Code and Concrete

Robert Orozco is a seasoned software professional with 15 years of experience, including 9 years in data analytics and AI. He consults for AI startups and enterprises implementing AI solutions. As the founder of Afirmity, Robert Orozco leads efforts to combat deepfakes in corporate and government communications. He is also a co-inventor of a pending patent using AI on video footage to generate comprehensive reports.

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Building Bytes covers core concepts and industry guides posted in the Building Knowledge Base, available at info.building.inc

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Building Bytes covers core concepts and industry guides posted in the Building Knowledge Base, available at info.building.inc

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David Gory is the co-founder and CEO of Airbuild Inc, a climate technology company focused on innovative solutions to clean air, water, and capture carbon through microalgae and biochar technologies. With a strong background in engineering and business, David draws inspiration from his upbringing in Nigeria, where firsthand experiences with pollution fueled his commitment to sustainability and social impact. Under his leadership, Airbuild pioneers scalable, practical technologies that benefit communities globally by delivering cleaner environments and creating economic value.

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This episode is a recorded version of a virtual keynote at the Construction Blockchain Conference 2025, live from London, United Kingdom.

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This episode is a recorded version of a keynote given in Dublin, Ireland, at the 2025 BIM Coordinators Summit. 

Matthew A. Schneider is CEO of Building Inc, a company advancing real estate tokenization, digital asset securitization, and AI-driven property intelligence. Since 2020, he has led blockchain integration, digital twin development, and data-driven asset management for over $120M in real estate. Schneider has collaborated with institutional investors, developers, and technology firms across six continents to improve transparency, liquidity, and access in the built environment. His academic work includes contributions to university-led research initiatives in the U.S. and Europe.

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Jackson Reiter is the Co-Founder and COO of Relm, building real estate’s AI brain. With a degree in Economics from NYU, a background leading performance marketing, and years of experience as a licensed agent in NY and NJ, Jackson has seen both the ground-level pain points and the systemic inefficiencies of the industry. He and his co-founder Evan Robinson founded Relm to unify the fragmented real estate ecosystem – from commercial research to consumer home search – all in one intelligent platform. At Relm, Jackson leads operations, product, and go-to-market to make finding homes and investing in property smarter and faster.

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Denis Petrovcic is the co-founder and CEO of Blocksquare, leading a team building infrastructure that transforms real estate into borderless tokenized assets. Since 2018, Blocksquare’s protocol has tokenized over $200M of property across 20+ countries, and through Oceanpoint it enables instant, DeFi-native secondary-market liquidity within a framework designed to reassure regulators and investors alike. A serial founder in hospitality, e-commerce, and energy tech, Petrovcic discovered Ethereum in 2016 and became convinced that the future of real-estate finance is on-chain. He now focuses on product architecture, capital strategy, and policy design, while also serving on the board of FIBREE to help advance global standards for real-world-asset tokenization.

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ALShimaa Allam is a Structural Engineer, professional engineer, MBA, and project management program-certified with 24 years of expertise in engineering design, structural analysis, and construction management. She serves as Strategic and Portfolio Manager and Technical Integration Manager at AAA-Integration, driving technical excellence and organizational growth. Her strong qualifications in strategic management within the AEC industry bridge technical depth with business acumen. Committed to lifelong learning, she actively pursues professional development and stays ahead of global engineering market trends.

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Benjamin Toney is an aspiring nerd's nerd with a practitioner's background in housing policy and community development and an academic background in urban planning and development. He is especially curious about systems design under domestic restructure, demographic shift, and geopolitical reconfiguration. He sometimes overuses the phrase "necessary but insufficient.”

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