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"I can make you something that looks like it's really expensive, but it took me four hours."Dustin Burns, SVP of Technology at McCownGordon Construction, on the software demo you just sat through.He built a cost history web app. Their real cost data, region benchmarking, conceptual estimates. One HTML file. Four hours.His verdict: "And it is vaporware."The point isn't that it was bad. It's that from the outside, you can't tell anymore.So he looks for the ones building their own models, not the ones wrapping someone else's API.Full episode with Dustin Burns is live now. Link below!#bricksandbytes #bricksbytes #aec #construction #constructiontech #ai #vcChapters00:00 Teaser00:50 The Stress Beard (And Why He Shaves Every Morning)03:03 Should Construction Companies Build Their Own Software?05:29 What AI Actually Looks Like Inside a $1B Contractor08:32 AI Sprawl: Governing Tools Your Team Builds Without You10:50 Reality Capture, Laser Scanning and Drones on the Jobsite14:10 Construction Robotics: Building a Robot for Under $5K16:21 Sponsors19:21 AI Estimating: When Your Client Prices the Job Without You22:39 The Silver Tsunami and Construction's Knowledge Transfer Problem27:29 Voice AI in the Field: Less Typing, More Talking30:25 Why a Safety Checklist Has No Value to a Superintendent32:03 Emerging Construction Technology Worth Watching34:30 How to Actually Sell Construction Software to a GC36:19 Getting Pitched 10 AI Tools a Week37:39 How to Spot an AI Wrapper (And Why Most Demos Are Vaporware)40:05 Construction 2037: What the Jobsite Looks Like in 11 Years45:16 Humans and Robots on the Same Jobsite48:03 AI Governance Insurance: The Next SDI?49:55 Automated Progress Tracking: The Problem Nobody Has SolvedOur Sponsors:BreadCrumb- 50,000+ projects globally. All running safer, faster, with Breadcrumb. - breadcrumb.coAphex 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.com
