292: Cradle to Cradle: Creating a Circular Economy
Learn about our Master Facilitator community: https://www.theartofconstruction.net/master-facilitators-about and sign up at: https://login.circle.so/checkout/master-facilitator?request_host=community.theartofconstruction.net Questions? Email scott@theaoc.us Ren DeCherney, Built Environment Lead at Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute, joins us for episode 292 of Art of Construction....
57m Jan 05, 2023
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291: System Built Structural Engineers to the Rescue
Garrett Davis and Dereck Peck, Structural Engineers at Tamarack Grove, and Matt McMullen, AOC Executive Director, join us for episode 291 of Art of Construction. Tamarack Grove Engineering is a structural engineering and design firm that specializes in the manufacturing, commercial, and facilities markets. While always dabbling in the modular market, in recent years their firm has dove head-on...
52m Dec 22, 2022
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290: Bringing Outside Perspectives Into Construction
Learn about our new online community and join the waitlist: https://www.theartofconstruction.net/master-facilitators-about Sarah Ahrendt, Chief Executive Officer of Ardmor Construction, joins us for episode 290 of Art of Construction. As a nurse Sarah worked in multiple high paced environments, including ICU and working on a neuro-renal floor of a hospital. In 2014 she made a major career mov...
50m Dec 15, 2022
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289: The Future of Wood-Based System Built Construction
Art Schmon, Vice President EWP & Mass Timber at FEA (Forest Economic Advisors) and Managing Director of IWBC (Industrialized Wood-Based Construction Conference), & Brendan Lowney, Principal of Macroeconomics at FEA, join us for episode 289 of Art of Construction. A confluence of global drivers including ESG, carbon sequestration, labor shortages, offsite productivity and digitalization are fue...
1hr 10m Dec 08, 2022
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288: Who is a Master Facilitator?
Scott Hicken, AOC Executive Producer, joins us for episode 288 of Art of Construction. Since 2014, Art of Construction has steadily gained momentum and built an audience of over half a million contractors and affiliates around the world who tune in. Today we are listed as the number one construction podcast in the world according to google charts. We believe we've gained this audience because ...
53m Dec 01, 2022
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287: Raising the Next Generation of Blue Collar Leaders
John Seaman, President of JC Property Professionals, joins us for episode 287 of Art of Construction. John grew up in a rural suburb in North Carolina where he was surrounded by men in the blue-collar industries of trade and construction. His youth helped him to acquire the skills that those hard working blue-collar employees had, but he knew he'd never be satisfied with a lifestyle of living ...
25m Nov 17, 2022
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286: A Cure for the Common Construction Lawsuit
Robert Christopher, Founder and CEO of Just Resolve, joins us for episode 286 of Art of Construction. During his 36-year career in litigation practice, Rob came to recognize that the U.S. adversarial system of justice is shockingly inept at delivering real and efficient justice in common limited-stakes disputes (which make up the vast majority of civil lawsuits). Consequently, he innovated a s...
29m Nov 10, 2022
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285: Shark Tank for Construction Disruption
Cutler Knupp, Managing Director at Dysruptek, joins us for episode 285 of Art of Construction. Construction is one of history’s oldest trades, and it remains one of the most old-fashioned. Working to make the most of tight profit margins, contractors traditionally have had few investment dollars to explore new technology. Through the creation of Dysruptek, Haskell is changing that dynamic. In...
59m Oct 27, 2022
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284: Building Your Business Story and Strategy
Jeani Ringkob, Founder of StoryBuilt Marketing & Coaching, joins us for episode 284 of Art of Construction. Jeani Ringkob grew up in our industry and saw at a young age that business owners in construction are what our country is built on. With StoryBuilt, Jeani now serves those business owners. Many business owners in our industry struggle with taking on projects that don't ultimately grow t...
36m Oct 20, 2022
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283: Breaking New Ground in Fiber‑to‑the‑Home Internet
Scott Sampson, CEO at Fiber Fast Homes, joins us for episode 283 of Art of Construction. Fiber Fast Homes partners with builders, developers, and build-to-rent communities to build Fiber-to-the-Home infrastructure and provide Fiber Internet service to residents. Today’s new home buyers demand fast Internet service to keep up with their home office, smart home, and entertainment needs. Their bu...
