Humiliation of Kings (The Road to Canossa)39:30 - The Persecution of the Saints & The Inquisition42:00 - The Turning Point: The French Revolution & The Rise of Napoleon44:30 - The End of Temporal Power (1798 & 1870) & Conclusion46:50 - Looking Ahead to Part Two & Call to Action*Bible Verse Category:*

"Don't build. It's that simple."Strange advice from a man who built his own Procore.In 2011, Novo Construction evaluated Procore and walked away. They built Sentinel instead, their own system of record. Fifteen years later, Colin Stoner (Chief Innovation Officer, 22 years at the company) told us why that call made them AI ready before most of the industry had a data strategy.The catch in his advice: build only if your team has total buy in. Without it, don't start.✓ Every AI build at Novo starts with one question: "What do you hate about your job?"✓ RFIs drafted by AI trained on more than a decade of their own writing✓ Claude Code in use every day. His word: "religiously"✓ Headcount untouched. His goal, verbatim: "same headcount, more revenue, more projects"#bricksandbytes #bricksbytes #aec #constructiontech #aiChapters00:00 Intro01:00 Introduction to Colin Stoner and Novo Construction04:02 The Role of AI in Construction07:01 Technology Evolution in Construction10:07 Challenges in Construction Technology Adoption12:57 Building Technology Internally vs. Buying16:00 The Sentinel System: Overview and Benefits19:07 AI Integration and Future Prospects22:06 Advice for Companies Considering Internal Development27:11 Streamlining Certificate of Insurance Tracking29:18 Revolutionizing RFI Processes with AI33:03 Enhancing Project Management with AI Tools35:20 Navigating External Tech Solutions39:52 Challenges of Tech Sales in Construction42:57 Preparing for AI Integration in Construction46:24 The Role of AI in Workforce Dynamics47:34 Maintaining Human Touch in Construction CommunicationOur Sponsors:BreadCrumb- 50,000+ projects globally. All running safer, faster, with Breadcrumb. - breadcrumb.coAphex is the multiplayer planning platform where construction teams plan together, stay aligned, and deliver projects faster – check out aphex.coArchdesk - “The #1 Construction Management Software for Growing Companies - Manage your projects from Tender to Handover” check archdesk.com

"The US is dangerously close to the brink of being Japan 1989."That is not a hot take from a doom account. That is Patric on this week's Bricks, Bucks & Bytes, laying out why asset overvaluation in private markets and infrastructure has him worried about stagflation.On this episode:✅ Why data center contractors are sitting on 11.4 months of backlog while everyone else has 7.5✅ The AI productivity story corporate America still cannot prove with real numbers✅ Why the construction RFP process is fundamentally broken, and who is actually responsible for it✅ What Meta's new partnership with North America's Building Trades Unions means for the data center buildoutDustin DeVan put it plainly: "You can't now build a project that much cheaper."Where do you land? Are we in a two speed economy that eventually corrects, or is this just what infrastructure spending looks like now? Tell us why we're wrong.#bricksandbytes #bricksbytes #bricksbucksandbytes #aec #construction #constructiontech #ai #vcOur Sponsors:BreadCrumb- 50,000+ projects globally. All running safer, faster, with Breadcrumb. - breadcrumb.coAphex is the multiplayer planning platform where construction teams plan together, stay aligned, and deliver projects faster – check out aphex.coArchdesk - “The #1 Construction Management Software for Growing Companies - Manage your projects from Tender to Handover” check archdesk.comChapters00:00 Intro01:08 Welcome Back and Personal Updates03:43 Exploring Proto Town and Bedrock Robotics06:41 Travel Frustrations and Unexpected Adventures09:30 The Concept of Proto Town in Europe12:12 AI Price Collapse and Economic Implications14:58 Data Center Boom and Its Effects17:31 Market Dislocations and Construction Industry Insights19:51 Interest Rates and Economic Perspectives22:50 Potential Risks and Future Predictions25:39 Final Thoughts on Economic Trends30:38 Understanding Time vs. Cost Savings32:07 The Role of Technology in Construction33:36 Owners and Technology Awareness34:41 The Importance of Pricing Optionality36:14 The Shift in AI Pricing and Accessibility38:42 Navigating AI Models and Corporate Needs43:50 Leadership and Product Understanding45:54 Governance and AI Deployment Challenges53:34 Rethinking RFP Processes for Better Outcomes56:25 Meta's Role in Construction Training Initiatives 

"Everybody thinks that autonomous heavy equipment is commonplace, whereas in fact the adoption is basically zero."Frederik Filz-Reiterdank said that to us from the operator's seat of an autonomous roller, on a live chip fab site in upstate New York, with his dozers and dump trucks working away behind him.His company, Crewline AI, raised a $7.1M seed earlier this year led by Initialized Capital and Nebular to automate the machine operators hate driving.What we got into:✅ Why the roller is the wedge for construction autonomy, and why the excavator falls last✅ A retrofit kit that turns a standard drum roller into a self-driving one in under an hour✅ Selling a "virtual roller operator" instead of renting out a robot✅ The four month insurance grind nobody warns robotics founders about✅ Why 95% of candidates are disqualified the moment they hear about the forward-deployed lifestyleFull episode now live on YouTube and Spotify.#bricksandbytes #bricksbytes #bricksbucksandbytes #aec #construction #constructiontech #ai #vcOur Sponsors:BreadCrumb- 50,000+ projects globally. All running safer, faster, with Breadcrumb. - breadcrumb.coAphex is the multiplayer planning platform where construction teams plan together, stay aligned, and deliver projects faster – check out aphex.coArchdesk - “The #1 Construction Management Software for Growing Companies - Manage your projects from Tender to Handover” check archdesk.comChapters00:00 Teaser01:00 Introduction and Context of the Conversation03:43 Autonomy in Construction: Current State and Misconceptions09:21 Choosing Rollers: The Perfect Wedge for Automation11:47 Understanding Pain Points in Construction14:55 Business Models: Robotics as a Service vs. Outcome-Based Pricing18:49 Deployment Strategy for Autonomous Rollers21:00 Insurance and Liability Challenges22:09 Building Trust with Customers24:45 Overcoming Skepticism in Construction27:49 Future of Automation in Construction32:10 First Steps for Contractors

