Bricks And Bytes

"I got employee of the year in 2016 for introducing Excel as a project management tool for the construction department in my company." That's the state of technology in the $300 billion store development industry. In today's episode of Bricks & Bytes, we sat down with Genevieve Davis and Alim Uderbekov from Surfaice. These two met on a beach in California (yes, really) and de...

"If we just listened to what our customers wanted, we would have had a faster horse." Everyone knows the Henry Ford quote, but Lee Mullin actually showed us what it means for construction tech. In today's episode of Bricks & Bytes, we sat down with Lee from BuildArc. He spent 18 years at Autodesk, and honestly, the conversation completely changed how we think about talking about...

"You can drop 30% of your project management labor right now." In today's episode of Bricks and Bytes, we had Darren Martin from AInvested and we got to learn about the harsh realities of digital transformation in AEC, how private equity firms value tech-enabled companies, and why most innovation initiatives fail to scale... and many more! Darren left his role as Chief Digital Office...

A controller was spending 3 days a month just reconciling Excel reports across 80 projects. And that's just one person. Imagine the time sink across the entire org. In today's episode of Bricks & Bytes, we had Joe Wilson from PROJEXION and we got to learn about the real state of construction data (spoiler: it's a disaster), why hiring data scientists isn't solving the problem,...

"I remember just breaking down and crying when the announcement went live." That's Rob Phillpot describing the moment he sold Aconex to Oracle for $1.2 billion—still the biggest acquisition in construction tech history. The twist? He wasn't even looking to sell. In today's episode of Bricks and Bytes, we had Rob Phillpot, founder of Aconex and now investor at Glitch Capital,...

"We're always running at 100%. Some people love that. I think it's like an adrenaline rush." That's how Katie Coulson describes leading Skanska Advanced Technology—where construction projects that typically take 2-3 years get done in a fraction of the time. In today's episode of Bricks & Bytes, we had Katie Coulson from Skanska Advanced Technology and we got to learn...

Owen and Martin broadcast live from Suffolk's BOOST Demo Day in Boston, going behind the scenes with the entire cohort and some of the biggest names in AEC.What we cover:● Live interviews with the full BOOST cohort including Arki, Cypher Autonomy, DigEnergy, Hardline AI, MOD, Neuron Factory, Aorus Materials, and Puppet Robotics● GOLDBECK's innovation team (Dani and Bjorn) on how a European giant t...

"The industry is fundamentally incapable of change because there are so many interconnected problems." That's what Carl Christensen realized when he first looked at construction from the outside. In today's episode of Bricks and Bytes, we had Carl Christensen, co-founder of Spacemaker (acquired by Autodesk), and we got to learn about why the AEC industry struggles with digital tr...

How do you run a $2 trillion segment of the economy with just a book? In today's episode of Bricks and Bytes, we had Dmitry Alexin from Handoff and we got to learn about how AI is transforming residential construction, why 90% of US construction firms are one-person operations struggling with back-office work, and how a former IMF economist ended up building technology that delivers cost estim...

From indie rock band to HVAC software startup—how's that for a pivot? In today's episode of Bricks and Bytes, we had Davis Muxlow and Andrew Krippner from HVAKR and we got to learn about building construction tech from the ground up, the innovator's dilemma killing legacy software companies, and why making products faster might actually hurt your revenue... and many more! Tune in to fi...

In this special episode, we're broadcasting live from SpeckleCon 2025 in London, where the future of construction technology is being written in real-time. We sat down with some of the biggest names in AEC tech to talk about the one thing everyone's finally paying attention to: data. We hear from Suffolk Construction and Pomerlau on turning BIM chaos into usable data, MultiConsult's Mo...

"Universities Are 15 Years Behind, We Don't Need More Degrees" In today's episode of Bricks and Bytes, we had Gary Cowan, the head of digital construction at Kane Group and we got to learn about how MEP contractors are becoming technology companies, why the traditional education system is failing construction workers, and the real challenges behind construction automation that no...

