The Art of Construction

Matt McMullen, Justin Gross and Mallory Gaylor, former Associate Principal and Associates at Abel Design Group, join us on this episode 171 of Art of Construction. Several months ago we featured the founder and managing director of Enscape, Moritz Luck on AOC episode 157 entitled How a Video Game Became Architecture’s Most Powerful New Tool . Now, after hearing the story of how this amazing new co...

Charlie and Wendi Getcher of BOA Builders join us on this episode 170 of Art of Construction. BOA Builders build new construction, renovation and design/build projects in Mesa County, CO and are local customers of Devon’s company Mountain View Window & Door. Over many years of building custom dream homes for clients all over Colorado, Charlie and Wendi have taken in many lessons learned about...

Enoch Chow, Director of Digital Practice at EYRC Architects, and Matt McMullen, Associate Principal at Abel Design Group, join us on this episode 169 of Art of Construction.   Enscape's company statement starts with this message: “Enscape has a passion for 3D and VR. Our mission is to realistically experience the design of any project ahead of construction. This creates higher confidence and leads...

Scott Brown, Owner and COO of Franklin Window & Door, and Patrick Gruetzmacher, CEO of Summit Automation, join us on this episode 168 of Art of Construction.   We are so excited to be offering you this Deep Dive Series, Indoor-Outdoor Living brought to you by Summit Automation. In this series we will be diving deep into Big Doors! Many words are used to describe this hot trend like Moving Wall...

Zach Soflin, COO and Founder of Layer, and Matt McMullen, Associate Principal at Abel Design Group, join us on this episode 167 of Art of Construction.   Layer is a flexible data management app that encourages team collaboration and integrates directly with Revit. Layer makes it easy for architects, engineers, and building owners to manage project data, files, notes, and tasks from one intuitive w...

Chris Guido, Owner of Guido Materials, and Patrick Gruetzmacher, CEO of Summit Automation, join us on this episode 166 of Art of Construction.   We are so excited to be offering you this Deep Dive Series, Indoor-Outdoor Living brought to you by Summit Automation. In this series we will be diving deep into Big Doors! Many words are used to describe this hot trend like Moving Walls, Scenic Doors and...

Eddie Wang, Growth Hacker at App Sheet, and Mike Saltijeral, Owner of Industrial Fence Inc, join us on this episode 165 of Art of Construction.   In many recent episodes we have discussed the Big Data explosion currently happening in design and construction. When on this topic, the question usually arises of what exactly the best way is to utilize this data to help grow your business. If you ask A...

We are so excited to be offering you this Deep Dive Series, Indoor-Outdoor Living brought to you by Summit Automation. In this series we will be diving deep into Big Doors! Many words are used to describe this hot trend like Moving Walls, Scenic Doors and alike, but no matter which term we use it is undeniable that floor to ceiling glass is the new big thing in home construction. What does this me...

Paul Waddell, Professor of City & Regional Planning at UC Berkley and Founder & President of UrbanSim, and Matt McMullen, Associate Principal at Abel Design Group join us on this episode 163 of Art of Construction.   In our last episode, Devon spoke to Hypar about their plan to jumpstart the AEC industry with a tool that rapidly generates alternating building options using preexisting info...

Ian Keough and Anthony Hauck, CEO, Founder and President of Hypar, and Matt McMullen, Associate Principal at Abel Design Group, join us on this episode 162 of Art of Construction.   After more than 5000 years of building, there is no doubt that there exists today an enormous amount of information and expertise on building designs. In order to take the AEC industry to the next level, Hypar provides...

David Haynes, Director at Ideate Software, joins us on this episode 161 of Art of Construction.  The explosion of Big Data happening in construction right now is unprecedented, tribe. With this comes questions, though. What is all this data being collected for? How can you use data to actually grow your business and influence your decisions RIGHT NOW? At Ideate Software, David and his team work ha...

Dave Cooper, construction expert, video entrepreneur and Managing Director of Connecticut Valley Homes, joins us on this episode 160 of Art of Construction.  Dave Cooper is a modular construction expert and video entrepreneur who believes in the art of conversation, connecting people, creating an environment of inclusivity and idea generation in order to grow the offsite construction industry.  Si...