In this final episode of series 7 of the Coaching Podcast, your host, Georgina Maxwell, hands over the microphone to our new host, Emma Love. Based in the East Midlands, UK, Emma Love began paddling at the age of 46. In 2021 she set up her coaching business, Wotbikini Stand Up Paddleboarding, with a simple but powerful aim: to support women in building their skills, knowledge and confidence on the water, while creating a strong sense of community.  Emma's ongoing fascination with all things coaching has led her to progress as a provider in the Sheltered Water environment and to begin her Performance Coach pathway. Recognised by Paddle UK for her commitment to supporting women on the water, Emma has been a #ShePaddles Ambassador and was shortlisted two years running for the Delivery Partner Awards in the Quality and Engagement categories. Alongside paddling, Emma began writing, with articles first published online by Paddle UK. Over the past three years she has interviewed inspiring women coaches, providers, paddlers and fellow #ShePaddles Ambassadors for SUPMag UK, sharing their individual journeys and experiences from across the sport. And when she's not on a paddleboard, Emma is more often than not exploring white water kayaking.  And always with a huge splash of laughter!  To download the transcript for this episode click here.

A 4x levered AI fund handed its entire public book to Citadel. The S&P 500 crossed $70 trillion days later.And somewhere in the middle of all that, Patric put a date on the next one:"We're 15 months away from that Palantir moment, 100%."Physical automation. His argument: Asia already won the hardware game, so the money is with whoever actually deploys the machines. Which, quietly, is a contractor business.Dustin doesn't buy the humanoid hype. Martin wants to know who gets hurt when the music stops.New Bricks, Bucks & Bytes out now.#bricksandbytes #bricksbytes #bricksbucksandbytes #aec #construction #constructiontech #vc #aiOur Sponsors:BreadCrumb- 50,000+ projects globally. All running safer, faster, with Breadcrumb. - breadcrumb.coAphex is the multiplayer planning platform where construction teams plan together, stay aligned, and deliver projects faster – check out aphex.coArchdesk - “The #1 Construction Management Software for Growing Companies - Manage your projects from Tender to Handover” check archdesk.comChapters00:00 Teaser01:00 The AI fund that had to sell everything04:04 Who is Leopold Aschenbrenner?06:54 The S&P 500 hits $70 trillion10:04 Without data centers, GDP is barely growing13:04 Can regulation actually stop a crash?15:53 Why the market might never crash again24:34 Nobody is funding the physical economy25:53 Asia won robot hardware. The Palantir moment is next31:04 Tax the robots, retire at 5534:39 Retraining workers for the robot economy

Credit sweeps are a federal felony, and credit repair business owners are going to prison for them. FCRA attorney Haseeb Hussain joins Daniel and Keenan to explain exactly where credit repair ends and where a felony begins. Join Our FREE Start Repairing Credit Challenge: HERE  Haseeb sues Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion for a living, and he has watched the credit sweep problem explode. A sweep means telling the bureaus that legitimate debts came from identity theft, and every fake letter or FTC report can stack up mail fraud, wire fraud, and CROA violations. He walks through the real cases: operators handed five, eight, even ten years in federal prison, profits disgorged, and clients pulled in as accomplices. He also gets into the ugliest new variant, credit repair companies filing fake human trafficking claims to exploit the Debt Bondage Repair Act, and why enforcement is ramping up fast. Then he flips it to what legitimate, defensible credit repair actually looks like. It comes back to one word: inaccuracies. Running the report line by line with your client, sending clear disputes, and building a real FCRA case when an inaccuracy actually causes harm. You will also hear the exact steps to take in real identity theft, from freezing your reports to filing police, FTC, and CFPB reports, plus why background check errors can be some of the most valuable FCRA cases and the credit myths Haseeb wishes would die. Whether you are just starting your credit repair business or scaling one, this is the conversation that keeps you on the right side of the law. Tune in!  P.S. Join the #1 event to grow your credit repair business: http://creditrepairexpo.com/   Key Takeaways: 00:00 Intro 02:44 What Is Hasib Hussain and What Does His Law Firm Do 03:38 What a Credit Sweep Actually Is and How It Works 05:30 How Common Are Credit Sweeps. A Lawyer's Take 07:08 What Happens After a Credit Sweep. The Real Consequences 09:14 Why the Client Can Also Be Charged With a Crime 10:34 Real People Who Went to Prison for Credit Sweeps 12:10 The Human Trafficking Variant. The Newest and Ugliest Scheme 14:42 What Legitimate Defensible Credit Repair Actually Looks Like 16:56 What Credit Repair Professionals Need to Understand About the Law 18:56 What Harm Actually Means in an FCRA Case 21:00 What to Do If You're a Real Identity Theft Victim 24:18 What to Do If You've Been Doing Sweeps and Want to Stop 29:56 The Wildest Cases Filed Against the Bureaus 36:40 Credit Myths That Need to Die. The Truth About Bankruptcy 39:10 The Best Cases to Hand Over to an FCRA Attorney 42:10 Final Thoughts Additional Resources: Get a free trial to Credit Repair Cloud Get my free credit repair training   Consumer Law Attorney Haseeb Hussain Reveals Hidden Credit Repair Strategies! Make sure to subscribe so you stay up to date with our latest episodes.

