The Art of Construction

"The enormity of the challenges we have in front of us right now, in terms of the deficit of housing, just requires all of us to work together." This episode revisits the National Housing Supply Summit in March 2025! In this conversation, Devon Tilly and co-host Dennis Steigerwalt chats with Matt Hoffman and Stephen O'Conner about affordable housing, the new administration, and the White Paper: Fe...

This episode is dedicated to honor the memory of Barb Ziegler, the founder of The Trailhead Community. "We are here to celebrate tonight, the opening of this building...we are not at the end of the trail. We are still working on making the trail longer, stronger, and more connected for more people to help solve the greater problem in this community {independent living for IDD adults}." This episod...

“This isn’t like a conference you go to and just listen to people give presentations, this is interactive. You’re actually solving real world problems and working together to come up with those solutions. {You} have everyone at the table, really why you want to join is so you can be at the table and direct the future of our industry.” In this conversation, Devon Tilly and co-host Nathan Wood chat...

"Take that step back and look at how the fabric that we exist in with our industries can change...I think there is so much room to embrace the opportunities, a challenge generally means there is money to be made as soon as you figure out how to do it." This podcast is a part of a series of episodes that will be coming out from now until Spring 2025 covering the AEC Summit in Austin, Texas April 23...

"In the spirit of getting the right people to Austin… Nathan...if 70 people are registered, then we will be a go for Coffee & Chaos at the Museum of Illusions in Austin...that event was mind bending, and opened my eyes to how our position impacts our perspective." Help Nathan register 70 people so the mind bending trip to the Museum of Illusions will be a go! Register here! Use the promo code...

“The call to action  is to start looking at the neurodiverse community and recognize that there is this incredible group of people…and they need to be invested in.” In this conversation, Devon Tilly and co-host Matt McMullen chat with Danny Combs about the construction workforce, the trades, and the autistic community in Colorado!  Keep up with the Art of Construction (AOC) podcast on Instagram ,...

"A lot of people probably try to sell you software, and you probably already have a lot of software. So, part of why I like integration...is using your own software, the software you already have, more efficiently." In this conversation, Devon Tilly chats with Andrew Madonna of Aquifer ! This podcast is a part of a series of episodes that will be coming out from now until Spring 2025 covering the...

"There are different approaches that can be used to make sure we are on the right path for different sorts of {climate} goals." This podcast focuses on the Housing Innovation Summit this coming May 2025. We encourage our listeners and partners to share and engage with us during this conference coverage! In this conversation, Devon Tilly and co-host Dennis Steigerwalt chats with Dr. Eric Holt of th...

"The more you put into people and keep them long term, the more they’re going to return on helping you grow your business." In this conversation, Devon Tilly and co-host Nathan Wood chats with Jackson Hoggard of Double Hung ! Keep up with the Art of Construction (AOC) podcast on Instagram , Facebook , and LinkedIn ! This podcast is a part of a series of episodes that will be coming out from now un...

"I think it's just about building a community of people who have a common vision of wanting to make improvements, wanting to make things better..." In this conversation, Devon Tilly chats with Wiley Jones , co-founder of Doss ! Keep up with the Art of Construction (AOC) podcast on Instagram , Facebook , LinkedIn , and Youtube ! Wiley Jones , Co-founder and CEO of Doss, ARP —a lightweight ERP syste...

"It's all about teaching it forward." In this conversation, Devon Tilly and co-host Nathan Wood chat with Benny Baltrotsky in preparation for the  AEC Summit in Austin, Texas in April 2025 ! This podcast is a part of a series of episodes that will be coming out from now until Spring 2025 covering the AEC Summit in Austin, Texas April 23rd - 25th 2025 . We encourage our listeners and partners to sh...

"Double your time, save four times the frustration." In this conversation, Devon Tilly and co-host Nathan Wood chat with Chad Pearson in preparation for the  AEC Summit in Austin, Texas in April 2025 ! This podcast is a part of a series of episodes that will be coming out from now until Spring 2025 covering the AEC Summit in Austin, Texas April 23rd - 25th 2025 . We encourage our listeners and par...

“One thing that I always say is you have to build a plan, build a strategic plan with actionable and attainable goals - and look for those opportunities to collaborate...it's a game changer." In this conversation, Devon Tilly and co-host Nathan Wood chat with Denise Devine from Veloris Consulting about her background and the upcoming AEC Summit in Austin, Texas in April 2025 ! This podcast is a pa...

