AEC Business

Phil McKinney is an award winning innovator of technologies and products used by 100’s of millions of consumers and businesses worldwide. In this interview, Phil shares ideas on how to innovate in the construction industry. In this interview, we discuss What are killer innovations Where to innovate How to use questions as an innovation tool How to brainstorm effectively About Phil Since 2005, Phil...

In this podcast interview I talk with Teemu Lehtinen, Doctoral Candidate at Aalto University, about AEC Hackathons. The AEC Hackathon gives those designing, building, and maintaining our built environment the opportunity to collaborate with cutting edge technologies and its developers and designers. It’s a weekend of ‘geek-sourcing’ for improving the industries that affect all that live or work in...

In this episode of the AEC Business podcast I talk with Ali El Hariri, Co-Founder and CEO of BulldozAIR. Ali's company developed a mobile and Web solution for visual task management for construction. Ali is a construction engineer who realized, while working on projects, certain limitations with existing construction software. They were internal solutions that did not allow collaboration with subc...

The leading Finnish residential business conference of 2016 gathered industry leaders to Helsinki on January 26, 2016. In addition to the presentations on the present state and future trends of the market we also learned about digitalization and residential innovations. My company, AE Partners, was one of the organizing partners of the Asuntomarkkinat 2016 conference. During the conference, I had...

Marco Steinberg is a consultant, architect, and former Associate Professor at the Harvard Design School. He's also been the Strategic Design Director at Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund. Currently, he has his own practice,  Snowcone & Haystack. Marco writes on his homepage: "I believe we can solve the complex challenges that our governments, societies, and environment face. To do so we need to s...

I had the pleasure of interviewing consultant Tommi Rissanen of Digital Media Finland. He’s working on his PhD dissertation on business models. We talk about the following themes: What are digital business models and what makes them different from more traditional models? How could digital business models challenge companies in the construction industry? How can an established firm start experimen...

Here are highlights from last year and a few words about the future of my podcast and blog. The most popular posts and podcast episodes in 2015 The most popular of last year's blog posts were How Scrum Entered Sweco Structures and Forever Changed the Way They Manage Projects A Finnish Startup Takes 3D Printing of Buildings to a New Level The Future of 3D Printing in Construction These were the mos...

Petri Kokko is a Finnish architect, service developer, and the CEO of Sova3D. In the 40th episode of the AEC Business podcast Petri shares his experiences and ideas on using game technology in construction. The slogan of Petri's newly founded company is Internet of spaces. Sova3D creates interactive building models and develops new applications that utilize interactive modeling.  The company colla...

In this podcast episode I interview Doug Vickerson, the CEO of Renoworks Software. Their design and presentation sofware tools help manufacturers and remodelers sell more through personalized visualizations. You can learn more about Renoworks at renoworks.com and about Renoworks Pro at renoworkspro.com. Listen to the interview (also on iTunes and other platforms)

In this podcast interview I have two guests: Jeroen de Paepe and Pieter Eerlings of ArchiSnapper. Jerry and Peter share the story of their company and tell about their mobile app for field reports, ArchiSnapper. Jerry and Peter of ArchiSnapper The founders of ArchiSnapper originally offered Web and mobile software development. When one of their clients, an architecture firm, asked if they would de...

Life cycle assessment of buildings and infrastructure using smart tools and BIM is the theme of my interview with Ryan Zizzo. Ryan is the International Sales Manager at Bionova, a leading developer of sustainability metrics solutions, specializing in web-based, user friendly life cycle assessment (LCA). In this podcast, he will briefly describe life cycle assessment and the innovative LCA tools th...

I had the pleasure of interviewing Pia Betton, Partner and Director at Edenspiekermann AG. Pia's company designs brand experiences and has offices in Amsterdam, Berlin, San Francisco, Singapore and Stuttgart. We talk about a recent meetup on digitalization and co-creation in the real estate business. Edenspiekermann organized the event with David Chipperfield Architects, and it took place at the 2...