We asked Scoreboard AI's Charles Ma what the single most expensive mistake contractors make at buyout is. His answer:"Outsourcing their understanding of the project to their trade partners."Charles was employee #1 at Versatile, one of construction tech's most well-funded bets (over $100M raised). Now he's building Scoreboard AI to fix a much quieter problem: scope gaps that get buried in project documents and don't surface until the crew is standing there waiting for a fix.In this episode we get into:- What Versatile got right, and where the product fell short of the ROI it promised- Why Charles thinks "AI wrappers are dead" in preconstruction- How hard bid, GMP, and design-build buyout processes each create their own scope gap risk- Why Scoreboard has deliberately stayed away from flashy fundraise announcementsFull episode is live on Bricks and Bytes Youtube Channel#bricksandbytes #bricksbytes #aec #construction #constructiontech #ai #vcChapters00:00 - Teaser01:00 - Quickfire Round02:32 - Inside Versatile: the early days and the Chase Center project09:27 - Is construction tech overhyped or underhyped right now11:10 - Why Scoreboard has avoided the flashy fundraise playbook16:43 - The perverse incentives of VC-backed construction tech20:21 - Do "AI wrappers" win the current land grab26:02 - Why Charles believes AI wrappers are dead28:25 - What a scope gap actually is, and why it happens at buyout32:55 - Hard bid vs. GMP vs. design-build: where the gaps creep in36:50 - Measuring the real cost of scope gaps41:51 - How Scoreboard AI actually works43:21 - Show your work: building trust in AI outputs48:59 - Pricing philosophy: running Scoreboard like a Costco51:26 - Expansion beyond the US52:41 - What's working in go-to-market right now54:08 - Will AI ever run preconstruction end-to-endOur Sponsors:BreadCrumb- 50,000+ projects globally. All running safer, faster, with Breadcrumb. - breadcrumb.coAphex is the multiplayer planning platform where construction teams plan together, stay aligned, and deliver projects faster – check out aphex.coArchdesk - “The #1 Construction Management Software for Growing Companies - Manage your projects from Tender to Handover” check archdesk.com

$845 million. In cash. That's what Procore just paid for DroneDeploy.We sat down and ran the actual cross-sell math on this deal, and it's a lot steeper than the headline number makes it looWe also got Handoff founder Dmitry Alexin on to talk about his AI estimating tool, and he was clear about one thing: "It's not a tool, it's not a takeoff tool."And PR consultant Kevin Ferguson told us what it actually takes to get a construction tech startup covered in the press. Spoiler: it's not just having a good storyNew episode's up. #bricksandbytes #bricksbytes #bricksbucksandbytes #aec #construction #constructiontech #ai #vcOur Sponsors:BreadCrumb- 50,000+ projects globally. All running safer, faster, with Breadcrumb. - breadcrumb.coAphex is the multiplayer planning platform where construction teams plan together, stay aligned, and deliver projects faster – check out aphex.coArchdesk - “The #1 Construction Management Software for Growing Companies - Manage your projects from Tender to Handover” check archdesk.comChapters00:00 - Teaser00:35 - Intro & Today's Agenda01:02 - Procore Acquires DroneDeploy for $845M08:55 - The Cross-Sell Math: Does the Deal Pencil Out?16:28 - Dmitry Alexin (Handoff) Joins: Why Not Another Takeoff Tool21:04 - Building H1: Assemblies, Pricing, and Computer Vision32:58 - The Katerra Postmortem41:04 - Kevin Ferguson Joins: The State of Construction Tech PR

Episode 225: In this Gameplan episode - a collaboration between Gameplan & Inform Performance, Host Andy McDonald is joined by Consultant Physiotherapist Lindsay Bull.  Lindsay is an experienced sports physiotherapist and medical services leader working across elite professional sport and high-performance environments. His work centres on performance rehabilitation, return-to-sport decision making, and management of complex musculoskeletal injuries, particularly thigh muscle and hip/groin conditions across elite athletes. Lindsay's experience includes leading medical services within elite AFL programs across multiple programs, with responsibility for multidisciplinary team leadership, medical and rehabilitation strategy, and player availability outcomes. In this episode, Lindsay shares unpacks his recent article collaboration with Martin Buccheit titled: The Handover Hangover: Sequential vs. Concurrent Return to Performance Models in Elite Sport. - Topics Discussed: The villain in suboptimal rehab: siloed approaches Job security and its impact on collaboration Principles of collegiality, alignment & concurrent engagement. Common misalignments in prognosis and expectations Practical tips for building a collaborative department The role of facility design and communication   -  Where you can find Lindsay Bull: LinkedIn Instagram   Where you can find the paper:  Performance and Sport Science Reports -  Sponsors Gameplan Is a Rehab Management System providing Medical & Performance Departments with a centralised platform to plan, track & manage the return-to-play process inside a data rich environment. Gameplan provides one platform to connect the people, process and data during rehab.  - Where to Find Us Keep up to date with everything that is going on with the podcast by following Inform Performance on: Instagram Twitter Our Website  

"Construction's never had a software problem. They've had an assimilation problem."That line from Joe Patrois stopped us mid-recording.Joe was there on day one when Palantir walked into Thomas Cavanagh Construction. Eighteen months later, the company runs its operations on Foundry, field adoption of their app sits at 97 percent, and Joe now leads product at Cavtera, a new service provider helping other contractors do the same.In this week's episode of Bricks & Bytes, we get past the Palantir hype and into the jobsite reality:* What "ontology" actually means for a contractor* Why they are stripping operations OUT of the ERP* The change management that matters more than the software* Why data should be the byproduct of operations, not the productAs Joe put it: "AI is an output. You don't do AI. It's an output of operations."Full episode now live on YouTube and Spotify. Link in comments.#bricksandbytes #bricksbytes #aec #construction #constructiontech #ai #vcChapters00:00 Intro00:45 Introduction to Palantir in Construction03:29 The Journey of Kavanaugh Construction05:49 Understanding Ontology and Its Importance06:01 Sponsors11:34 Change Management vs. Software Solutions14:15 Replacing Legacy Systems with Palantir16:35 The Value of Custom Solutions19:43 Data as a Byproduct of Operations22:32 Getting Started with Palantir24:56 Common Pitfalls in Digitization29:06 Building Foundations Before Scaling Solutions32:15 Enhancing Communication Across Workflows36:05 Navigating Change in Established Organizations36:51 The Future of Point Solutions in Construction39:08 Simplifying ERP Systems with Foundry41:21 Common Pain Points in Construction Management42:37 Real-World Applications of Foundry at Kavanaugh46:55 Introducing Captera: A New Service Provider48:19 Tailored Solutions for the Construction Industry49:23 Ongoing Support and Implementation Services51:00 The Future of Software in ConstructionOur Sponsors:BreadCrumb- 50,000+ projects globally. All running safer, faster, with Breadcrumb. - breadcrumb.coAphex is the multiplayer planning platform where construction teams plan together, stay aligned, and deliver projects faster – check out aphex.coArchdesk - “The #1 Construction Management Software for Growing Companies - Manage your projects from Tender to Handover” check archdesk.com