31m Oct 13, 2022
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282: Building the Perfect Project Team
Bryson Reaume, Founder & CEO of Reaume Richardson and the Cooperative LA, and Matt McMullen, AOC Executive Director, join us for episode 282 of Art of Construction. Reaume Richardson is a Los Angeles based general contractor with 20 years of experience revitalizing cityscapes throughout California. The Cooperative represents their clients’ best interests by understanding all aspects of the Con...
1hr 4m Oct 06, 2022
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281: Why Contractors Should Care About Licensing
Michael J. Armstrong, CEO at ARPL & NCARB, joins us for episode 281 of Art of Construction. The Alliance for Responsible Professional Licensing (ARPL) promotes a responsible, balanced approach to professional licensing. They aim to educate policymakers and the public on the importance of protecting rigorous licensing for professionals with high public impact. They also provide best practices a...
40m Sep 29, 2022
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280: Extending Reality With Autodesk
Nicolas Fonta, General Manager of Extended Reality at Autodesk, joins us for episode 280 of Art of Construction. Extended reality (XR) is the umbrella term for a spectrum of immersive and interactive technologies. It encompasses augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR), and virtual reality (VR). You can access XR through mobile devices, VR headsets and glasses, and other technologies. We've...
45m Sep 22, 2022
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279: Where Are All The Houses?
Alec Weichel, Founder and CEO of ListQuick, and Scott Hicken, AOC Executive Producer, join us for episode 279 of Art of Construction. ListQuick's mission is to provide a highly accountable service to real estate professionals, as well as home buyer and sellers. They have an online portal and a directory of trusted real estate agents they can immediately pair you with in any major city. Alec be...
1hr 1m Sep 15, 2022
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278: The Drywall Finishing Robot
Kevin Albert, Founder and CEO of Canvas, joins us for episode 278 of Art of Construction. Canvas is a construction robotics company that aims to deliver unrivaled quality, speed, and predictability by putting robots in the hands of skilled workers. Their first product is a robot that finishes drywall, made to give the trade control over their schedule, make the work safer, and make it easier t...
40m Sep 08, 2022
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277: Increasing Productivity With Project Based Compensation
Michael Fortinberry, Co-Founder and COO at Protiv, joins us for episode 277 of Art of Construction. Protiv is a revolutionary bonus program that directly ties productivity to employee pay, creating, tracking, and managing project based incentives. Companies that use Protiv simultaneously lower labor costs, increase employee wages, and reach higher profit margins, all without sacrificing qualit...
40m Sep 01, 2022
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276: The Delivery of the Future
Andrew Seelye, President at G-pod Americas, joins us for episode 276 of Art of Construction. G-pods are the evolution of contemporary modular architecture. Beautifully designed, versatile, durable relocatable building systems that can be permanent or easily relocated as needed. Iconic designs and rapid, low impact development. Andrew even lives in one! Join Devon and Andrew as they reflect on...
46m Aug 25, 2022
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275: A Seamless Digital Sales Experience
Ali Azhar, Chief Revenue Officer at HOVER, and Chad Enger, Owner of Black Hills Exteriors, join us for episode 275 of Art of Construction. HOVER is the first app for contractors that provides you with an accurate 3D model of any home using photos taken with your smartphone. HOVER enables contractors to lower the time it takes to gather measurements, win more jobs, and improve communication wit...
51m Aug 18, 2022
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274: PANEL: Successful Investment Strategies For Employees and Entrepreneurs
Moritz Luck, Co-Founder of Enscape, Alice Leung, Vice President of Platform and Product Strategy at Brick & Mortar Ventures, and Phil Read, CEO at Read | Thomas, join us for episode 274 of Art of Construction and the fifth and final episode of our series recorded live at Digital Built Week Americas 2022. This panel discussion was great synopsis of what to have in mind for you, the Art of Const...
1hr 8m Aug 11, 2022
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273: Managing Technology and Managing People
Phil Read, CEO at Read | Thomas, joins us for episode 273 of Art of Construction and the fourth episode of our series recorded live at Digital Built Week Americas 2022. Phil is the co-founder of Read | Thomas - a global BIM/VDC consulting company focused on supporting building designers, engineers, builders and owners through cross-discipline technology integration and best practices. He has n...
