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A show about construction technology, business, and entrepreneurship. Welcome to the Bricks and Bytes Podcast, where we bring together the worlds of construction, technology, and entrepreneurship. We explore the innovative ideas and groundbreaking advancements that are shaping the future of the industry.

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    The Next Biggest Hype in AI is Here + Concrete Robots, Moonshots and Volkswagen Cuts

    "Within six months, every company will call themselves a world model company just to raise money." That's the prediction coming out of AMI Labs — Yann LeCun's $1 billion AI research fund. We spoke about what world models actually are, why they matter for construction, and why the hype cycle is already loading. We also had Lena-Marie Pätzmann from Sitegeist on the show — a TU Munich spin-out building robots for concrete renovation. The use case: high pressure water lancing, deployed as a subcontractor, starting with parking garages. Their robot fits in a van. Their margins are strong. And the customers came to them. Tune in to find out about: ✅ What world models are and why they're different from LLMs ✅ How to evaluate construction software without getting burned by legacy tech stacks ✅ Why Volkswagen just cut 50,000 jobs and what European energy costs have to do with it ✅ How Sitegeist is building robotic concrete renovation from a university lab into a real construction business 🎧 Watch now on Spotify & YouTube #aec #bricksbucksandbytes #constructiontech #ai #construction #bricksbytes #vc #robotics Our Sponsors: Aphex is the multiplayer planning platform where construction teams plan together, stay aligned, and deliver projects faster – check out aphex.co Archdesk -  “The #1 Construction Management Software for Growing Companies - Manage your projects from Tender to Handover” check archdesk.com BuildVision -   streamlining the construction supply chain with a unified platform - www.buildvision.ioChapters 00:00 Intro 01:00 Introduction to World Models and AI Trends  02:03 Industry News: Funding Rounds in AI and Construction Tech  03:10 Personal Updates and Industry Challenges  05:07 The Complexity of CRM Implementation in Construction  07:13 The Role of Venture Capital in Software Development  09:54 Diving into World Models: What Are They?  13:00 Funding and Research in AI: Yann LeCun's Billion-Dollar Round  16:36 The Hype Around World Models and Their Promise  24:24 Understanding World Models: Beyond Chatbots  27:09 Implications of World Models for Construction Industry  44:10 Summary and Closing Remarks

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    Global CTO: “AI Met Construction Where It Already Was - And Everything Changed” | Alain Waha, Buro Happold

    "We built entire cities using PDFs and drawings. That's not a failure — that's a miracle. Now imagine what we build with the right tools." In today's episode of Bricks and Bytes, we had Alain Waha, CTO at BuroHappold Engineering, discussing AI transformation, the future of physical AI, and why 2026 already feels like three years have passed in nine weeks. Tune in to find out about: ✅ Why construction being the least digitized industry is actually its biggest opportunity right now  ✅ How AI is finally solving the Tower of Babel problem that's plagued AEC for decades  ✅ Why firms need to choose — compete on cost or build a value brand — before it's too late  ✅ Why foundational AI models for the physical world don't exist yet, and what it'll take to get there Catch the full episode on Spotify and YouTube 🎙️ #aec #bricksandbytes #construction #constructiontech #ai Our Sponsors: Aphex is the multiplayer planning platform where construction teams plan together, stay aligned, and deliver projects faster – check out aphex.co Archdesk -  “The #1 Construction Management Software for Growing Companies - Manage your projects from Tender to Handover” check archdesk.com BuildVision -   streamlining the construction supply chain with a unified platform - www.buildvision.io Chapters 00:00 Intro 02:10 Introduction and Context of Rapid Change  06:38 Industry Size and Structure  12:29 Historical Perspective on Technology in AEC  17:56 The Tower of Babel Problem in AEC  23:33 Navigating the Future of Work  28:12 Value Creation in a Changing Landscape  32:37 Enhancing the Built Environment with Technology  37:18 The Future of Construction: A Digital Transformation  43:02 Cultural Shifts in Engineering and Technology Adoption  51:46 Knowledge Transfer and the Future of AI in Construction

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  3. Executive Briefing: Construction Just Got Its Google Translate Moment

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    Executive Briefing: Construction Just Got Its Google Translate Moment