A Full Moon in Aquarius lands on Wednesday 29 July, and it's sitting directly opposite the Sun meeting Jupiter in Leo, which is the once-a-year biggest expansion day in the calendar. Same day, same axis. Which changes what the week is actually asking of you. This is THE HANDOVER. The biggest opening of the year is genuinely on the table, and it's directly opposite something you're gripping. You can't take it with your hands full. Monday is the dress rehearsal, when the Sun runs into Pluto and shows you what's actually in your hands before Wednesday asks you to let go of it. Tuesday you work out what fills the gap, because the reason people don't let go isn't that they want to keep the thing, it's that they've got no plan for the hole it leaves. Wednesday you make the exchange. Then the sky empties out for three days so the thing can land. Inside this episode: Why Monday's friction is information, not the week going wrong The tell that shows you exactly what you're gripping (it's defensiveness) How to price the thing before you trade it, because you can't make a trade with one side unpriced Why Thursday is when people quietly take it back Your element briefing: fire, air, earth and water each have a different job this week The card pull, and why you're guarding a win rather than a burden This is the most lopsided week in months. Two days matter. Protect those, and let the rest be light. The question to carry: what am I holding onto that I'd have to put down to take the bigger thing? Chart-based operations for founders. Not horoscopes. Want this read on your actual chart instead of your element? That's the Cosmic Blueprint. Get yours here: https://abranchofholly.thrivecart.com/2026/  Get your weekly operating horoscopes on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hollybrayceo/ 

"Have we seen the productivity benefit from that? I think it's reasonable to say that no, no, we haven't."That is Ryan Maibach, President and CEO of Barton Malow, on the software stackhis own teams are carrying.Roughly 40 different tools for a project manager. Around 35 for a superintendent.He is not describing a company that failed to adopt technology. He is describing one that adopted a lot of it and is now counting the cost.His point on this week's episode was not that the tools are bad. Several of themwork. It is that digging foundations, placing concrete and erecting steel have not fundamentally changed, while the process wrapped around those activities has grown exponentially more complex. He is seeing burnout, and he is not seeing the productivity.Then he took it somewhere harder.If a construction manager exists partly to help a client overcome informationasymmetry, and AI hands that client the same knowledge directly, what is the service actually worth?Full episode out now. Link below.#bricksandbytes #bricksbytes #aec #construction #constructiontech #ai #vcChapters00:00 Intro01:45 Quickfire: builder or technologist04:41 What Barton Malow actually builds07:28 Where the industry goes in the next ten years09:53 Sponsors12:54 Labour, cost and the technology question13:22 Why the downturn worries him more than the labour shortage16:37 Data centers, and the pushback from inside his own team19:09 Steering a company when nobody knows what happens next22:10 What construction executives should prioritise right now24:42 The AI strategy paradox30:07 Second brains, and what happens to the general contractor33:58 40 tools per PM and no productivity to show for it36:50 LIFTbuild: building a tower from the top down41:39 What they got wrong trying to change the industry45:45 Hyperscalers as clients48:42 How he actually runs his week52:43 What he screens for when hiring56:38 Bias, and the leader he learned the most fromOur Sponsors:BreadCrumb- 50,000+ projects globally. All running safer, faster, with Breadcrumb. - breadcrumb.coAphex is the multiplayer planning platform where construction teams plan together, stay aligned, and deliver projects faster – check out aphex.coArchdesk - “The #1 Construction Management Software for Growing Companies - Manage your projects from Tender to Handover” check archdesk.com

How do we reclaim the narrative of modern nursing across generations? In this episode of The Gritty Nurse Podcast, host Amie Archibald-Varley sits down with extraordinary nurses, advocates, and authors Tilda Shalof and Lisa Mochrie to discuss their powerful new book, The Handover: A Nurse's Last Shift. Separated by a 40-year career gap, Tilda Shalof and Lisa Mochrie share their inspiring personal journeys through nursing to show that despite a lifetime of different experiences, we have far more in common than what divides us. At its heart, this episode is about the vital importance of nurses sharing their own stories—because when we write our own narratives, we reclaim our power. Together, they deliver a masterclass in perseverance, nurse mentorship, and finding your voice. They dive deep into why authentic storytelling is the ultimate tool for bridging generational divides, healing the healer, and driving systemic advocacy in healthcare. What We Discuss in This Episode: Why Nurses Must Share Their Stories: The critical importance of taking back our narrative, sharing our lived experiences, and refusing to let others define what it means to be a nurse. Bridging the 40-Year Gap: How a veteran nurse and a newer generation nurse found common ground, proving that the core of the nursing experience transcends time. The Power of Storytelling: Why sharing our raw, unfiltered experiences is crucial to changing the public perception of the nursing profession. Navigating Systemic Challenges: Honest strategies for tackling burnout, staffing shortages, and institutional hurdles in healthcare today. The Importance of Mentorship: How experienced chapters can uplift the next generation, and how new nurses can find the guidance they deserve. The Handover Book: The inspiration behind their book and how it serves as a love letter—and a wake-up call—to the nursing world. Career Longevity: Practical advice for protecting your mental health and thriving at every stage of your nursing career. Meet the Guests: Tilda Shalof was a staff nurse in the Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Toronto General Hospital for thirty years. She is the best-selling author of several memoirs, including A Nurse's Story, and was awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal in 2025 for her profound contributions to nursing education. Lisa Mochrie is a Registered Nurse, Team Lead, and Nursing Educator based in Burlington, Ontario.Recognized for her compassionate clinical practice and dedication to mentoring, she was honored by her students with the Most Valuable Professor Award in 2025. Where to Find the Guests & Buy the Book: Grab your copy of The Handover: A Nurse's Last Shift: Available now through University of Toronto Press or your favorite local bookstore! Connect with Tilda Shalof: IG- @nurse.tilda Connect with Lisa Mochrie: IG- @lisa_mochrie Connect with The Gritty Nurse: Website: www.grittynurse.com Instagram: @GrittyNursePod Twitter/X: @GrittyNurse Facebook: The Gritty Nurse With Amie Archibald Varley Support the Show: If you loved this episode, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts—it helps other nurses find our community!