26m Aug 04, 2022
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272: From Storage Structures to System Built
Chris Pearson, Owner, Operations and R&D Lead at Storage Structures, joins us for episode 272 of Art of Construction.  ​ Storage Structures Inc. is a national metal-building subcontractor for the self-storage industry. Recently they have introduced their new Alpha light-gauge, 10-by-10-foot framing system, which is comprised mainly of factory-formed and assembled columns and beams. This new de...
41m Jul 28, 2022
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271: 10 EFFING BUZZWORDS!
Kelly Cone, Chief Strategy Officer at ClearEdge3D, joins us for episode 271 of Art of Construction and the third episode of our series recorded live at Digital Built Week Americas 2022. Tired of all those buzzwords and the marketing hype surrounding them? Waiting until you see something actually usable come from them before you care? So are we. And while there are a lot of real life use cases ...
43m Jul 21, 2022
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270: Exploring the United States Passive House Standard
Katrin Klingenberg, Co-Founder & Executive Director of PHIUS (Passive House Institute US), and Isaac Elnecave, Project Certifier & Policy Analyst at PHIUS, join us for episode 270 of Art of Construction. Katrin Klingenberg is a visionary who has driven adoption of the Phius Standard throughout the past 20 years. Passive building methodology originated in the United States and Canada in the 197...
1hr 3m Jul 14, 2022
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269: The Science of Where
Marc Goldman, Director of AEC Industry Solutions at Esri, joins us for episode 269 of Art of Construction and the second episode of our series recorded live at Digital Built Week Americas 2022. Esri is a GIS (Geographic Information System) platform provider. They bill their GIS mapping software as the most powerful mapping & spatial analytics technology available. Their tagline, which we love,...
33m Jul 07, 2022
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268: Knowing Your Net Profit Margin Per Job
Marc Visent, Co-Founder & CEO of Knowify, joins us for episode 268 of Art of Construction. "I have no idea how much money I make per project."   "WHAT!!?!?!" It was when Marc Visent first heard these words from a contractor that his vision for Knowify became crystal clear. Combining the best of CRM, project management and invoicing software, Knowify is an all-in-one tool to manage your compan...
55m Jun 30, 2022
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267: Making Your Company a Classroom
Ellen Bensky, Principal, CEO, and CFO at Turner Fleischer Architects, joins us for episode 267 of Art of Construction and the first episode of our series recorded live At Digital Built Week Americas 2022. Ellen and many of her Turner Fleischer team members were at Digital Built Week sharing their story. One of their talks, the topic of this podcast, was titled: Who is Responsible for Learning ...
38m Jun 23, 2022
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266: Funding the Innovators
Alice Leung, Vice President of Platform and Product Strategy at Brick & Mortar Ventures, joins us for episode 266 of Art of Construction.  Brick & Mortar Ventures is on a mission to disrupt the way we design, construct, and maintain the built world. They identify, invest in, and grow emerging companies developing innovative software and hardware solutions for the industries of architecture, en...
51m Jun 16, 2022
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265: Nothing's Too Small for BIM
Carl Storms, Technical Solutions Lead at BIM Track and Host of the BIMThoughts podcast, joins us for episode 265 of Art of Construction and the fourth and final episode leading up to Digital Built Week Americas 2022. Carl knows BIM. He knows modeling, coordination, and improving processes; he’s been doing it for over 20 years. And above all, he knows how to teach and inspire others to adopt BI...
37m Jun 09, 2022
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264: Productizing Real Estate Development
Alfonso Medina, Co-Founder and CEO of Madelon Group, joins us for episode 264 of Art of Construction.  Today roughly 4 billion people - about 55% of the world’s population- lives in urban areas. By 2050 the urban population is set to grow to more than 6 billion. This exponentially increasing demand, makes the creation of enough dignified, well-designed, and affordable housing one of the bigges...
29m Jun 02, 2022
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263: Housing as a Product
Greg Leung, CEO at Connect Homes, joins us for episode 263 of Art of Construction and the third episode in our series leading up to Digital Built Week Americas 2022 in Anaheim, California.   Greg is a former Apple executive who was oversaw their global supply chain planning and management for many years. Now he is using his supply chain expertise — the ability to get the right thing to the righ...
