“I focus on one thing that I believe is going to fundamentally change the industry, and that is empathy.” This is episode 4 of 4 for a Deep Dive Series recorded at the AEC Summit in Austin, Texas in April 2024! If you hear any background noise, thad's because this episode was recorded LIVE at the AEC Summit! Join us for this episode as Devon chats with Charlie Dunn about his role as a Project Storyteller, and maybe why legos should be taken seriously! Charlie tells a good story. From lightning fast development on n the industryithe Las Vegas strip, to oil fueled expansion in Edmonton, Albert ..read more

“One of the things I’ve really put more focus on is the people and the process. Right now I am so excited about sustainability, electrification…I’ve been spending a lot more of my time with the research being able to work and learn how the workforce is changing.” This is episode 3 of 4 for a Deep Dive Series recorded at the AEC Summit in Austin, Texas in April 2024! If you hear any background noise, that's because this episode was recorded LIVE at the AEC Summit! Join us for this episode as Devon chats with Josh Boneabout RFIs and how to "teach forward"! For more than two decades Josh Bone h ..read more

“Stop selling hopes and dreams, that’s a lot of the problems that we’re seeing…you can’t win them all. Win the ones you think you can execute properly.” This is episode 2 of 4 for a Deep Dive Series recorded at the AEC Summit in Austin, Texas in April 2024! If you hear any background noise, that's because this episode was recorded LIVE at the AEC Summit! Join Devon as he chats with Hamzah Shanbari of Haskell! Hamzah generously shares his pitching tips and wisdom from working in the industry. Hamzah Shanbari is an accomplished professional in the construction industry. Hamzah holds a PhD fro ..read more

This is episode 1 of 4 for a Deep Dive Series recorded at the AEC Summit in Austin, Texas in April 2024! If you hear any background noise, that's because this episode was recorded LIVE at the AEC Summit! “We’re going to have to solve the way that those products work together, and in doing that we’re going to be able to make construction projects run better, run quicker, and run at budget.” Join us for this episode as Devon chats with Greg Mattes about software interoperability! Greg is the product leader for Trimble App Xchange, a low-code integration platform helping Trimble partners and c ..read more

"Integrate your assemblies as if they are the lego blocks of building…on top of that, consider modular units as the lego Death Star. Think of it as, not necessarily you have to have an entire modular building, but I have a modular unit.” This is episode 3 of 3 for a Deep Dive Series on Advancing Prefabrication!  Join Devon and co-host Matt McMullen as he talks with the legendary Lonnie Cumpton of AEC Inspire! Lonnie Cumpton brings over three decades of hands-on experience in the building design and construction industry, where he has dedicated himself to mentoring professionals and guid ..read more

"Through robotic technologies and tele-robotics, it’s going to break...boundaries. Not just within the Earth, even extra-terrestrially through like Mars and the Artemis mission and things like that." This is episode 2 of 3 for a Deep Dive Series on Advancing Prefabrication!  We're taking a trip to space for this episode! Join Devon as he talks with Dr. Naveen Kumar Muthumanickam, a research engineer at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, as they talk about how building industrialized products on Mars can help solve the affordable housing solution on Earth.  Dr. Naveen Kumar ..read more

“I love hearing the words, ‘this is how we’ve always done it…’ because I’m not an expert, I’ve just been around a lot of really smart people, and my job is to consume their information and then try to present it back to people in terminology and systems they actually understand.” This is episode 1 of 3 for a Deep Dive Series on Advancing Prefabrication! Adam Ketterer's focus is revolutionizing material management for Electrical Contractors. He's helping Electrical Contractors, Distributors and Manufacturers leverage technology to streamline takeoff, BOM, prefab and installation processes to c ..read more

“The one thing that I always say about modular is that it’s a blessing and a curse…for a successful modular project you have to work through so many things before the project can begin…The blessing is that you know what it’s going to cost if you effectively work through all those things...You have a lot more work to do, but if it’s done the right way you can hit that budget.” Join Devon this week as we talk about modular home building in Colorado with Nathan Peterson of Vederra! Nathan Peterson is the CEO and Founder of Vederra Modular. Vederra Modular is a new 140,000 sqft modular housing fac ..read more

"My goal for SSLLC is to have a company that doesn't provide stress to somebody's home life or them personally. So the only way that can happen is to teach leadership and lean into those stresses {to find a solution}..." Join Devon as he chats with Scott Sypniewski Sr. & Jr. about leadership! SSLLC was founded on August 1, 2021, by Scott and Kathleen Sypniewski. Scott and Katheen operated a plumbing business in Chicago, from 2000-2018, while raising 4 children. Scott grew up in his father’s multifamily plumbing business. In 2018, as their youngest was graduating high school, Scott and Kat ..read more

"If you’re going to base your career on crunching numbers, I hope you’ll be satisfied with a salary of 2 cents now." Join Devon this week as he talks with René Morkos from ALICE Technologies about AI! René Morkos is the founder of ALICE Technologies. He obtained his Ph.D. in artificial intelligence applications for construction as a Charles H. Leavell fellow at Stanford University. He is a second generation civil engineer with over 15 years of construction industry experience that is divided between industry and academia. His professional experience includes working as a project manager ..read more