"I've been cut four times."That is an active NFL quarterback talking. Jake Browning backs up Baker Mayfield at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He also co-owns Sutter Street Demolition, an interior demolition subcontractor in LA.He started with one $30,000 trash hauling truck. No flashy launch. Just a low stakes way to build relationships with GCs before bidding a single demo job.On this week's Bricks, Bucks & Bytes, we asked him:→ Why he stays away from structural demo (for now)→ How low overhead wins bids without change order games→ Why he'd rather face a third and long blitz than a late paying GCFull episode on YouTube and Spotify. #bricksandbytes #bricksbucksandbytes #construction #constructiontech #aecChapters00:00 Intro00:36 NFL Construction Trivia03:25 NFL Players Who Own Construction Companies06:12 The Biggest NFL Stadiums Ever Built09:05 SoFi Stadium Construction Cost: $2.6B to $5.5B11:57 Jake Browning Joins the Show13:17 Playing QB for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers15:11 Why an NFL Player Started a Demolition Company17:34 Starting a Business With One $30,000 Truck22:11 How Athletes Should Invest Their Money27:21 NFL Lessons for Running a Business30:12 Finding Your Competitive Advantage37:14 How to Bid Demolition Jobs42:19 Leadership Lessons From the NFL42:48 Why Athletes Struggle to Monetize Their Brand44:14 How to Win Work With General Contractors45:28 Why Being Normal Wins in Construction47:17 The Best NFL Stadiums to Play In49:19 The Scariest Player in the NFL51:32 Inside Sutter Street Demolition55:26 Growing a Demolition Business the Right Way

"If you were saying, I'm adding AI to the product or we're now agentic, we now have an agentic AI component, it's not really news."Katie Zeppieri said the quiet part out loud.We invited the Founder and CEO of The MicDrop Agency onto Bricks & Bytes to demystify PR for construction tech. Her agency worked with Document Crunch from its early days through to the Trimble acquisition, so she has seen exactly what earns coverage and what gets deleted from a journalist's inbox.A few things that stuck with us:Events are still the number one marketing channel in construction, but only if you do the work before you land at the venue.Muck Rack's research found that the overwhelming majority of AI citations come from earned media. If journalists are not writing about you, ChatGPT is not talking about you either.If you have ever sent out a "we now integrate with X" press release, this episode is for you. Full conversation on YouTube and Spotify now.#bricksandbytes #bricksbytes #constructiontech #construction #aec #aiChapters00:00 Intro01:17 How PR Works in Construction Technology03:50 PR Strategy Explained: The Communications Triangle06:44 What Makes a Story Newsworthy?09:34 Common PR Mistakes Startups Make10:22 Sponsors13:23 Why Most PR Announcements Get Ignored15:44 How to Build Relationships With Journalists18:38 How Startups Get Featured in Major Publications21:28 How Speaking at Industry Events Builds Your Brand24:29 In-Person vs Virtual Events: Which Works Best?27:36 How Media Relations Builds Long-Term Credibility28:55 Construction Tech PR Case Study: Document Crunch30:59 How to Announce a Startup Acquisition36:11 PR Strategy for Seed-Stage Startups40:26 Founder-Led Marketing and Personal Branding45:23 Public Speaking Tips for Startup Founders48:00 The Future of PR and Marketing54:16 What PR Will Look Like in 2028Our Sponsors:BreadCrumb- 50,000+ projects globally. All running safer, faster, with Breadcrumb. - breadcrumb.coAphex is the multiplayer planning platform where construction teams plan together, stay aligned, and deliver projects faster – check out aphex.coArchdesk -  “The #1 Construction Management Software for Growing Companies - Manage your projects from Tender to Handover” check archdesk.com

The Gaza peace plan and ceasefire, announced last October, is in limbo.Israeli forces have continued their strikes and expanded control of the strip beyond the lines originally agreed upon in the plan. Humanitarian aid is trickling in but there are still concerns about how it's being distributed. The U.S.-led Board of Peace, created to handle the resolution of violence and reconstruction in Gaza, has made little progress.But last week, Hamas announced that they are ready to hand over the authority of governing Gaza to a group of US-backed Palestinian technocrats. Is this the breakthrough needed to get things back on track?Hugh Lovatt is a Senior Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. He's here to talk about where things stand in Gaza and what this latest announcement from Hamas means for the Palestinian people.For transcripts of Front Burner, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts

Hamas handover of power in Gaza explained - Dr. Azzam Tamimi by Radio Islam

"I can make you something that looks like it's really expensive, but it took me four hours."Dustin Burns, SVP of Technology at McCownGordon Construction, on the software demo you just sat through.He built a cost history web app. Their real cost data, region benchmarking, conceptual estimates. One HTML file. Four hours.His verdict: "And it is vaporware."The point isn't that it was bad. It's that from the outside, you can't tell anymore.So he looks for the ones building their own models, not the ones wrapping someone else's API.Full episode with Dustin Burns is live now. Link below!#bricksandbytes #bricksbytes #aec #construction #constructiontech #ai #vcChapters00:00  Teaser00:50 The Stress Beard (And Why He Shaves Every Morning)03:03  Should Construction Companies Build Their Own Software?05:29  What AI Actually Looks Like Inside a $1B Contractor08:32  AI Sprawl: Governing Tools Your Team Builds Without You10:50  Reality Capture, Laser Scanning and Drones on the Jobsite14:10  Construction Robotics: Building a Robot for Under $5K16:21  Sponsors19:21  AI Estimating: When Your Client Prices the Job Without You22:39  The Silver Tsunami and Construction's Knowledge Transfer Problem27:29  Voice AI in the Field: Less Typing, More Talking30:25  Why a Safety Checklist Has No Value to a Superintendent32:03  Emerging Construction Technology Worth Watching34:30  How to Actually Sell Construction Software to a GC36:19  Getting Pitched 10 AI Tools a Week37:39  How to Spot an AI Wrapper (And Why Most Demos Are Vaporware)40:05  Construction 2037: What the Jobsite Looks Like in 11 Years45:16  Humans and Robots on the Same Jobsite48:03  AI Governance Insurance: The Next SDI?49:55  Automated Progress Tracking: The Problem Nobody Has SolvedOur Sponsors:BreadCrumb- 50,000+ projects globally. All running safer, faster, with Breadcrumb. - breadcrumb.coAphex is the multiplayer planning platform where construction teams plan together, stay aligned, and deliver projects faster – check out aphex.coArchdesk -  “The #1 Construction Management Software for Growing Companies - Manage your projects from Tender to Handover” check archdesk.com