51m May 26, 2022
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262: Everyday Information Modeling
Brian Mackey, Owner of BD Mackey Consulting, joins us for episode 262 of Art of Construction and the second episode in our Digital Built Week 2022 pre-shows. BD Mackey consulting was created to support BIM needs for AEC companies of all size through educational services, technical support, mentoring and custom training. Their goal is to make each company they work with more productive, more ef...
38m May 19, 2022
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261: High Stakes Freight
Carson Holmquist, Co-Founder and CEO of Stream Logistics, joins us for episode 261 of Art of Construction. With the emergence of offsite construction (prefab, modular, and pods), the nature of construction logistics is evolving. This modern approach to construction is defined by high stakes. Timelines are tight, space is limited, and delays are wildly expensive. When stakes are high, the wins ...
36m May 12, 2022
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260: The Digital Built Environment Institute
Wesley Benn, Executive Chairman at the Digital Built Environment Institute, joins us for episode 260 of Art of Construction and the first episode in our Digital Built Week 2022 pre-shows. If you've listened to our show for many years you probably remember our partnership with Digital Built Week Americas in 2019. One of our highest rated episodes is the keynote of that conference which turned i...
43m May 05, 2022
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259: The Construction Layout Roomba
Derrick Morse and Logan Farrell, CEO, CTO and Co-Founders of Rugged Robotics, join us for episode 259 of Art of Construction.  Rugged Robotics is a Houston-based construction technology company. Their first product tackles the challenge of field layout, and replaces slow, error-prone, manual layout with an autonomous vehicle that marks fully-coordinated A/E designs directly onto unfinished flo...
44m Apr 28, 2022
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258: Great People Are Better Than a Great Process
Dr. Craig Ellis, Vice President of Services at HighMatch, joins us for episode 258 of Art of Construction.  The construction industry is facing a perfect storm when it comes to employees, with an aging workforce nearing retirement, the great resignation pulling skilled and professional talent into other industries, and the new generation (Gen Z) ignoring careers in construction for other indus...
54m Apr 21, 2022
54m
257: Building a System Built Factory in the Colorado Mountains
Charlie Chupp, Founder and CEO of Fading West Development, and Matt McMullen, AOC Executive Director, join us for episode 257 of Art of Construction.  As the former CEO of Load King Manufacturing in Florida, Charlie spent 20 years manufacturing and general contracting over 4,000 food service stores across the US and Canada. With clients such as Starbucks, Einstein Bros Bakery, Safeway, Kroger ...
51m Apr 14, 2022
51m
256: Blue Collar Warrior Series: LinkedIn for Tradespeople
David Broomhead, Co-Founder and CEO of Trade Hounds, and Jon Stambaugh, AOC Logistics Director, join us for episode 256 of Art of Construction.  Trade Hounds is built for the hardworking skilled tradespeople building our country and is America's largest professional app for construction. Like a Blue Collar version of LinkedIn, it is a place where the trades can connect, share photos and videos...
48m Apr 07, 2022
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255: System Build Lessons From an Early Adopter
Antony Kountouris, CEO of BMarko Structures, and Matt McMullen, AOC Executive Director, join us for episode 255 of Art of Construction.  BMarko Structures is a modular construction company based in Atlanta, GA specializing in custom shipping container conversions, steel, and wood modular construction. From pop-up restaurants to COVID-19 modular hospitals and shipping container parks, their goa...
51m Mar 31, 2022
51m
254: A Plug and Play Electrical System
Jim Baldwin, Founder and CEO of Domatic, joins us for episode 254 of Art of Construction.  Domatic aims to reinvent the way buildings are powered. They are replacing 100-year-old, inefficient 120/240V AC wiring. Instead, they have an intelligent low-voltage DC solution that combines power and data on the same wires. By centralizing AC/DC conversion at the source, they're paving the way for wid...
48m Mar 24, 2022
48m
253: The Key to Offsite Construction is Automation
Dwight Morgan and Dave Osher, CMO and CEO at OFFSITEK, join us for episode 253 of Art of Construction.  OFFSITEK is an offsite technology company offering an end-to-end solution for industrialized construction that integrates land development, advanced digital design, supply chain optimization and construction. Their factory-controlled environment produces pre-engineered panelized systems and ...
