This week, The ConTechCrew is diving deep into the geekiness with guest Shane Saltzgiver of VEC! Shane joins The Crew to explain how an encounter with Revit and BIM changed the trajectory of his career and #geekout with James on the finer details of BIM (spoiler alert: there are only four dimensions, anything else isRead more
Episode 205 of The ConTechCrew features Tauhira Ali joining the ConTechCrew to talk about the pending ROBOT INVASION! Just kidding….the invasion isn’t pending, its already happened. Our discussion with Stuart Maggs from Scaled Robotics explains why robotics for construction are for human advantage and here to stay. Topics in ConTech News this week include spaceRead more
3 Days, 4 Interviews and the Best New Tech from Groundbreak 2019 One convention center. Three days. Four thousand construction geeks. A packed expo, an innovation lab and dozens of speakers, including our own James Benham. It’s a little slice of builder’s heaven called Groundbreak, and this year it’s bigger than ever. This year’s GroundbreakRead more
The ConTechCrew is back this week in episode 189, with guest Yves Frinault of Fieldwire! In this episode you’ll learn about Yves’s career throughout the tech, the military, and his strong opinions on amateur scooter riding. In ConTech News this week we cover: Uber for shift-workers, Procore embedded apps, Katerra factory, and more! Listen to “TheRead more
The ConTechCrew gets a touch of rocky mountain country living with guest Josh Davis. Josh, a Project Executive at Fransen Pittman General Contractors regales The Crew with tales of his passion for streamlining construction with technology. True to form, the episode manages to slip in a few hilarious anecdotes to keep the listeners on theirRead more
Many people enter the construction industry because it’s simply where proverbial winds-of-change have left them. Our guest of episode 181, Dominic Daughtrey entered construction technology deliberately and sincerely! Listen to the episode to learn about Dominic’s love of ConTech and this week’s news items including Procore and Construction BI, Fluor’s Q2 loss, scaled robotics, andRead more
Starting Off The ConTechCrew was joined by DJ Phipps of XL Construction to discuss the evolution of the construction technologist. Other topics include humanoid robots, self flying cars, mentor remorse, and more! Listen to “The ConTechCrew 139: Evolution of the Construction Technologist with DJ Phipps from XL Construction” on Spreaker. Geek of the Week We Interviewed: DJRead more
Last Friday, the #ConTechTrio aired episode 1.16 of the podcast in which James Benham (@jamesmbenham), Rob McKinney (@conappguru) and Josh Bone (@bim2thebone) discussed the latest construction tech news. Headliners last week included new 3D scanning phones, 3D printed buildings and much more! Special guest Tooey Courtemanche, CEO of @ProcoreTech also joined to discuss construction projectRead more