"Real AI is way more about how you do change management than picking the right technology."That is Dr. Sarah Buchner, founder and CEO of Trunk Tools, on this week's Bricks, Bucks & Bytes.A year on from her $40M Series B, she joined the roundtable to explain why the hardest part of construction AI is not the model. It is getting people to trust it.✅ Why Trunk Tools will not sell you agents unless you let them train your team first✅ The shift from point solution to a "system of action" that sits on top of Procore and Autodesk✅ Why a new AI takeoff startup seems to launch every week, and why most break on the last 20%✅ Her blunt line on vibe coded tools: "Don't come on the market with something that Claude can already do."Plus: a structural engineer breaks down the Midtown column buckling, and SubBase's Eric Helitzer on why a fintech led his $7M Series A.

Joey, Daisy & Damo are in a malaise as Round 18 approaches! Daisy's ready to spice up the Friday Huddle and Joey's been enduring 27 minute coach chats on AFL360. Carlton's process is top of the agenda with Josh Fraser yet to be invited to apply, and Essendon asking its players what they want from a new coach. The boys finish off with fair dinkum or fugazi and their round 18 tips headlined by a top of the table clash between Fremantle and Sydney on Thursday night. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"How much money did we spend last year on small equipment?" That's the one question David Gal, VP of Product & Engineering for ConnectedEquipment at Samsara, says stops most construction leaders cold. Most of them can't answer it. And that blind spot is exactly why so many still can't use AI. On today's episode, David walks us through the data maturity curve everycontractor climbs, whether they realise it or not: Phase 0 : clipboards, spreadsheets, and hundreds of thousands of assets nobodycan locatePhase 1 : digitise the fleet, drop accidents, cut fuelPhase 2 : insights, utilisation, proactive maintenancePhase 3 : agents making the phone calls for you His warning: you can't buy your way into Phase 3. Skip the groundwork and the AIhas nothing to stand on. We also get into stolen fleets, autonomous job sites, and why one pane of glassbeats another point solution. Watch the full episode on Youtube and Spotify.#bricksandbytes #bricksbytes #bricksbucksandbytes #aec #construction#constructiontech #ai #vcOur Sponsors:BreadCrumb- 50,000+ projects globally. All running safer, faster, with Breadcrumb. - breadcrumb.coAphex is the multiplayer planning platform where construction teams plan together, stay aligned, and deliver projects faster – check out aphex.coArchdesk - “The #1 Construction Management Software for Growing Companies - Manage your projects from Tender to Handover” check archdesk.comChapters00:00 Intro00:35 The Data Backbone Construction Never Built02:57 Why Construction Operations Are So Hard to Digitize05:18 The Phases of Digitizing a Construction Business08:10 What Staying Analog Actually Costs You09:51 Sponsor12:52 The Real Cost of Analog (cont.)14:09 Getting From Phase Zero to Your First Digital Win17:01 What the Data Reveals Once You Digitize20:00 Putting AI to Work in Daily Operations27:32 How AI Is Reshaping Fleet Management30:15 Where Virtual Assistants Actually Add Value34:10 Getting Your Team to Adopt New Tech36:22 What Autonomy Really Means for Construction43:10 Where Contractors Should Start Tomorrow

$95M raises, Palantir's sovereignty play, and a debate that nearly boiled over. This one had everything.This week on Bricks, Bucks & Bytes, we sat down with Alain Waha (CTO, Buro Happold), Marc Minor (CEO, Higharc) and Jeevan Kalanithi (CEO, OpenSpace), alongside Owen, Patric, Martin and Dustin, for one of our most heated roundtables yetOn the table:→ Palantir's new sovereign AI push with Nvidia, and whether "no contradiction between sovereignty and alpha" is real insight or pure marketing→ Why Dustin thinks forward-deployed engineers "need to go away"→ Higharc's fresh $95M Series C and the case for replacing AutoCAD in homebuilding→ Whether the GC is really just an insurance company in disguise→ Where OpenSpace is taking spatial AI eight months after acquiring DisperseFull episode on YouTube and Spotify.#bricksandbytes #bricksbytes #bricksbucksandbytes #aec #construction #constructiontech #ai #vcOur Sponsors:BreadCrumb- 50,000+ projects globally. All running safer, faster, with Breadcrumb. - breadcrumb.coAphex is the multiplayer planning platform where construction teams plan together, stay aligned, and deliver projects faster – check out aphex.coArchdesk - “The #1 Construction Management Software for Growing Companies - Manage your projects from Tender to Handover” check archdesk.comChapters00:00 Intro00:40 Alain Waha's Global ConTech Tour: India, US, Canada, UK03:44 Why the West Underestimates India in Construction06:36 India vs China: The $7 Trillion Construction Boom09:25 Palantir vs Anthropic: The AI Sovereignty War12:42 How Alex Karp Markets Palantir (And Why It Works)23:47 Why Nobody Understands "Ontology": Palantir Buzzwords Decoded24:51 Do You Really Need Forward Deployed Engineers?27:55 Why Construction Is Really an Insurance Industry29:14 Palantir in Construction: Cavtera, McCarthy and the Data Play31:37 Higharc's $95M Series C to Replace AutoCAD (Marc Minor)33:32 How Higharc Serves Home Builders at Scale37:02 Higharc's Business Model and Home Building Challenges40:00 Homes as Data: Inside the Higharc x USLBM Deal46:02 World Cup Banter: US Football and Officiating46:41 Is Football the World's Greatest Sport? The Debate49:08 OpenSpace Spatial AI: Agents That See the Jobsite (Jeevan Kalanithi)55:16 Data Centres and the AI Delusion Killing Startups01:07:04 What 10 Years as CEO Taught Jeevan Kalanithi

