Transforming Construction

Construction has been notoriously known for being a male-dominated industry with fewer opportunities for women and minorities to thrive. However, that is all changing as minority-owned construction businesses continue to emerge and gain a presence in the market, and larger companies are recognizing the value in diversity and inclusion.

Jennifer Todd is the perfect example of this. The youngest Black woman to receive California’s CSLB (A) General Engineering license, she serves as LMS General Contractors founder and president. She heads the company’s management team and is responsible for developing and executing LMS’s strategic growth.

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This week Steve talked with Russ Bartholomew, president of CORE Safety Group. Russ discussed the risky business of construction —not just from a business perspective but also from the safety side. 

Most companies recognize that construction is risky, and have robust safety programs along with staff to ensure their employees and jobsites are free from accidents. 

However, as companies scale up and down or as they look to improve their safety programs—they need to tap into the right expertise to ensure that they are technologically equipped, appropriately staffed, and adequately trained to protect the health and safety of their employees and their bottom lines.

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This week Steve had the opportunity to talk with two thought leaders coming from two unique backgrounds, John Killingsworth and Bruce Orr. John is a professor in the construction management program at Colorado State University.  John is passionate about innovation and transformation in the building industry and inspires his student by helping them think differently about construction management.  Bruce Orr is the CEO of ProNovos Construction Analytics—a platform that helps contractors to make real-time, informed decisions that lead to greater outcomes.

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In this episode of Transforming Construction, Steve had the opportunity to talk with Wendy Rogers, founder and board member of eSUB Construction Software. Wendy has worked in a variety of industries including journalism, politics, broadcasting, education, construction, and technology. In every industry that she works in, Wendy excels at creating a network of motivated people with focused tasks to accomplish great things.  She works hard to inspire her team to strive toward passion, disruption, and excellence on all levels. Wendy thrives on information and has an insatiable curiosity about people, trends, motivators and thinking outside the box.

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Steve Serra knew that from a young age he was passionate about building things. This passion has subsequently led him into the construction industry where he serves as a superintendent for Layton Construction, specializing in building health care facilities and assets. Steve truly puts people first; takes the time to teach, mentor, and empower others; and believes strongly in a team approach.  These attributes carry over into his personal life as well—which makes him an inspiring husband, father, and community leader.

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Meet Albus Brooks. Albus has a long-standing history of supporting community development and providing servant leadership in Denver.  He served for eight years on Denver City Council for District 9 and two terms as City Council President. He also served as the Director of the Issachar Center for Urban Leadership and as the Outreach and Political Director for governor John Hickenlooper’s campaign. As Vice President of business development and strategy, Albus helps guide Milender White’s legacy of developing and constructing equitable and inclusive projects across Colorado and Southern California. He is an Aspen Institute Rodel Fellow, a member of the Marshall Memorial Fellowship and a national leader on urban issues and innovative housing opportunities facing cities.

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The construction industry shares some similar characteristics with manufacturing, such as utilizing labor, equipment, and technology to transform raw materials into a finished product.  However, with construction, that finished product is completely unique every single time.  Even if a building is being constructed twice with the same exact blueprint--dynamic site conditions, changing weather patterns, revolving teams, and interchanging subcontractors combined with thousands of moving pieces and parts, make every single project different, complex, and challenging. Imagine as a contractor the pressure to perform and to mitigate risk--all the while operating with razor thin margins.
This is what Michael Ho and his partners realized and led them to start Bespoke Metrics, a data management and analytics company that helps construction companies reduce the time-consuming process of collecting information and qualifying contractors.  Prior to starting his company, Michael spent 15 years working at a global credit ratings business with responsibilities over corporate credit, infrastructure finance, and banking. Listen to this exclusive episode now.

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In this episode, Steve Coughran had the opportunity to talk with Tim McManus. Tim is an expert in the area of mega projects and has deep expertise in advising companies and governments involved with the planning, development and delivery of major infrastructure, transportation, urban development, sports facilities, capital projects and programs.
He is a Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Company and was appointed to the faculty of Columbia University’s School of Engineering as an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and serves as the Industry Advisor for the Global Leaders in Construction Management Program at Columbia University.
Prior to McKinsey, Tim was the Senior Vice President and Director of Global Program Management for AECOM across all market sectors and geographies, involved with major projects and programs such as Crossrail in London, the Jeddah Transportation Program, the London Olympics, the National Infrastructure Program for Libya, Hurricane Sandy Recovery and many others.

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Welcome to the  Transforming Construction Podcast. Join our host, Steve Coughran, a business enthusiast with firsthand experience as an entrepreneur, CFO, author, and advisor in this weekly podcast. Transforming Construction will be forum for candid conversations with leading voices to discuss the trends, approaches, and innovations that are shaping construction right now and in the future. 
Listen as Steve guides you through stories from business leaders from all walks of life within the construction industry: technologists, entrepreneurs, executives, builders, everybody involved in the construction industry.  This diverse pool of voices is going to inspire, motivate, and empower you to go out and make the transformational change in your own life and business to be highly successful.
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