The Construction Shared Pains Podcast

“Why does construction invest less than any other industry on new technology and innovation?”

“How has this impacted our ability to improve productivity and reliability compared to manufacturing and other industries?”

“How can we begin to reverse these negative trends?”

If you’ve asked yourself any of these questions in your career as an Architect, Engineer, Contractor, Fabricator, Material Supplier, Technology Provider, Owner, or Operator....this podcast is for you. Each episode focus hones in on a specific interoperability shared pain, and bring together the impacted perspectives from industry and technology to discuss the root causes of failed initiatives and capture the lessons learned that helped them overcome the challenge.

In this pre-episode, you’ll meet Sasha, Nathan, and Dan to better understand their unique perspectives on the AEC industry and the experiences that drive their passionate opinions on how to solve construction’s interoperability dilemma.

Despite all of the technology available to Architecture, Engineering, & Construction (AEC) Professionals, very little of it has proven to make a dent in Construction’s ‘Productivity Imperative’ coined by McKinsey & Co. in their 2015 market report. Our special guests are Benny Baltrotsky, Co-Founder of the Construction Open Standards Alliance (COSA) and Chief Strategy Officer for eSUB Software; and Nathan Wood, Founding Member of the Construction PDF Coalition and now Executive Director of the newly renamed Construction Progress Coalition after merging with COSA.

Let's digest the root causes of this AEC's vs reward dilemma, before debating if it's possible to find a one-size-fits-all contract solution. When Owners decide that quality and reliability outwieighs bottom dollar bids, how will your business pivot to deliver more value in a future with alternative contract environments?

Interviewees:

Rob Fischer, Director of Membership, Construction Users Roundtable (CURT)

Brittanie Campbell Turner, Managing Director & Podcast Host, Constructrr

Josh Bone @BIM2theBone & Jeff Sample @IronManOfIT

Show Links

CURT Technology & Productivity Summit - https://www.curt.org/events/event-detail/?EventID=603

OS2 Initiative - https://www.curt.org/resources/os2/

Constructrr Podcast - http://constructrr.com/

Construction Blockchain Constortium - https://www.constructionblockchain.org/

Adam Grant on Negotiating (Results vs Relationships) - https://www.ted.com/talks/worklife_with_adam_grant_the_science_of_the_deal

John Macomber - Follow the Money - https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=37399

Youtube How to Charge For a Logo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE53O1PzmNU

Karen Martin - Clarity First - https://www.amazon.com/Clarity-First-Organizations-Outstanding-Performance/dp/1259837351#ace-g6796040015

Let's digest the terminology of prefab, before debating if the reward is worth the risk. When Owners decide that prefabrication is the new gold standard, will you be ready to deliver?

Guests:

Briana Williams - StructionSite

Amy Marks - Autodesk - @queenofprefab

Episode Clarification: "Amy noted that since our interview, 'Intelligent Materials' has now been replaced with "Advanced Building Products"

Show Note Links:

Spearin Gap - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Spearin Boyde C. Paulson - https://medium.com/@vikofnorway/influence-curve-or-inverted-complacency-curve-954aceeb48bf John Macomber - Follow the Money - https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/40671%282003%29129 Autodesk & FMI Report on Trust - https://constructionblog.autodesk.com/autodesk-fmi-study/ Careers at The Walsh Group - http://www.walshgroup.com/careers.html

Together, we’ll digest the root causes of innovation burnout, before debating the role of culture and leadership to break through it. Ultimately, we must decide which innovation battles that are worth fighting for, and which ones need a little more time to incubate. Before investing the resources necessary to deliver innovation, ensure the cultural health of the organization is ready.

Episode Guests:

Tooey Courtemanche | CEO, Procore [@tooeyprocore, @ProcoreTech]

Alison Hart | Project Solutions, Mortenson [@MAMortensonCo]

Satyam Verma | Partnerships, Pype [@PypeInc]

Mark Ciszewski | Sales Director, Revizto [@Revizto]

Johnathon Grammer | Quality Director, Rogers O'brien [@JGrammer_, @Rogersobrien]

Special thanks to AEC Next | SPAR 3D and Procore Groundbreak for Inviting us to their conferences for these interviews.

**Show Links**

Revizto CDX Webinar - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awKE7G8HZMU

Learn how Mortenson is leveraging Pype at the enterprise level - https://pype.io/case_study/mortenson/

Listen to Tooey’s Keynote Address from the 2019 Procore Groundbreak - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zpVoRlgfFc

Research on the Five stages of Burnout - https://www.winona.edu/stress/bntstages.htm

The Innovation Burnout Syndrome - http://www.ideachampions.com/weblogs/archives/2018/02/the_dark_side_o.shtml

Download the ELECTRI RFI Report at - www.ConstructionProgress.org/ELECTRI

McKinsey: Why Most Digital Transformations Fail: https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/transformation/our-insights/why-do-most-transformations-fail-a-conversation-with-harry-robinson