Carolinas AGC Buildercast

Series Guest Speaker: Dr. Joseph M. Burgett, PhD, Associate Professor at Clemson University; Teaches the 5 Week Drone Course for Contractors and Surveyors
BuilderCast Host and Producer: Sharon Walters, Director of Digital Operations
BuilderCast Series Co-Host: Bill Stricker, Director Utility Division & NCCER Administration
Drones have been used commercially since 2016, when the FAA introduced Part 107 Federal Regulatory guidelines. Since then, the industry and use cases for drones in construction has grown significantly. Drones are far more than just a cool technology for our industry techies to play around with, they offer relatively low cost, and high yield, practical applications that accomplish tasks such as record keeping, marketing material, jobsite security. They additionally make it possible to keep our workforce out of high risk areas and can provide a company competitive advantages in producing models through photogrammetry and mapping.
In this first episode of the series, we asked our friend Dr. Joe Burgett from Clemson University to give us information on the basics of why, how, when and how much to get started with Drones. Joe teaches a 5 Week Drone Course for Contractors and Surveyors and has a background as a licensed General Contractor.
“Drones are a surprisingly simple tool for contractors to improve communication, provide a better product to their clients and increase the bottom line.”
--Dr. Joe Burgett, Clemson University
We enjoyed learning about the equipment, including types and costs, the steps to obtaining a license, training opportunities, the practical applications of drones as a flying camera for recording progression of work, providing internal marketing material and client quality control and transparency and even security of the jobsite. In the next episodes, we'll find out more about advanced uses including Photogrammetry, overlay of images and mapping and LIDAR.
Find out more about Clemson's Drone Education Program at www.clemsondrone.com.
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Buildercast is created and produced by Carolinas AGC with a goal of reaching a wider audience and providing information that contributes to the success of our industry, and those working in the industry.
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Guest Speaker: Brynn Huneke, Director, Diversity & Inclusion, Member Engagement
BuilderCast Series Host: Betsy Bailey, Director of Government Relations, NC
BuilderCast Co-Host and Producer: Sharon Walters, Director of Digital Operations

How does someone from a town of 750 people in Minnesota end up working on a Diversity & Inclusion Initiative in Washington DC for a National Construction Trade Association?

Brynn Huneke moved to DC to pursue a career in politics and began working at AGC in the Government Affairs department. Then, she had an experience on the Metro. Listen to her story, and hear an honest reflection on how she started to question her own biases, educate herself, and then choose a career path to do something about it.

As Brynn was getting certified in the field of Diversity & Inclusion Management, AGC of America was developing it’s Diversity & Inclusion program and she was a perfect fit for the role. That was 4 years ago and this past March, AGC of America launched it’s Culture of CARE campaign. This initiative began at the chapter level with AGC of Washington. AGC of America was already doing some work on Diversity & Inclusion and teamed up with the Washington State Chapter to create a national campaign. The Culture of CARE campaign asks construction companies to take a pledge to build diverse and inclusive workplaces. Making our workplaces more welcoming and inclusive is good business ethics, good for sustainability and profitability, but additionally attracts talent when workforce shortages demand we bring new individuals into our industry.

Working through these topics and efforts can be difficult and quite different for companies depending on size and resources available. Brynn notes that AGC of America knows this campaign cannot be stagnant and continues to add tools and training to the Culture of CARE website as an ongoing effort.

“We felt like Culture of CARE had a really unique position to be able to talk about that mental and emotional well-being that comes with caring, truly caring about your employees in the middle of a pandemic and how you support them as individuals whose lives have been up-ended.”

--Brynn Huneke on how Culture of CARE can help support individuals and companies dealing with new realities.

Find out more and consider taking the pledge about the Culture of CARE after listening to this podcast by going to www.buildculture.org.

Buildercast is created and produced by Carolinas AGC with a goal of reaching a wider audience and providing information that contributes to the success of our industry, and those working in the industry.
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BuilderCast Guests (in order of introduction):
Cathryn Poplin | Preconstruction Manager, Mashburn Construction Company
Liliana M. Paez Gallo | Field Engineer, Blythe Construction, Inc.| Zachry Construction, A Joint Venture
Jahmicah Miller | Apprentice Electrician, WB Moore Company

BuilderCast Series Host: Betsy Bailey, NC Government Relations & Building Div. Director
BuilderCast Series Production Planning: Katie Freseman, Social Media & Content Manager
BuilderCast Co-Host and Producer: Sharon Walters, Director of Digital Operations
Courage, confidence and knowledge.
In this episode, it's all about what our guests encounter day to day, and what this careers gives back to us as women, and the futures ahead of them. CAGC continues the Women In Construction celebration with part II of our 2022 WIC Week podcast with Cathryn, Liliana and Jahmicah.
“Hopefully Women will go toward the trades because really we can do anything, we just have to have the drive for it.”