"We don't see the real costs of AI."That's Jean-Marc Frangos, ex-BT in Silicon Valley, now running AI at Shimizu, one of Japan's "Big 5" contractors, founded in 1804.We sat down with him to unpack how a 220 year old builder actually rolls out AI across a 20,000 person workforce. The playbook, not the hype:✅ Start with your data, not the model✅ 5,000+ staff on one AI platform in ~7 months✅ When the subsidies end, undisciplined teams get hit "like a ton of bricks"

Today the focus is on new details expected in the long overdue Defence Investment Plan, set to be announced next week.Victoria Derbyshire is in for Laura again. She, Paddy and Henry Zeffman discuss a move toward new kit like drones, and away from battleships.They also look at how much Andy Burnham may have been involved in the plans, and whether he's prepared on defence.And, last week we discussed whether Keir Starmer will be PM by the time of the World Cup final. Today we have an answer.You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers.You can join our Newscast online community here: https://bbc.in/newscastdiscordGet in touch with Newscast by emailing newscast@bbc.co.uk or send us a WhatsApp on +44 0330 123 9480.New episodes released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds: https://bbc.in/4guXgXdNewscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. The presenters were Victoria Derbyshire and Paddy O'Connell. It was made by Chris Flynn with Chloe Scannapieco. The social producer was Joe Wilkinson. The technical producer was Dafydd Evans. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

Ukraine's reconstruction has been estimated at $588 billion by the World Bank's Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA5), although our guest argues the true figure is likely higher.In this episode of Bricks, Bucks & Bytes, we speak with Oleg Demydenko, Chair of Ukraine's National ConTech Cluster, about the technologies, engineering approaches and digital systems emerging during Ukraine's reconstruction.We also discuss:* Why Ukraine's reconstruction is currently estimated at $588 billion (World Bank RDNA5)* How new infrastructure is being designed with modular, distributed and replaceable systems* Why Oleg says, "We have no time to sell it. We've already developed a new one."* NVIDIA's AI factory in Ukraine* Why Patric Hellermann believes humanoid robots are an overhyped investment category* Agility Robotics going public via a SPAC after deploying around 100 humanoid robotsIf you're interested in construction, construction technology, AI, robotics, infrastructure and venture capital, this episode explores the ideas, technologies and investment themes discussed by our panel.#construction #constructiontechnology #contech #ukraine #ai #robotics #infrastructure #venturecapitalOur Sponsors:BreadCrumb- 50,000+ projects globally. All running safer, faster, with Breadcrumb. - breadcrumb.coAphex is the multiplayer planning platform where construction teams plan together, stay aligned, and deliver projects faster – check out aphex.coArchdesk - “The #1 Construction Management Software for Growing Companies - Manage your projects from Tender to Handover” check archdesk.comChapters00:00 Intro00:58 What We're Building for the ConTech Community02:01 Wispr Flow Voice AI: Owen's Honest Take03:29 Agility Robotics SPAC: Should Robots Go Public?05:50 How Much Is a Humanoid Robot Actually Worth?09:29 Humanoid Robotics: The Problems Nobody Talks About13:32 Can Humanoid Robots Be Used in War?16:01 Rebuilding Ukraine: The $588 Billion Plan23:32 How the War Is Changing Construction Technology27:36 Modular Steel That Protects Ukraine's Power Grid30:14 Designing Buildings to Survive Attacks32:46 Why Modular Construction Is the Future36:25 How Much of Ukraine Is Actually Destroyed?40:17 Ukrainian Founders: Stop Changing Your Name43:57 Is the Ukraine War Reaching a Turning Point?

"WhatsApp's the most successful construction technology tool ever built."Half a joke, but only half. That's what Prakash Senghani, Co-Founder and CEO of Navatech, told us on the latest Bricks & Bytes.His point: the workers who most need safety tech are the ones it never reaches. So instead of forcing them onto another clunky app, Navatech put its AI inside the tool they already use, in their own language, by voice, or from a photo.A few things that stuck with us:Most "digital transformation" in safety is just paper on a screenYou can't prove a negative, which makes safety ROI brutally hard to showThe scariest competitor isn't Procore or Autodesk, it's customers building their own tools with AIFull episode out now.

What happens to all those leads marketing works so hard to generate? More often than not, they go cold. According to Nishi Seth, Industry & Solutions Marketing Lead for Google Cloud APAC, this isn't a niche problem. It's one of the most persistent challenges across B2B, regardless of company size or sophistication. In this episode, Shahin sits down with Nishi to unpack the real reasons leads stall between marketing and sales, from qualification gaps to missing context, and what it actually takes to fix them. Nishi shares battle-tested lessons from scaling Google Cloud's marketing-to-sales motion across APAC, including how AI is transforming BDR productivity right now. Guest Introduction Nishi Seth is the Industry & Solutions Marketing Lead for Google Cloud APAC at Google, with over 20 years of experience across cloud technology, financial services, and travel. She has held senior marketing roles at American Express and British Airways, and is a recognised B2B marketing leader across the Asia-Pacific region. Key Topics Why leads go cold: the two root causes (qualification gaps and context gaps) and why even the most sophisticated B2B organisations struggle with themThe three pillars of an optimised marketing-to-sales handover: lead quality, context, and a continuous review and feedback loopWhy BDRs are the critical bridge between marketing and sales, and how to assess whether your BDR function is actually workingHow MQL definitions should evolve over time: Google Cloud's journey from basic demographic scoring to 48+ real-time intent signals, including account-level qualificationWhat providing context to BDRs really means: enablement calls, campaign-specific opening scripts, and cadences tailored to how each lead engagedThe key metrics that reveal handover health: SAL acceptance rates, SAL-to-SQL conversion, number of outreach touches, and lead velocityHow AI is changing BDR productivity: using automation for low-intent lead follow-up, real-time AI assistants during live sales calls, and AI-powered account research at scaleNishi's rapid-fire take: "strong opinions, loosely held," using AI to boost your own marketing productivity, and why simplifying complexity in B2B is what excites her most Resources & Links Google Cloud — Nishi's base for all real-world examples discussed, from MQL definition evolution to AI-powered BDR toolingGoogle Gemini — Nishi's go-to research tool in place of following influencers; she also used it to prepare for this episode Contact & Credits Host: Shahin Hoda Guest: Nishi Seth Produced by: Shahin Hoda and Alexander Hipwell Edited by: Alexander Hipwell Music by: Breakmaster Cylinder APAC's B2B Growth Podcast is Presented by xGrowth