    A war in Iran is threatening global supply chains. A CTO at a 3,500-person engineering firm says construction just accidentally solved its oldest problem. And the knowledge crisis is actually two problems, not one. This week on the Executive Briefing: Why Noble Francis is telling construction CEOs to stop optimising for cost and start optimising for security of supply, and why one of our co-hosts thinks that advice will price you out of the market. Alain Waha, CTO at Buro Happold, on why large language models are construction's Google Translate moment, why cost-plus pricing is about to get squeezed, and why AI is not GPS (and what that means for the next generation of engineers). The difference between firms whose institutional knowledge compounds and firms whose knowledge evaporates every time someone retires. Plus why capturing knowledge is only half the problem. Quick hits: Turner's $29.2B year, Tutor Perini's best year in 130 years, Autodesk AECO up 22%, and Palantir's construction page going straight to a 404. Three things you can do this week. One question that's going to split the room. Best LinkedIn comment gets read out next week. Join the debate: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-your-competitors-knowledge-compounding-while-yours-owen-drury-zeffe/⁠

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    Is Palantir Actually Changing Construction? | Turner’s $29B Revenue, Wealth Tax & Heat Pumps

    Everyone's losing their mind over Palantir entering construction. There's just one problem they've been here for years, and nobody noticed. In this episode of Bricks, Bucks & Bytes, Owen, Martin, and Dustin Devan cut through the LinkedIn noise, get into why global instability should be keeping construction CEOs up at night, and sit down with Tobias Klug founder of nuuEnergy who just raised €4.3M to rethink how heat pumps get installed across Germany. This week covers: Why Palantir's "arrival" in construction is more hype than reality and what it actually does (and doesn't do) The supply chain warning construction leaders keep ignoring until it's too late How Tobias and nuuEnergy are building local installation hubs that combine certified craft expertise with startup-speed technology Turner Construction hits $29.2B revenue  a 40% jump in a single year Autodesk's latest numbers and why their construction arm is growing faster than the rest of the business Quote of the episode: "Palantir is SAP and Oracle 2.0  promises of everything under the umbrella, delivering unfathomable results.",  Dustin DevanWatch the full episode on Spotify and YouTube now.  Our Sponsors: Aphex is the multiplayer planning platform where construction teams plan together, stay aligned, and deliver projects faster – check out aphex.co Archdesk -  “The #1 Construction Management Software for Growing Companies - Manage your projects from Tender to Handover” check archdesk.com BuildVision -   streamlining the construction supply chain with a unified platform - www.buildvision.io Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:15 Debunking Palantir's Construction Claims  11:16 Global Supply Chain Disruptions  21:22 The Impact of Wealth Tax Proposals  33:42 Meta Glasses and Privacy Concerns  41:14 Introduction to New Energy and Seed Funding  43:12 Heat Pump Technology and Market Positioning  49:40 Consumer Choices and Competitive Edge  50:32 Regulatory Challenges and Future of Heating Solutions 51:48 Industry Insights and Company Performance

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    The Construction Industry Is About to Lose 41% of Its Workforce

    "Good contractors don't go out of business because of starvation. They go out of business because of indigestion." The construction economy has split in two. Data centers and infrastructure are booming. Residential, retail and office? Struggling. Globally. In today's episode of Bricks & Bytes, we had Kris Lengieza from Procore on the show and we got to learn about what their Market Intelligence data is really telling us about where the industry is heading right now. Tune in to find out about: ✅ The bifurcation: US construction momentum up 21% but the architectural billing index is in contraction. More starts, fewer new designs. Wild.  ✅ AI going from pilot to production. Turner and Skanska have deployed safety agents on real job sites.  ✅ The vibe coding problem. Project engineers building apps over the weekend and CIOs losing sleep over where the data is going.  ✅ 41% of the workforce retiring by 2031 and what that actually means for project delivery. Listen to the full episode on Spotify and YouTube 🎧👇 #aec #bricksandbytes #construction #constructiontech #ai #procoreChapters 00:00 Intro 01:50 Introduction to Market Intelligence Webinar Series  05:28 AI's Role in Construction  10:42 Challenges in Project Completion  14:24 Emergence of User-Driven Software Solutions

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  6. Executive Briefing: The Industry Just Split in Two. Which Side Are You On?

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    Executive Briefing: The Industry Just Split in Two. Which Side Are You On?