SRV, a Finnish building contractor, hosted an interesting seminar on the future of offices and workplaces in Helsinki on June 2, 2015. In this podcast episode, you can hear the presentation by Mikko Kauppinen, Finance Director and Health Innovation Village Project Leader at GE Healthcare. Mikko tells a story of an uninspiring office campus that GE Healthcare turned into an innovation village. You...

I had the pleasure of meeting with Lauri Merikallio, Partner at Vison Alliance Partners, in Helsinki. During the interview Lauri explains how he got involved in Integrated Project Delivery, IPD,  and how it's been implemented in Finland. Lauri Merikallio has become thoroughly familiar with the LEAN philosophy and its application in projects and provision of services. One of the innovations he has...

On this podcast episode I interview Per Kristiansen, a Danish LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® facilitator, coach, change and strategy consultant, and a partner at Trivium. Per talks about how to use LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® for innovation, about his coaching program and the book that he co-wrote with Robert Rasmussen. You can buy the book from Amazon.com: Building a Better Business Using the Lego Serious Play Meth...

My guest is Danielle Dy Buncio, Co-Founder and President at VIATechnik, a Chicago-based engineering firm. Danielle tells about their decision to join CIFE (Center for Integrated Facility Engineering) and shares her thoughts on the future of virtual design and construction. Listen to the interview (also on iTunes)

In this episode of the AEC Business Podcast Dave Gray, founder of XPLANE and co-founder of Boardthing, talks about innovation, design, and collaboration. The title of the presentation is Gamestorming. Dave gave this inspirational presentation in our Webinar in 2011. Dave helps large organizations solve complex problems related to culture, innovation and change. He uses structured approaches that h...

I had the pleasure of interviewing Jason Mlicki, Principal at Rattleback. Jason has been advising architecture, engineering and consulting firms on marketing matters for almost 15 years. Jason has been a featured speaker at numerous national and local events including the DMA, the AMA, SMPS Columbus, SMPS Michigan, and the SMPS Heartland Regional Conference. In 2014, he will be speaking at SMPS Pi...

In this podcast episode Kerri Lee Sinclair, General Manager at Aconex, explains how their new Aconex Connected BIM enables the management of project-wide collaboration between design and construction teams and handover to the owner. We also talk about today's second product launch, Dynamic Manuals for mobile handover. Aconex provides a leading cloud collaboration platform for the global constructi...

In this episode of AEC Business Podcast I interview Mallorie Brodie, co-founder of Bridgit, a leader in user-friendly construction software. Mallorie shares insight on how new technologies like Google Glass and Thalmic Labs’s Myo armband, combined with mobile computing, will change the way we work on a construction site. Mallorie holds a certificate in Entrepreneurship from the prestigious Richard...

Matt Handal is a construction industry ‘bids and proposals’ expert and author of Proposal Development Secrets. In this podcast, Matt discusses ways in which AEC companies can radically improve their chances of winning new contracts. You can reach Matt at www.helpeverybodyeveryday.com. Listen to the interview (also on iTunes)

Adam Bluemner is the Managing Editor for Find Accounting Software, a service providing free software selection assistance. Over the last decade Adam has spoken with thousands of companies, helping them achieve business success through intelligent software investment. Adam writes extensively on ERP and business software. In the interview, Adam talks about the criteria for choosing software, cloud v...

This podcast episode is a recording of a presentation titled The Future of Sustainable Building. It was given by Martin Townsend, Director of BREEAM, BRE Global at Granlund Energy Seminar 2014 on June 5, 2014. Download the slides. Watch the video recording. Listen to the audio recording (also on iTunes)

TROND BUGGE is the Director of Collaborative Innovation at Kairos Future – an international thought leadership and strategic management consultancy based in Stockholm. In this podcast, Trond discusses ways that AEC companies can surf the cutting-edge wave of innovation to beat their competition. Visit Kairos Future and learn more about Co:tunity! Listen to the interview

Enoch Bartlett Sears is an architect and founder of BusinessofArchitecture.com, a site devoted to advancing the cause of great design by helping architects master the fundamentals of running a great business. On Business of Architecture he researches and shares information on marketing for architects: how architects can reach new clients and win more of the projects they want to work on. He speaks...