"Often it results in an almost Frankenstein technology stack where you may have different things for different reasons." This is the reality of construction tech adoption today. In today's episode of Bricks and Bytes, we had Josh Weyand from Trunk Tools and we got to learn about navigating the messy world of construction technology, why some solutions stay point solutions while other...

"If I could do some things over, I would have hired marketing leadership earlier, even before sales." That's what Document Crunch CEO Josh Levy told his VP of Marketing, Lori Peters. In today's episode of Bricks and Bytes, we had Lori Peters from Document Crunch and we got to learn about why construction tech marketing is fundamentally different from other SaaS industries, how to...

"We've nearly tripled our profits in three years - and it wasn't one big change, it was a million small ones." In today's episode of the Bricks & Bytes, we had Marc Barone, COO of Buro Happold, and we got to learn about how they scaled from strong to exceptional, the real impact of AI on engineering productivity, and why listening matters more than action in your first 90...

71% of construction companies are still using Excel to manage thousands of employees—and it's costing them millions in lost projects. In this episode of Bricks & Bytes, Owen and Martin sit down with Lauren Lake, co-founder of Bridgit, and Kevin Ferguson from AECO Product Marketing to uncover how two college students disrupted the construction workforce planning industry—and built a company...

"If you can't get to $5M in recurring revenue in 18 months, you're probably not venture fundable right now." KP Reddy just called out the entire construction tech ecosystem—and he's not holding back. In today's episode of Bricks & Bytes, we had KP Reddy and we got to learn about why most construction tech startups are chasing the wrong business model, how AI is fundam...

"Digital twins are still solving problems we haven't even imagined yet." In today's episode of Bricks, Bucks & Bytes, we had James Mize from CRB and we got to learn about why pharmaceutical and biotech construction is pushing the boundaries of what's possible with digital twins, the real reason most companies stick with their tech partners, and why information management...

Most construction companies think they're using BIM. They're not. And it's costing them 20% on every project. In this episode of Bricks & Bytes, Owen sits down with Dave from Procore's BIM team and Tore Hovland, founder of NovaRender (recently acquired by Procore), to unpack what's really happening in the BIM space and why two major acquisitions just changed the game. Key t...

Jan Hendrik Goldbeck CEO of GOLDBECK grew his family construction business from €750M to €7B by treating buildings like LEGO. In this episode of Bricks & Bytes, we sit down with Hendrik Goldbeck, CEO of Goldbeck Group, who reveals how 60 years of stubborn innovation and perfect timing transformed a small German metalworking shop into Europe's construction powerhouse. FULL DOCUMENTARY COMIN...

This German construction giant cracked the code on building 500 projects per year with LEGO-like precision. In this episode of Bricks & Bytes, we sit down with Fabian, Managing Director of Goldbeck Technologies, who reveals how this family-owned company complete rewrote the rules of construction by treating buildings like configurable products rather than one-off projects. FULL DOCUMENTARY COM...

"If you're a VP of Sales and things go wrong, you either failed or got a bad plan. But if you're a CRO and things go wrong, you probably shouldn't have taken the job." In today's episode of Bricks & Bytes, we had Mike Pettinella and we got to learn about scaling construction tech from zero to a $275M exit, the brutal realities of international expansion, and why targe...

"Don't build shitty products for problems that don't exist." This brutal advice from Maksim hit different. After spinning off from his first AEC tech company Kreo, he's now building PVFarm - solar design software that's pulling in $40K average revenue per customer. In today's episode of Bricks & Bytes, we had Maksim and we got to learn about why distribution beats...

"One construction project required 18 different software tools just for daily operations - and that's considered normal in our industry." In today's episode of Bricks and Bytes, we had Michael and Danielle from Skanska and we got to learn about the brutal reality of construction tech adoption, why VCs keep backing the wrong startups, and how pricing models are completely broken f...

"The world has an enormous shortage of qualified project managers - to the tune of tens of millions of people." In today's episode of Bricks & Bytes, we had Greg from Nodes & Links and we got to learn about how AI is solving construction's biggest workforce crisis, why American customers bite your hand off for ROI while Europeans think about it for budget cycles, and the...