This week, Jason and Carlos tackle the serious topic of the human cost of construction, citing the ITV documentary Kingdom Uncovered, which alleges that 21,000 workers have lost their lives on various Saudi projects. To help them understand this situation better, they have enlisted the help of an engineer with experience on those projects to shed more light.

This week, Jason and Carlos welcome Sam Hanisch back to the podcast, to get his experience and insight on the following topics: 

1. Scheduling and planning software Outbuild, and its place in the rising wave of investment in planning tools.

2. American contractor Tutor Perini's strategic shift to limit project bids to $500 million, and whether that's a sound strategy in today's climate.

3. The unique Antwerp Port House, detailing the challenges of building a new structure over a heritage-protected building.

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This week on the Off Site Podcast, Jason and Carlos have three big topics to get stuck into, starting with:

 1. The Construction of the world's largest telescope being built in Chile's Atacama desert.

2. Present the construction tech tools they think are ones to watch in the future.

3. Discussing Webuild and Bouygues being awarded work on the Suburban Rail Loop and the impact of international contractors operating in Australia.

Check out the tools Jason and Carlos mentioned here:

https://www.dustyrobotics.com/

https://trunktools.com/

https://skrap.co.uk/home

https://civillo.com/

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This week on the Off Site Podcast, Carlos returns from holiday to join Jason in tackling three pretty sizeable topics:

1. Oracle's lawsuit alleging an ex-employee gave trade secrets to Procore when joining them.

2. Ex-Autodesk CEO Amar Hanspal's 12 lesson for developing products from his recent appearance on the Bricks And Bytes podcast.

3. FM Conway's acquisition by Vinci and whether this continued conglomeration of contractors is a good thing.

Check out the article from Bricks And Bytes here. OR Listen to the episode here.

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This week on the Off Site Podcast, Jason is joined by Sam Hanisch, who is filling in for Carlos while he's away at a wedding in South Africa. Together the duo have some big topics to discuss:

1. The UK's recent budget announcement, and the construction project cancellations that have come with it.
2. The challenges and importance of tracking production rates, even on those more complex construction projects.
3. The recent competition to design the rebuild of war torn Kharkiv in Ukraine.

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This week on the Off Site Podcast, Greg Lawton returns for the second part of the AI conversation cut short at the end of Greg's last appearance. Alongside that, Jason and Carlos also tackle:

1. The Borumba Pumped Hydro project that's being planned in Queensland.

2. Some of the assumptions technology companies make about the construction industry and whether they're accurate.

This week Jason and Carlos are joined by the CEO of Document Crunch, Josh Levy to talk about contracts in construction and his vision for the company. Before that conversation, the duo:

1. Celebrate the Thames Tideway tunnel beginning operation.

2. Discuss whether there is a solution to the current business model in construction off the back of ISG's collapse.

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This week Greg Lawton, CEO of AI project management software, Nodes & Links, joins Carlos and Jason to provide insights on:

The Belt and Road Initiative that is coming out of China. The two prevailing views on how planning should work on major projects. Whether the advancement of AI will lead to the downfall of SaaS businesses in the long run.

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Sam returns to cohost with Jason & Carlos this week on the podcast.

The trio start off discussing Nialli, a construction planning software looking to modernise the last planner system. They tackle the resurgence of nuclear power off the back of Microsoft's Three Mile Island announcement, before finishing on some of the lesser-known underground metro construction projects happening worldwide.

This week on the podcast, Jason and Carlos are eagerly joined by Ed Curbison, part of the UK team at Aphex. 

The trio sit down to cover the news of a potential alternative to the scrapped second phase of HS2. Next, they tackle the newly released 2024 contractor league table and whether their predictions from last year were accurate. Finally, they weigh in on Doxel, a reality capture solution promising to automate progress tracking completely.

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