The most overhyped term in construction tech right now? "AI-native startup."That's the take from Geoff Lewis, SVP of Product Management at Procoreand co-founder of Honest Buildings (acquired by Procore), who joinedus on Bricks & Bytes to talk about how an incumbent fights back in theAI era.Tune in to find out about:✅ Why Procore says it has already neutralised the speed advantage of AI-native startups✅ The submittal-checking agent that collapsed weeks of review into hours✅ Geoff's five-year bet on autonomous agents running RFIs end to end✅ Inside Procore's new capital planning and portfolio suite built for owners

"I currently haven't found a use case in which I haven't been able to build."That was Brett Adams on what Palantir Foundry can do in construction.This week on Bricks & Bytes we sat down with Dan Julien (Chief Revenue Officer) and Brett Adams (Forward Deployed Engineer and Head of Construction) of ForgeSight, the i4C born team implementing Palantir Foundry across the AEC industry, to cut through the rumours about what Palantir is actually doing in construction.Tune in to find out about:✅ Whether Palantir Foundry can really replace your ERP✅ What "forward deployed engineering" actually means on a job site✅ Whether Procore, Autodesk and Trimble survive a Palantir world✅ How a contractor rebuilt its entire operation on Foundry in roughly a year

A venture capitalist walks into a bar."I'll have what everyone else is having."Patrick told that joke about his own profession on this week's Bricks, Bucks & Bytes, and it set up the sharpest exchange of the episode: venture stopped backing hard problems and started buying momentum.We're joined by Alain Waha, CTO of Buro Happold, and Richard Fifita, CEO of Veyor, fresh off a $7.5M Series A, alongside Dustin DeVan.What we get into:→ Autodesk's $3.6 billion all cash acquisition of MaintainX, and why Dustin, who watched this strategy take shape from inside Autodesk, says it all leads back to the digital twin→ "Knowledge arbitrage": Alain's framework for what stays defensible when knowledge becomes computable→ Why construction robotics needs systems integrators more than it needs humanoids→ How Veyor went from backed up concrete trucks to managing deliveries at JFK, SFO and major data center projectsFull episode is live now on YouTube and Spotify.#bricksandbytes #bricksbytes #bricksbucksandbytes #aec #construction #constructiontech #ai #vcOur Sponsors:BreadCrumb- 50,000+ projects globally. All running safer, faster, with Breadcrumb. - breadcrumb.coAphex is the multiplayer planning platform where construction teams plan together, stay aligned, and deliver projects faster – check out aphex.coArchdesk - “The #1 Construction Management Software for Growing Companies - Manage your projects from Tender to Handover” check archdesk.comChapters00:00 Intro00:30 Introduction and Technical Challenges03:21 Live Streaming and Event Experiences06:13 Autodesk's Acquisition of MaintainX11:50 Data Ownership and Predictability in Construction16:23 Knowledge Arbitrage in Engineering and Robotics20:00 Exploring Knowledge Arbitrage in Robotics22:06 The Role of Systems Integration in Construction Robotics22:54 Challenges in Robotics for Construction Trades24:16 Collaborative Robots: The Future of Construction25:59 The Disconnect Between Innovation and AI in Construction27:30 Testing Software vs. Materials in Construction27:45 The Reluctance to Experiment in Construction Tech29:52 Capital Efficiency and Technology Adoption in Construction32:49 The Venture Capital Landscape and Its Challenges36:33 The Future of Venture Capital in Technology44:46 Innovative Event Planning in Construction Technology47:26 Branding and Customer Perception in Construction48:11 Disruption in Construction: Insights from Automotive Industry51:09 Bouygues' Innovation Lab: A New Era for Construction51:53 Introducing Richard: Veyor's Journey and Innovations56:59 Streamlining Material Management in Construction01:01:58 Challenges in Construction Scheduling and Delivery01:05:36 The Aussie Tech Scene in Austin, Texas

Andoni Iraola has left AFC Bournemouth and is set to become Liverpool's new manager - but is he the right fit for Anfield? What should the Reds expect from him? In this pod, Sam and Tom sit down to discuss the Spaniard's move to Merseyside, analysing the high-intensity football that transformed Bournemouth into European qualifiers and whether it can translate to one of the biggest clubs in world football. Plus, Marco Rose has spoken for the first time as AFC Bournemouth head coach and, after sitting down to watch the full interview, we came away seriously impressed. From his admiration for Andoni Iraola's work to his commitment to Bournemouth's front-footed identity, Rose said plenty that will excite Cherries supporters ahead of a historic season featuring European football. We break down the key talking points, what stood out most, and why his humility, preparation and understanding of the club could be a huge sign for what's to come. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to all our platforms. If you're enjoying this show, you can help support us by buying us a coffee at ⁠⁠https://www.afcbpodcast.com/coffee⁠⁠ – we really appreciate it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

China's Shenzhou-21 and Shenzhou-23 crews have completed a handover ceremony aboard the country's space station. The Shenzhou-21 crew has completed all planned missions and will return to the Dongfeng landing site in the coming days.

Are we a hybrid species created to serve unseen architects? In this episode, we continue our reading and analysis of Tom DeLonge and Peter Levenda's Sekret Machines: Gods, focusing on the explosive second half of Chapter 2: "The Gate of the Gods."

In this month's EM Quick Hits Podcast we introduce not one, but two new series! First, "EMC²" - EM Cases Cases (we know, horrible name ;) where Anton or Katie discuss a knowledge building case with a special guest. And second, "Coaching the EM Mind" with Dr. Sara Gray a professional coach for EM providers, where Katie discusses with her the science and best expert advice on how to perform your best in the ED. Plus, a withdrawal syndrome that is new EDs, life-threatening and requires specific treatment - metetomadine withdrawal, EMS handover done right, why community ED docs should not use the PECARN C-spine Rule and Part 2 of Petro's tips on management of traumatic pneumothorax... Please consider a donation to ensure EM Cases continues to be Free Open Access here: https://emergencymedicinecases.com/donation/

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