    This is the Bricks & Bytes Executive Weekly Briefing. ~20 minutes. Every week. The only construction briefing built from real conversations with the people making the decisions. This week we're breaking down the split that's reshaping construction right now: the strategic economy versus the consumer economy, and why the gap between the two is accelerating. We'll walk you through: What Procore's new market data actually says about the bifurcation, Why "you can't vibe code trust" might be the most important line in construction tech right now, The ChatGPT contract disaster every exec needs to hear about, What Morgan Sindall's record results tell us about who's winning and why,The Red Robin vs Chili's story that perfectly captures the choice every contractor is facing.Plus two things you can do this week to make sure you're on the right side of the separation. Featuring insights from Kris Lengieza (Procore), Josh Levy (Document Crunch), and Michael Vardaro (construction attorney). Join the debate: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/23rd-27th-febthe-great-separation-why-same-market-producing-drury-iawoe/?trackingId=D69wZi2yQzCQiUHjiUwZrg%3D%3D

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    The 2028 AI Crash | 41% of Workers Gone | Autodesk's $200M Mistake?

    A viral report claims 2028 is the year AI destroys the global economy. Are we sleepwalking into a crisis nobody can stop? In this episode of Bricks, Bucks & Bytes, Owen, Patric, Martin and Dustin rip apart a fictional financial report from Citrini Research that has taken the internet by storm. Chapter by chapter, they debate whether AI will trigger an unstoppable economic death spiral or whether the doomsayers are missing the bigger picture entirely. The conversation then shifts to what is actually happening right now in construction, with fresh market intelligence from Procore and a deep dive into Autodesk's massive $200 million bet on a company called World Labs. Topics discussed: The "Intelligence Displacement Spiral" and why every company doing the smart thing could collectively wreck the economy Why Patric believes a robot tax is the only way to keep society stable in an AI-driven world Procore's latest data showing construction is splitting into two completely different economies The 400,000 worker shortage and 41% of the US construction workforce heading for retirement by 2031 What Dustin learned running a Sales Kickoff and why buying software based on features is a mistake Autodesk's $200 million investment in World Labs and why Patrick calls the term "world model" offensive Whether vibe coders could ever vibe code a vibe coder (and what the answer tells us about AI's real limits) "If you truly want to live with AI, you need to start shifting from salary tax to robot tax. Then you actually have an ability to redistribute income and keep society stable." — Patric Watch the full episode on Youtube & Spotify. Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:30 The AI Crisis of 2028  07:26 The Intelligence Displacement Spiral  13:28 The Future of Software Development  19:31 The Impact of AI on Consumer Behavior  26:36 Skepticism Towards AI-Driven Services  34:08 The Fragility of the Mortgage Market  41:06 AI in Construction: Use Cases and Challenges  48:25 The Importance of Vision in Sales Leadership  53:37 Trimble's Acquisition Strategy and Market Positioning

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    Can AI Work in Construction Law? | A 30-Year Attorney Breaks It Down

    Someone used ChatGPT to redline a construction contract. The wording looked like it came straight from a lawyer. Only problem? It was arguing against their own position. In today's episode of Bricks and Bytes, we had Michael Vardaro, a construction attorney with 30 years of experience based in New York City, and we got to learn about how AI is reshaping construction law, why it's a powerful tool but a terrible replacement for professional judgment, and the groundbreaking new AAA AI arbitrator that could change how disputes get resolved... and much more. Tune in to find out about: ✅ How AI tools like Firmus AI are catching scope conflicts and potential change orders before they turn into litigation ✅ The real story behind the AAA's new AI arbitrator and what it actually means for construction disputes ✅ Why the "AI will kill lawyer fees" headline is misleading, and what the CAD revolution taught us about technology and professional services ✅ The hidden danger of AI meeting minutes in construction, and how they could actually make your legal position worse 🎧 Watch now on Youtube and Spotify. Link in the comments #ConstructionTech #ConstructionLaw #AI #BricksAndBytes #AEC #ConTech #LegalTechOur Sponsors:Aphex is the multiplayer planning platform where construction teams plan together, stay aligned, and deliver projects faster – check out aphex.coArchdesk - “The #1 Construction Management Software for Growing Companies - Manage your projects from Tender to Handover” check archdesk.comBuildVision - streamlining the construction supply chain with a unified platform - www.buildvision.io Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:20 AI's Impact on Construction Law  08:27 Use Cases of AI in Construction  15:34 AI Tools for Contract Negotiation  20:55 The Role of AI in Legal Services  26:43 AI's Effect on Legal Business Models  31:10 Harnessing AI in Construction Litigation  36:11 The Role of AI in Arbitration  42:21 Communication Challenges in Construction  48:08 The Impact of AI on Meeting Minutes  54:19 Common Mistakes in Construction Contracts  56:56 Future of AI in Construction Law

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A show about construction technology, business, and entrepreneurship. Welcome to the Bricks and Bytes Podcast, where we bring together the worlds of construction, technology, and entrepreneurship. We explore the innovative ideas and groundbreaking advancements that are shaping the future of the industry.

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