“We spend 12 years educating kids using laptops and utilizing smartphones as a tool, and then they show up on a job site and they're supposed to set all of that stuff aside and go pick up a hammer and do the work..." In this conversation, Devon Tilly chats with Marcus Kirkwood from Builder Answers about community inclusion in development  plans! This podcast was recorded LIVE in studio at Mountain...

This is episode 5 of 6 in a Deep Dive Series on the Housing Innovation Alliance! If you hear any background noise, that's because this episode was recorded LIVE at the HIA Conference 2024 at the University of Denver!  “This is ultimately going to be a multifaceted solution, I don’t believe that any one technology is going to dig us out of our hole that we’re in, as far as our housing shortage goes...

This is episode 4 of 6 in a Deep Dive Series on the Housing Innovation Alliance! If you hear any background noise, that's because this episode was recorded LIVE at the HIA Conference 2024 at the University of Denver!  “I think there’s a lot to be learned and to be gained by applying the principles of lean and the principles of lean manufacturing to construction.” In this conversation, Devon Tilly...

This is episode 3 of 6 in a Deep Dive Series on the Housing Innovation Alliance! If you hear any background noise, that's because this episode was recorded LIVE at the HIA Conference 2024 at the University of Denver!  “So if I can summarize what we do, or what we’re trying to aspire to do, is make offsite construction so easy a caveman could do it.” In this conversation, Devon Tilly chats with Gar...

This is episode 2 of 6 in a Deep Dive Series on the Housing Innovation Alliance! If you hear any background noise, that's because this episode was recorded LIVE at the HIA Conference 2024 at the University of Denver!  “For me, it’s starting with innovating from that bottom-up piece where it’s getting the people who are going to be affected by these changes and by these designs into the conversatio...

This is episode 1 of 6 in a Deep Dive Series on the Housing Innovation Alliance! If you hear any background noise, that's because this episode was recorded LIVE at the HIA Conference 2024 at the University of Denver!  “When you build so much faster, less expensive, and can reduce the environmental impact - you check so many boxes.”  In this conversation, Devon Tilly chats with Gene Eidelman of Azu...

"Anytime I'm doing something else with the data, or measurements I'm capturing, outside of just looking at it and nodding my head with it - digitally {measuring is inarguably better."  In this conversation, Devon Tilly and Christian Reed discuss the digitization of construction tools and the development of the REEKON platform. They explore the origin story of REEKON Tools , the integration of tech...

"The biggest thing is time, right? Like time is probably the most valuable thing that we have."  In this conversation, Devon Tilly interviews Tom Hughes , the Vice President of Construction Operations at Genesis AEC , to demystify the concept of Engineering Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM). They discuss the criticality of pre-construction and the benefits of taking a fully integrated...

“I focus on one thing that I believe is going to fundamentally change the industry, and that is empathy.” This is episode 4 of 4 for a Deep Dive Series recorded at the AEC Summit in Austin, Texas in April 2024! If you hear any background noise, thad's because this episode was recorded LIVE at the AEC Summit! Join us for this episode as Devon chats with Charlie Dunn about his role as a Project Stor...

“One of the things I’ve really put more focus on is the people and the process. Right now I am so excited about sustainability, electrification…I’ve been spending a lot more of my time with the research being able to work and learn how the workforce is changing.” This is episode 3 of 4 for a Deep Dive Series recorded at the AEC Summit in Austin, Texas in April 2024! If you hear any background nois...

“Stop selling hopes and dreams, that’s a lot of the problems that we’re seeing…you can’t win them all. Win the ones you think you can execute properly.” This is episode 2 of 4 for a Deep Dive Series recorded at the AEC Summit in Austin, Texas in April 2024! If you hear any background noise, that's because this episode was recorded LIVE at the AEC Summit! Join Devon as he chats with Hamzah Shanbari...

This is episode 1 of 4 for a Deep Dive Series recorded at the AEC Summit in Austin, Texas in April 2024! If you hear any background noise, that's because this episode was recorded LIVE at the AEC Summit! “We’re going to have to solve the way that those products work together, and in doing that we’re going to be able to make construction projects run better, run quicker, and run at budget.” Join us...