Built Revolution Podcast

On this episode of the Built Revolution podcast, Mona Haggag spoke with Charlie Atkinson and Brian Koches on Jacobs’ role as the construction manager for the award-winning $350M design-build GSA LA Courthouse project. This successful execution of the design-build delivery model reduced the project schedule from 7 years to only 43 months, while staying on budget. The courthouse was a design-build collaboration between Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) and Clark Construction Group-California LP under GSA’s Design Excellence Program.

On this episode of the Built Revolution podcast, Mona Haggag spoke with Charlie Atkinson and Brian Koches on Jacobs' role as the construction manager for the award-winning $350M design-build GSA LA Courthouse project. This successful execution of the design-build delivery model reduced the project schedule from 7 years to only 43 months, while staying on budget. The courthouse was a design-build collaboration between Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) and Clark Construction Group-California LP under GSA's Design Excellence Program. 

The Built Revolution was thrilled to have Eric Lamb, Executive and Board Member of DPR Construction as a guest. Eric shared how the organization’s work with Jim Collins during its founding in 1990 created the foundational values, such as “ever forward”, that continue to guide employee efforts to drive innovation. Eric also discusses how a greater investment in R&D by our industry, especially owner organizations, would propel innovation and advances in productivity.

The Built Revolution was thrilled to have Eric Lamb, Executive and Board Member of DPR Construction as a guest. Eric shared how the organization's work with Jim Collins during its founding in 1990 created the foundational values, such as "ever forward", that continue to guide employee efforts to drive innovation. Eric also discusses how a greater investment in R&D by our industry, especially owner organizations, would propel innovation and advances in productivity. 

Ed Schein, recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on culture and leadership, is professor emeritus of MIT and author of several known books. Ed and his son, Peter, joined The Built Revolution to share insights on how leadership shape culture and the importance of teams of people in accomplishing work. Their new book, Humble Leadership, is available for pre-order, and describes how leaders can develop the highly trusting, shared leadership cultures that are critical to survival in today’s VUCA world of rapid change.

Ed Schein, recognized as one of the world's leading experts on culture and leadership, is professor emeritus of MIT and author of several known books. Ed and his son, Peter, joined The Built Revolution to share insights on how leadership shape culture and the importance of teams of people in accomplishing work. Their new book, Humble Leadership, is available for pre-order, and describes how leaders can develop the highly trusting, shared leadership cultures that are critical to survival in today's VUCA world of rapid change.

In 2015, General Motors made the decision to sole-source a $1B construction program with Barton Malow, effectively breaking the mold for how GM engages with their construction partners. A team of leaders from both organizations made the decision to strategically invest in the development of a high-performing integrated team across four geographically disparate project sites. During this podcast, Mike Mayra, Global Construction Group Manager for General Motors, and Bruce Rysztak, Vice President for Barton Malow, share some of the outstanding results achieved on the three-year program. We discuss what enabled that success as well as some of the lessons they learned along the way.

In 2015, General Motors made the decision to sole-source a $1B construction program with Barton Malow, effectively breaking the mold for how GM engages with their construction partners. A team of leaders from both organizations made the decision to strategically invest in the development of a high-performing integrated team across four geographically disparate project sites. During this podcast, Mike Mayra, Global Construction Group Manager for General Motors, and Bruce Rysztak, Vice President for Barton Malow, share some of the outstanding results achieved on the three-year program. We discuss what enabled that success as well as some of the lessons they learned along the way. 

Brent Darnell has been working to help the building and construction industry understand how to leverage emotional intelligence to improve performance for 20 years. During this podcast, Brent shares his insights on how our industry can benefit from understanding emotional intelligence and implementing new skills that advance our capacity to solve problems, work collaboratively in teams and learn. Our industry’s reticence to embrace change has hindered our ability to apply research-backed learnings that relate emotions to how we think. Brent also shares his thought-provoking ideas on diversity in our industry. Enjoy!

Brent Darnell has been working to help the building and construction industry understand how to leverage emotional intelligence to improve performance for 20 years. During this podcast, Brent shares his insights on how our industry can benefit from understanding emotional intelligence and implementing new skills that advance our capacity to solve problems, work collaboratively in teams and learn. Our industry's reticence to embrace change has hindered our ability to apply research-backed learnings that relate emotions to how we think. Brent also shares his thought-provoking ideas on diversity in our industry. Enjoy!