Constructed Futures Construction Technology
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A weekly conversation about the future of our built environment, featuring outside experts and seasoned leaders in construction, architecture and more.
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Jeffrey Rissman: The Road to a Zero-Carbon Industrial Nation
The built environment reportedly produces about 40% of carbon emissions. How can we reduce this? What will it take to create an economy that reduces its impact on the environment while still rewarding innovation and hard work? Jeffrey Rissman walks through all these questions and more in his book "Zero Carbon Industry."
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Tony Nicolaidis-Safety and Security through WiFi Sensing
How can we reduce energy consumption? How can buildings become 'smarter' about who is in what room? Join Tony Nicolaidis as he walks through how Origin is making use of existing WiFi signals to sense whether rooms are occupied, whether they are occupied by a pet or a human, and more.
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Michael Wright: Creating Construction Software for Total Project Control at RedTeam
For general contractors of any size, RedTeam has assembled and innovated a world class project and field management platform. Founder and Chief Strategy Officer Michael Wright walks through the platform, including RedTeam Go, RedTeam Flex and FieldLens, and explains how RedTeam helps contractors drive efficiency and project success.
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David Deloury: Software to Build Safety Culture at Safeto
Safety, like many "compliance" issues, too often gets reduced to check boxes, and as a result safety programs often are not effective. Safeto, founded by lifelong contractor David Deloury, is software that aims to help create safety culture - embedding safety into everyday processes and thinking, so that safety becomes a natural, habitual part of everyday work.
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Innovating Through Building Codes at ICC
Building codes are what underpins the safety and performance of the built environment, and the International Code Council is the source of codes across the US and beyond. ICC not only maintains and updates building codes, they drive codes and standards for some of the trades, and various emerging technologies like offsite construction. In this fascinating conversation, Ryan Colker, VP of Innovation at ICC, walks through what ICC does and how they do it.
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Steven Solloway: How Construction Field Teams Find It Fast with SpecGPT
How can construction project engineers, field engineers, superintendents, PMs and subcontractor teams get what they need out of specifications fast & easy? SpecGPT was created for use in construction to find the answers you need, right when you need them.