Downtime Talk

Downtime Talk

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Downtime Talk episodes

  • Unveiling Trackunit's Blueprint for Eliminating Downtime | Downtime Talk
    Join host Søren Brogaard, CEO at Trackunit, for the Season 2 premiere of Downtime Talk Podcast with guest COO at Trackunit, Evan Barnes, giving insights into Trackunit's blueprint to eliminate downtime. Dive into Trackunit's innovative strategy to eliminate downtime in construction, featuring product insights, collaborations, and a focus on customer success. Gain exclusive insights into Trackunit's approach as Søren Brogaard emphasizes, "Trackunit’s mission is to eliminate downtime to build the most useful industry for the world." Explore the transformative potential of a connected ecosystem as Evan Barnes highlights, "The challenges are substantial and require collaboration and commitment."
     
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    20 min
  • How Cloud Technology Fuels Collaborative Construction | Downtime Talk

    Join a conversation on why cloud technology helps construction become more collaborative and limiting factors for new ways of working on construction. With a career at the intersection of tech and construction Britton Langdon, Chief Strategy Officer at Snaptrude, shares a perspective on how to bring workflows and people together even when processes aren’t perfectly linear. 
     

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    22 min
  • From push to pull: How OEM’s connectivity ambitions change | Downtime Talk
    Dedicating his professional career to construction, Fred Rio, SVP OEM sales at Trackunit, taps into the rich history he has with the industry for an account on what's driving connectivity with OEMs. A conversation about how ambitions are changing and what kind of people OEMs need to have at the table to not fall short on their digital journey.
     
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    20 min
  • Bringing the share economy to heavy equipment | Downtime Talk
    Born out of the frustration with snow plowing equipment sitting idle, Kevin built a marketplace for heavy equipment. Kevin Forestell, CEO and Co-founder of Dozr joins Soeren Brogaard on the Downtime Talk to speak about a new model for equipment rental and machine utilization.
     
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    18 min
  • ‘Yes we have’ - on IoT in construction | Downtime Talk
    Matt Hatton provides an analyst’s view across different sectors, pointing to those that construction should look for inspiration and lessons learned. Tune in for an episode on all things IoT and how to avoid getting stuck in the proof of concept phase. 
     
    Further reading and resources mentioned on the show:
     
    Report: Digital Transformation in the Construction sector 
     
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    22 min
  • Tech, AI and Humans in Construction | Downtime Talk
    How do humans and tech work best together on construction jobsites? Demi Knight Clark, founder of 1 of the 2% women-owned construction businesses in the US, talks with Soeren Brogaard about efficiencies, innovation, and how the human element plays into it. Demi’s energy and passion to make a dent in the industry is certainly contagious - tune in!
     
    Further reading and resources mentioned on the show:
     
    Watch Demi’s TEDx Talk on empowering girls and women in construction https://youtu.be/4nvs0Qtc2nA
     
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    20 min
  • From ‘Hard Down’ to Full Utilization in Rental | Downtime Talk

    Why supply-chain constraints have completely changed what is considered downtime in the equipment rental industry and how to find the sweet spot in preventive maintenance processes.


    With serious disruptions of the equipment supply chain, simply adding new equipment to the fleet whenever you experience downtime is not an option anymore.


    Josh Nickell, Vice President, Equipment Segment at ARA, pulls from his extensive experience of running one of the fastest growing rental companies in the US and his work with ARA members and shares what other ways rental companies can look to keep their fleets moving.


    Further reading and resources mentioned on the show:


    RentalU – training on a variety of topics from customer service to safety: https://ararental.org/rentalu
    ARA Certified - program for service technicians specifically in the rental environment https://ararental.org/Learn/ARA-Certified-Sales-Service


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    19 min
  • Digital and Dirt: Reducing the Carbon Footprint in Construction | Downtime Talk
    From machine, to site, to the construction industry as a whole - Holger Pietzsch joins Soeren Brogaard on the the Downtime Talk to discuss emission tracking. 
     
    Combining insights from his work at Hexagon and his role as Chair of the CECE Digitalisation Task-Force, Holger shares three steps to benchmark your efforts on reducing carbon footprint of your operations and why the opposite of downtime is not necessarily uptime. Tune in.
     
    Further reading and resources mentioned on the show:

    Sign up to the CECE newsletter.

    Learn more about Hexagon's Heavy Construction Solutions

    More about Leica Geosystems.

     
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    23 min
  • Sustainability in Construction: Asking the Right Questions | Downtime Talk
    An inspiring conversation about the power of asking the right questions and how to reframe sustainability regulations as opportunities for business and people. With Flor Massei, hosted by Soeren Brogaard.
     
    Not sure where to even start? Tune in for great questions to ask when your organization is still figuring out its path to more sustainable operations.

    Further reading and resources mentioned on the show:

    EU CSR directive

    EU Directive on Energy performance of buildings

    re-vamped SCOR model including the sustainability angle

    Connect with Flor via LinkedIn

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    21 min
  • Talent, People, and DEI in Construction | Downtime Talk

    Tune in for a conversation about talent and diversity in construction with Louisa Dickins, Co-Founder & Director LMRE and Romey Oulton, Consultant at LMRE.

    A unique outside in perspective on how construction can attract the people that are so much needed in an industry struggling with workforce gaps. Lousia and Romey are experts in the field when it comes to more diversity in hiring people and share their experiences and learnings.

    Further reading and resources:

    • Sign up for the database and reach out to [email protected] for onboarding info. 
    • Educate yourself on industry trends, get exposure to new opportunities, and make new connections here or join the events here.
    • If you haven’t already read this milestone piece of research, check out this article by McKinsey. 
    • LMRE’s DEI Digest series – celebrating changemakers who are championing DEI in the ConTech space:
      • https://www.lmre.tech/interviews/the-dei-digest-with-maximillian-diez-25-ventures/
      • https://www.lmre.tech/interviews/the-dei-digest-with-jessica-herrala-constru/
      • https://www.lmre.tech/interviews/the-dei-digest-with-julieta-moradei-hometeam-ventures/

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        28 min

      About Downtime Talk

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      The Downtime Talk brings you the latest insights and expert perspectives on the construction industry and beyond. We discuss trending topics, innovative ideas, and sources of inspiration shaping the world of construction. From cutting-edge technology to sustainable practices and the challenges this industry faces, our host Soeren Brogaard, CEO at Trackunit, explores new ways to eliminate downtime in construction with his guests.