Ellen Bensky and Steve Nonis, CEO, CFO and Principals at Turner Fleischer Architects, and Matt McMullen, Associate Principal at Abel Design Group, join us on this episode 159 of Art of Construction.  Research and Development is much talked about, however rarely applied in firms in the AEC industry. Understanding its benefits, but challenged by the problem of integrating this best practice into a p...

Christopher Wilocki, Director of Construction Technology at Sturgeon Electric Company, joins us on this episode 158 of Art of Construction.   As all of us in the construction industry continue to push the needle forward, it is important that we progress in lockstep with each other instead of each at our own pace. As Director of Construction Technology Christopher does just that, working with teams...

Moritz Luck, Co-Founder & Managing Director of Enscape, and Matt McMullen, Associate Principal at Abel Design Group, join us on this episode 157 of Art of Construction. In our very first Digital Built Week pre-show, episode 147 with Mac Little, Mac's parting advice to contractors and affiliates was to "think about talent outside the AEC industry" to solve our current problems and take things t...

We all know that running a profitable construction project requires a strong and coordinated team effort. What many people forget, though, is that it is impossible for teams to work well together without a clear and efficient line of communication. You can hold all the preliminary meetings in the world to solidify your plan, but it won’t matter when labor is on the jobsite. Problems arise, unfores...

Ben Glunz, CEO at BIMsmith, and Matt McMullen, Associate Principal at Abel Design Group, join us on this episode 155 of Art of Construction. The tides of change are sweeping through the AEC industry, Art of Construction tribe. As this happens, we have two choices: to run away in fear, or take Ben Glunz advice and “run into it, block and tackle it, and embrace it wholeheartedly!” Option two sounds...

Taylor Dean, Technical Solutions Executive at Autodesk, and Matt McMullen, Associate Principal at Abel Design Group, join us on this episode 154 of Art of Construction.    What is the main point of all the new advancements in technology and construction? If you ask the people at Autodesk, it is to empower employees in all parts of the building process to do their job as effectively and efficiently...

Construction "has always been ripe for disruption,” Steve Burrows tells us. “We’re perfectly capable of disrupting the construction industry ourselves. But we have to take back the ground. We have to take control.” He is talking to YOU, AOC tribe! Starting with the Egyptian pyramids, then going through the Roman Empire all the way to the Industrial Revolution, there have been several key moments i...

Derek Zero, a Virtual Design & Construction Engineer at Turner Construction, joins us on this episode 152 of Art of Construction.    This episode rounds out our Digital Built Week pre-shows as the conference is currently underway in Seattle! In this conversation we discussed yet another aspect of the benefits of new construction technology: coordinating with local authorities and municipalitie...

Scott Myatich, Integrated Design Engineer at GLY Construction, joins us on this episode 151 of Art of Construction. This episode marks our fourth in a series of six shows we are doing leading up to Digital Built Week in Seattle this month. Scott will be speaking at Digital Built Week about laser scanning for design and construction.     We’ve spent a lot of time on this show talking over all the d...

Bianca Rodriguez and Neil Gordon , Innovation Engineers at BNBuilders, join us on this episode 150 of Art of Construction.    This episode marks our third in a series of six shows we are doing leading up to Digital Built Week in Seattle next month. Bianca and Neil will both be speaking at Digital Built Week about their work with BNBuilders. Both of them work in the innovation department, spearhead...

Philip Bergsieker , a BIM and VDC professional at Hoffman Construction, joins us on this episode 149 of the Art of Construction.    This episode marks our second in a series of six shows we are doing leading up to Digital Built Week in Seattle next month. Our first one was with Mac Little, which you can listen to here . Philip will be speaking at Digital Built Week about his work with Hoffman Cons...

Adam Steinbach and Jim Pfeiffer , cofounders of Unum Collaborative, join us on this episode 148 of the Art of Construction.    Adam and Jim founded Unum Collaborative with a singular mission to represent all those in the building process, and not just themselves. As an Architecture and Interior Design firm, Unum works with a variety of digital fabricators, craftsmen and builders to create forward-...

Mac Little, Virtual Design Construction Manager at VIATechnik, joins us on this episode 147 of The Art of Construction.   Mac Little is the first in a series of six guests we will be hosting on Art of Construction in conjunction with BILT North America 2019 . As we’ve discussed on previous episodes, BILT is an amazing conference centered on new technology in the construction and architecture world...