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The Construction Shared Pains Podcast

by ConstructionProgress.org

Hear from experts across the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry looking to improve productivity and advance data interoperability standards. Join host Sasha Reed [@AlohaSasha], field reporter Nathan Wood [@nathancwood], and show producer Dan Smolilo [@Construct_Techy], as they interview industry and technology professionals to digest current integration challenges, debate necessary changes in contract and culture, so that you can decide the best strategy to invoke positive change and deliver streamlined collaboration between design, build, inspect, and operate stakeholders.

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Episodes

  1. Follow the Money

    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...

  2. Speaking Prefab

    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...

  3. Investing in AEC Innovation Pt 3: From Burnout to Breakthrough with special guest Tooey Courtemanche

    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...

  4. Investing in AEC Innovation Pt 2: Measurement & Impact

    We'll digest how measurement impacts our incentive to innovate, before debating the return on investment of learning from failures. What changes in measurement are required to drive innovation in construction? How can AEC professionals, project owner/operators, and technology solutions provide a...

  5. Investing in AEC Innovation Pt 1: Talk Versus Action

    What is the balance between talk and action to drive innovation in the AEC Industry? If innovation requires a new level of 'coopetition', what is the separation between transparency and intellectual property? What can AEC professionals learn from other industries about the 'art and science' of...

  6. Our Common Data Dilemma

    In this episode, we'll digest the value of connected data across the design, construction, and operation phases, before we debate the challenge of delivering the right information to the right person at the right time. Together, we'll understand the role of standards and contract incentives to...

  7. The Open-API Revolution

    What is an Application Programming Interface (API)? How can API integrations address our Shared Pains with manual re-entry of data from application to application? What data and process standards are required for open-API solutions to work as advertised? Who is already implementing open-API...

  8. Diversity, But Why?

    DIGEST: What are the different categories of diversity? DEBATE: Do we truly understand the risk of not accepting diverse opinions or ideas? DECIDE: How do we move beyond Surface Level Equality and focus on the value of Interpersonal Diversity? DELIVER: What is the role of leadership (both…

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  9. What's Your Shared Pain? A Year In Review.

    This episode brings together a diverse group of industry and technology professionals to discuss strategies and solutions to our collective Shared Pains with data transparency and interoperability. Find out how the Construction Progress Coalition is connecting these different perspectives…

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  10. Transforming the As-built Handover

    We digest the root causes of unreliable as-builts; in order to debate which project stakeholders have the most incentive - and influence - to replace analog documentation standards with digital performance requirements. Hearing from these different perspectives, remember….the role is yours to...

  11. CDX Innovation Challenge - Transforming the Submittal Exchange

    Digest - Why is there so much waste generated in the Submittal process? Debate - How technology streamline the submittal process without losing the value of their intent? Decide - Of these necessary changes to the process, what are the barriers in which we can control? What roadblocks exist...

  12. The Design Change to Impact Report Challenge

    Digest - what are the root causes of late design changes? Debate - How can data and mobile collaboration help us to predict or prevent their impacts? Decide - What do you do when the contract incentive is to maximize your profit….at the project's expense? Deliver - How might a CDX Collaboration...

  13. The Field Data to Dashboard CDX Challenge

    Digest the full extent of our #SharedPains with reliable data exchanges across each delivery phase. Hear a debate from different stakeholder perspectives about their ideal solutions, and decide how best to initiate a crucial conversation with your project leader or company executive that will...

  14. History of #SharedPains and Why CPC & COSA are #BetterTogether

    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…

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  15. What's Your Perspective?

    "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…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Hear from experts across the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry looking to improve productivity and advance data interoperability standards. Join host Sasha Reed [@AlohaSasha], field reporter Nathan Wood [@nathancwood], and show producer Dan Smolilo [@Construct_Techy], as they interview industry and technology professionals to digest current integration challenges, debate necessary changes in contract and culture, so that you can decide the best strategy to invoke positive change and deliver streamlined collaboration between design, build, inspect, and operate stakeholders.

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Produced by Construction Progress Coalition

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Hear from experts across the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry looking to improve productivity and advance data interoperability standards. Join host Sasha Reed [@AlohaSasha], field reporter Nathan Wood [@nathancwood], and show producer Dan Smolilo [@Construct_Techy], as...

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