1hr 10m Mar 17, 2022
1hr 10m
252: Blue Collar Warrior Series: Finding Your Passion in Construction
Amanda Alexander, Client Relations at Stream Logistics, joins us for episode 252 of Art of Construction.  Stream Logistics specialize in construction logistics. Construction is in the midst of radical innovation and the old logistics solutions are not good enough. Offsite construction has changed the way product needs to be transported, stored, and received. They are solution geeks, so they lo...
37m Mar 10, 2022
37m
251: The Master Interior Designer
Margarita Bravo, Founder and Chief Creative Officer at Margarita Bravo, joins us for episode 251 of Art of Construction. Margarita Bravo is a full-service interior design, build, and décor firm in Denver, Miami and Montecito. They have many combined years of experience renovating complex and large projects. Margarita and her design teams have engineering and project management degrees that hel...
29m Mar 03, 2022
29m
250: SBL Reboot: The Evolution of the System Build Lifestyle
Audree Grubesic, Ken Semler and Gary Fleisher join us for a very special episode 250 of Art of Construction. It’s been almost 4 years since Devon and Audree decided to launch their System Build Lifestyle Series on the Art of Construction. If you've been listening to our program for a while, then you'll remember those episodes! Since that series, both Audree and Devon have delved much deeper in...
58m Feb 24, 2022
58m
249: Online Cabinet Shopping à la Amazon
Brady Lewis, Founder at Allmoxy, joins us for episode 249 of Art of Construction. Allmoxy is the online MRP software solution for the cabinet and woodworking industry. From taking orders to estimates to scheduling, Allmoxy does it for you. It can be customized to suit your business, services, and customers. Ordering a cabinet or furniture job can be a straightforward online shopping experience...
31m Feb 17, 2022
31m
248: Mixed Reality: Integrating the Digital and Real World
Nathan Patton, Applications Engineer at Trimble, joins us for episode 248 of Art of Construction. As we learned on AOC Show 241 with David Burczyk, Trimble is a company that's transforming the way the world works by delivering products and services that connect the physical and digital worlds. They have been developing mixed reality hardware since the late 90's. In 2014 they partnered with Mic...
34m Feb 10, 2022
34m
247: Managing Margin Pressure With ONE Platform
Paul McKeon, Founder and CEO of B2W Software, joins us for episode 247 of Art of Construction. Margin pressure, job complexity and competition are intensifying. This makes construction project management more challenging and utilizing construction software more critical. That’s why large and small companies, spanning all heavy civil specialties, have turned to B2W Software for construction est...
42m Feb 03, 2022
42m
246: Dig a Little Deeper!
Tyler Campbell, Co-host of the Construction Brothers Podcast and Chief Storyteller at Storybuilder, joins us for episode 246 of Art of Construction. The Construction Brothers Podcast is dedicated to exploring all things construction. Tyler and his brother Eddie share ideas on how to approach the industry, and add a bit of flavor with their brotherly love. Their goal is to offer a solid marketi...
34m Jan 20, 2022
34m
245: The Contractor Credit Card
Zaid Rahman, Founder and CEO of Flexbase, joins us for episode 245 of Art of Construction. Zaid Rahman comes from a family of contractors and architects and is more than aware of all aspects of the construction world, including the struggles of unusual cash flow unique to our industry. Most of the time, the people doing the work get the shortest end of the stick when it comes to paying or gett...
44m Jan 13, 2022
44m
244: Don't Sell Passive House
Johnny Rezvani, Director of Communications at 475 High Performance Building Supply, joins us for episode 244 of Art of Construction. 475 High Performance Building Supply was founded by Ken Levenson and Floris Keverling Buisman in 2011. Their goal was to do passive house retrofits in New York, however, the U.S. didn't have the materials to execute their goal. Passive house is common practice in...
56m Jan 06, 2022
56m
243: Building Meow Wolf Denver
Ryan Meeks, Architect at Shears Adkins Rockmore (SAR+), Aaron Laird, Project Executive at Turner Construction, and Scott Hicken, AOC Executive Producer, join us for episode 243 of Art of Construction.  Meow Wolf is an arts production company that creates immersive, multimedia experiences that transport audiences of all ages into fantastic realms. Their latest permanent exhibit, titled Converge...
1hr 3m Dec 16, 2021
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