AEC Business

Greg Neil is the owner of construction industry management consultancy, Gregory Neil Associates. In this podcast, Greg talks about freedom-based management and how happy staff improve business performance.

You can reach Gregory via email at [email protected], or call him at 415-895-5126.

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Hank Harris is the President and CEO of FMI Corporation, the top management consulting firm specializing in the construction industry. In this podcast, Hank Harris discusses trends in the construction sector.

You can reach Hank via email at [email protected] or by phone at 919.785.9228. The website of FMI Corporation is at www.fminet.com.

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Tomi Henttinen is the Chief Innovation Officer at Gravicon. The Finnish company offers services and tools for the management of BIM projects. Tomi is also the chairman of BuildingSmart Finland.

In this interview Tomi talks about their product, Modespace, and how it supports the work of the project manager during a construction project. To learn more about Modelspace visit http://www.info.modelspace.fi/index_en.html. Tomi also mentions the recent co-operation agreement with Glodon Software Company Limited. Their new partner is the leading construction management software vendor in China with over 100,000 users.

About Gravicon

Since 1990, Gravicon Ltd has served the construction industry through IT consulting and, in particular in its role as a consulting firm specializing in Building Information Modeling (BIM). The company has served as Building Information Modeling consultant for a number of demanding construction projects. In addition, the office has also done project-specific software applications, for the general use of BIM models related to software development.

Tomi's email address is [email protected].

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Carol Hagen is an independent software consultant to the AEC industry in USA as well as social networking guru and speaker. In this podcast, Carol Hagen explains how she can help AEC companies identify the correct software for optimal operations. Carol is passionate about assisting her AEC clients achieve paperless offices, thereby reducing administration and storage costs.

About Carol

Carol Hagen, MBA, president of Hagen Business Systems Inc has 25+ years experience in the construction software industry.  Carol is published in Constructech Magazine, CFMA’s Building Profits, ASA’s The Contractor’s Compass and writes weekly on her two blogs.  She’s been a speaker at AGC/CFMA 15th Annual Construction Financial Management Conference, NAWIC National Conventions, CFMA’s National Conferences and was the first “Outstanding Associate of the Year” in the CFMA Valley of the Sun Chapter in 2001.  She tweets on construction tech and social media tips daily and also moderates the LinkedIn group and Google+ Community: “Construction Apps, Software and Technology”.

She is a business development partner with Viewpoint Software, mJobTime, Corecon and Bluebeam helping construction eliminate silos, improve collaboration and leverage mobility.

Her next speaking engagement is CONSTRUCT, September 26, 2013 in Nashville sponsored by the Construction Specifications Institute

She loves golf, antique cars, chihuahuas and all things techie… oh and chocolate desserts!

Additional bio details are on LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolhagen

Company website: www.hagenbusiness.com

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 602-570-7289

Twitter: http://twitter.com/carolhagen

Carol’s Construction Technology Blog: http://carolhagen.wordpress.com

Social + Websites Blog: http://www.hagenbusiness.com/blog

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Jamal Moustafaev, MBA, PMP is the president and founder of Thinktank Consulting an internationally acclaimed expert and speaker on the subjects of project and portfolio management, scope definition, process improvement and corporate training.

Jamal has worked for private sector companies and government organizations in Canada, US, Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

Jamal Moustafaev's book, Delivering Exceptional Project Results: A Practical Guide to Project Selection, Scoping, Estimation and Management (at Amazon.com) has been adopted and endorsed by the Project Management Institute (pmi.org).

For more information, refer to Jamal’s website at, thinktankconsulting.ca or send your email to [email protected].

Bob Prieto, currently senior VP for strategy in Fluor’s Industrial and Infrastructure Group, recently completed his fourth book, Application of Life Cycle Analysis in the Capital Assets Industry. In this interview, Bob Prieto talks about this book and how it can benefit owners and AEC professionals of mega-projects.

You can contact Bob at Fluor’s office in Princeton, New Jersey. The address of the company’s website is www.fluor.com. Bob's e-book is available at cmaanet.org.

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Chris Cardillo created the first and only cloud-based procurement system for buyers and sellers of construction materials in North America. Find out in this interview how both suppliers and buyers can save time and money using this revolutionary construction industry purchasing system.

You can contact Chris via email at [email protected] or visit his website at www.specbid.com.

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Our interviewee is Mark Buckshon, construction publisher and marketing specialist, President of the Construction News and Report Group. Today’s topic is branding – why it is important, and how to create brand value.

Quoting from Mark’s book Construction Marketing Ideas ,“Your goal in marketing your construction business is to understand and elevate your brand’s value. As its value increases you will capture even higher prices and margins. When your brand is well above average, you will command a significant premium over price-focused competition.”

You can contact Mark via his blog site at constructionmarketingideas.com and even get a free 30 minute phone or video conversation.

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Thomas O’Connor is employed by Collen Construction in Ireland as Manager of the Building Services Department with responsibilities for the installation, commissioning and handover of the Mechanical and Electrical installations on all of Collen Construction projects. He received the Construction Manager of the Year title in June 2013. In this interview Thomas reveals his secret of success.

You can reach Thomas via email at [email protected]. Visit Collen Construction at www.collen.com.

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On July 3, 2013, I interviewed Markku Wilenius, Senior Advisor at Finland Future Research Centre of Turku School of Economics. Markku talks about the next, sixth, wave of economics and societies that will be driven by environmental technologies, biotechnology, nanotechnology, and healthcare.

How does the sixth wave affect the construction industry? Markku believes that we’ll see a paradigm shift towards intelligent construction that uses new, environmentally sustainable  materials and is resource-efficient throughout the life cycle of the built environment.

Download Markku’s research report Surfing the Sixth Wave - Exploring the next 40 years of global change and visit his website at http://markkuwilenius.fi.

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