The Construction Dorkcast

In this episode of The Dorks, we sit down with Hamzah Shanbari, the Dork Of The Year and recent author of Paperless Builders. We talk about his work at Haskell with technology and how contractors should prepare before implementing any tech. It was a wonderful conversation, and Hamzah definitely made it clear why he is the Dork of the Year.

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In this episode of The Construction Dorks, we sit down with Kelly Lubeley to examine some of the similarities and differences between Electrical and other trades. While we definitely got into the weeds on the differences, we also talked about how, at a process level, we may have more in common than you might think.

In this episode of the Construction Dorks, we sit down with the innovators of the year from NECA SMACNA and MCAA to talk about the importance of innovation, some of the misconceptions about how innovation works, and the critical importance of teams when looking at innovation within a company. The guest shared some interesting perspectives that we're sure you’ll enjoy, so please sit back and enjoy the episode.

In this episode, the dorks talk with Liz Campbell about The work she and others are doing to encourage students at a high school level to consider a career in the trades. I would encourage everybody to listen in and maybe even take some notes. We need more young people in the trades, and That means being able to really discuss the value of being in the trades and the enjoyment so many of us find in a life of building things. Liz shared some fun tips and it was a great conversation so please tune in and enjoy.

In this Bonus Episode of the Dorks, Trent and Travis sit down with our good friend Burcin Kaplanoglu with Oracle Industry Labs. We had the honor and the privilege of getting a guided tour of this amazing facility located in Chicago before sitting down and digging into the why and how the Lab came to life. Burcin once again proves his Dorks cred with his story and with the energy and excitement the team Oracle has running the lab. Let’s hope you enjoy this conversation so much you make plans to come check out this one of a kind facility.

In this episode of the Dorks, we're talking about one of our favorite subjects, and that is skid fabrication. We're talking with two of the best people, CJ Best and Pete Majeski, both of them bringing unique perspectives on how to really establish skids within your business and scale them moving forward. It was a great conversation. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the episode.

In this episode, the dorks talk about AI, how we're using it, when we're using it, how the industry is adapting to it, and whether it is really artificial intelligence or just a large language model dressed up to look that way. It was an exciting conversation, and this time, it was just the dorks, so sit back, grab, and enjoy our AI episode.

We even made Mini GPT for past episodes as a experiment

https://chat.openai.com/g/g-M0vu6ysPq-construction-dorks-guide

Today, the dorks sit down with Linda Jennings of SMACNA and

In this episode the Construction Dorks we sits down with Hanna Thomazin of US Engineering to talk about her first main stage appearance at MEP Innovation, her work in data analytics, and how US Engineering is building an exceptional and inclusive company culture. It was great conversation sit back and enjoy the episode.

On this episode of the Construction Dorkcast we welcome back our good friend, Mike Zivanovic of Faro. Anyone that knows Mike knows of his passion for the industry, specifically for the folks in the field. This conversation was heavy with that theme and fired us all up once again as we prepare for the 2024 MEP Innovations Conference.