The Construction Dorkcast

Welcome to episode whatever of the Construction DorkCast. In this episode we bring in the Plexxis Patriot Chad Pearson to talk about Building Truth in the software sales process. Jeff does double duty as both host and guest as we talk about some of the shady and toxic sales tactics we’re seeing in the industry and have some honest discussions on how we got there and how we can help nip them in the bud. We also point out that the blame isn’t all on the vendor side. Be an informed buyer. We hope you enjoy and thank you for tuning in.

Thank you for tuning into Episode 29 of the Construction DorkCast, Take me to your data. In this episode we talk about this thing called data with Amanda Harbison of NECA and Kevin Soohoo of Egnyte. We dive into what is data, why should we care, what strategies should we be using to collect and analyze the data and how can small and medium sized contractors get in the data game. We had a lot of fun with this one and we hope you all enjoy as well. Thanks again!

Hold onto your butts for this one, folks. We assembled the Tech Committee Chair Triumvirate this week for Episode 28 to talk about how these trade associations are joining forces to help their members and the industry move forward into this digital transformation. Listen in as Bill Weber, Joseph Lansdell, and Stacy Zerr drop all sorts of knowledge bombs on us.

You are going to be glad you tuned into this one. Episode 27 with The Podfather, James Benham. James takes us through the origin story of how he got the podcast started, how the conversations created the roles many of us hold now, and where construction and construction tech is going. Hint: It involves machine learning and robot overlords, er, I mean helpers.

Thank you for tuning in to Episode 26 of the Construction DorkCast. In this episode we decided to sit down and share a few of the technologies that get our geek juices flowing. Listen in as we have a nerdy version of Show and Tell. And yes, we know we’re getting erratic with our schedule again, but we promise we’ll get back to regular releases. Maybe.

We made it. Episode 25, one year of the Construction DorkCast. Thanks to all of our listeners for coming along for the ride. For this special episode we brought in Burcin Kaplanoglu from the Oracle Industries Innovation Lab and we went full on dork. Hard. This is the first time we’ve done a podcast without recording live so check it out and let us know what you think. Now sit back and enjoy as Burcin shows us why he’s got a Ph Dork.

Here we are at episode 23… or 24? Yeah it’s 24. I think. Whatever. Coming off the heels of the MCAA’s MEP Innovation Conference we decided we wanted to keep the party going and brought in the puppet master of the event, Sean McGuire. We touch on a lot of topics revolving around the conference, contractors helping contractors, and how great it was to bring in SMACNA and NECA and make this a great big happy family event.

Here we are at episode 23 of the Construction DorkCast. In this episode we bring in two general contractors to try to prove we’re not all about the trades. Alex Belkofer and Rick Kahn joined us to talk about how GCs are viewing innovation, how their companies are often jointly working together to push the industry forward, and of course we pelt them with comments and questions about working with trade partners because, well, we just can’t help ourselves. Listen in as we heap praise on Rick for being an inspiration for us all and enjoy as we all get passionate about making the lives of the people we support better. Also stay tuned at the end to hear Rick give us a musical interlude while we waited for everyone to join in.

Construction DorkCast episode 22… Chaos ensues… In this episode we sit down with good friends Alice Leung of Brick and Mortar Ventures and Jake Olsen of DADO and have a full on, no holds barred talk about what happened to the ConTech boom we all expected, Venture vs Vulture Capital, and the whole tech startup world. The Dorks even tried hard to do our part as investment matchmaker and made a few shameless requests for money from Alice. Sadly I don’t think she took them seriously so we won’t be buying Dork Island anytime soon. We hope you enjoy!

Welcome back to the Construction DorkCast, episode 21 Hold My Beer, the Bim Chronicles Part 1. We all know that this BIM thing is super easy, but we thought we’d invite in Curtis Watson, Sal D’Ambrosia, and Scott Nobis to talk about sometimes when maybe it didn’t go quite as planned. As you can guess, they had just a few stories and then we settled into talking about some of the reasons construction might be harder than it looks and ways we might make it better.