-Cathryn Poplin

“You don’t have to be big or strong physically to be out there working. You can learn how to use heavy equipment; you can learn to drive. I love this... I’ve seen a lot of women out there driving huge trucks...and that’s amazing you can see them moving the stick inside the truck...it’s amazing.”

-Liliana Paez

“Trade has taught me the courage to go be adventurous and that’s something... you don’t have a class on developing courage to try new things and career exploration. So that’s probably one of the biggest changes I’ve seen in myself.”

-Jahmicah Miller

Our deepest gratitude for the thoughtful stories and advice over WIC Week from our guests. Special mentions that were discussed during the interview and after that bring young people into our industry:

• CAGC Scholarship Programs
• The ROC: (Rebuilding Opportunities in Construction) Mission is to recruite, educate and mentor high school students in Charlotte, NC for Career and Technical Education (CTE) and employment opportunities in the construction industry.

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Buildercast is created and produced by Carolinas AGC with a goal of reaching a wider audience and providing information that contributes to the success of our industry, and those working in the industry.
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BuilderCast Guests (in order of introduction):
Cathryn Poplin | Preconstruction Manager, Mashburn Construction Company
Liliana M. Paez Gallo | Field Engineer, Blythe Construction, Inc.| Zachry Construction, A Joint Venture
Jahmicah Miller | Apprentice Electrician, WB Moore Company

BuilderCast Series Host: Betsy Bailey, NC Government Relations & Building Div. Director
BuilderCast Series Production Planning: Katie Freseman, Social Media & Content Manager
BuilderCast Co-Host and Producer: Sharon Walters, Director of Digital Operations
CAGC Celebrates WIC Week 2022 by getting to know 3 women making the best of the opportunities presented by a career in construction.
While all 3 of our guests are performing quite different jobs, had different paths and motivations, they all saw the potential for growth and a lucrative, interesting career working in the field and specifically on the jobsite.
Cathryn Poplin is a Preconstruction Manager with Mashburn who loves to work both sides of the project, in office planning and preparation, and in the field project management.
Liliana Paez Gallo came from a family of engineers, loved the idea of working on and being a part of creating large projects/facilities and has been involved with both the vertical and horizontal fields and even got to build at Disney!
Jahmicah Miller came to construction through a desire to give back. Her passion for disaster relief led her to the field so that she can help those in need in the future. She is the youngest of our very young panel and displays wisdom beyond her years.
Learn more about all three of these inspiring women working in the field.
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Series Guest Speaker: Joe Priestner, PE, PLS. Emerging Technology Manager at Duncan-Parnell Inc.
BuilderCast Host and Producer: Sharon Walters, Director of Digital Operations
BuilderCast Guest Co-Host: Dr. Joseph M. Burgett, PhD, Associate Professor at Clemson University; Applied Drone Technology Instructor
BuilderCast Series Co-Host: Bill Stricker, Director Utility Division & NCCER Administration
LiDAR is a ranging or detection technology that uses light to measure distance to a surface or an object. In the mid-1990's the first laser scanner was developed. This technology was stable and stationary and very large in size. Over time, the technology progressed and became smaller and more mobile and eventually became small enough to mount to a drone.
"As soon as they got this technology on a drone, construction was interested."
--Joe Priestner, PE, PLS, Duncan-Parnell, Inc.
In BuilderCast's 4th episode in the Drone series we find out about the origins of LiDAR technology, and its use on drones to measure and create terrain models. The advantage of LiDAR lies mainly in mapping/modeling through vegetation, so we also asked about levels of accuracy and for clarification on the differences between photogrammetry models and LiDAR-generated models.
Finally, we asked for recommendations on the technology implementation models contractors should consider, how much it might cost, and how to get started using LiDAR technology for construction projects.
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Buildercast is created and produced by Carolinas AGC with a goal of reaching a wider audience and providing information that contributes to the success of our industry, and those working in the industry.
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