After over 125 episodes of the award-winning Bridging the Gap podcast, we have seen a pattern in the messages and insights brought by our guests. As we welcome new members of the workforce into construction, witness the dawn of another great industrial revolution, incorporate new tools and new processes, promote a growth mindset, and embrace more collaboration, there are many questions to ask and answer.
“This is the way we’ve always done it.” If you’re involved in the construction industry, you’ve probably heard this many times. When things are working for a construction company, there isn’t much motivation to change. Competition and survival are two incentives to change mindsets and alter workflows. They just need Read more…
The construction industry has been resilient through the past few years. Despite all that has happened, and maybe partly because of it, many companies are seeing the reasons why they need to embrace digital platforms more aggressively. With this willingness, the pace for adoption of new technology, Autodesk products in Read more…
It would benefit all of us if, as a society, we could do a better job letting students know their career options before they opt for a four-year college degree. No value needs to be attached to the options, but the paths should be more clearly presented. It should not Read more…
Catch us here Spotify Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Episode Description How do you feel about change in construction? Do you prefer doing things “the way we’ve always done it”? Join host Todd and guest Maret Thatcher as they discuss Maret’s connections with both construction and law, how difficult it Read more…
How vital do you consider training to be? How about relationship-building on the job? Join host Todd and guest Rebecca Lewis as they discuss misconceptions around “blue collar” and “white collar” jobs, the strange competition between trade schools and colleges, the best way to defend tech adoption to naysayers, and the biggest hurdles that currently face the industry. Rebecca Lewis is an Electrical Revit & CAD Design Engineer at Allison-Smith Company LLC in Atlanta, Georgia.
Join host Todd and guest Sameer Merchant as they discuss the recent developments and “skyrocketing” tech adoption within Autodesk, how the industry has been reinventing itself over the years, the advent of Autodesk Bridge and how it relates to current workflows and software, and what sustainability will look like in the future of construction.
How do you transition your culture from having a single innovation champion to having everybody dedicated to making innovation happen? One of the most important things is to get others involved in the decision-making process. Innovation cannot be as successful when each team operates in a silo. You need to Read more…
How do you avoid overcomplicating construction? What should the role of innovation be in construction firms? What is the true potential of Industrialized Construction? Join host Todd and guests Jeevan Kalanithi and Adam Settino as they discuss the story behind OpenSpace.ai, setting aside time and space for innovation on the job, the importance of finding and considering different perspectives, the role of Industrialized Construction moving forward and more.
Hurdles to adopting construction technology can include money, inventory, engineering, lack of IT expertise, shipping, and teams using different or outdated systems. Even so, you can harness chaos to make something out of it. The construction industry is ripe for innovation. Eventually similar technologies will merge or fail. Collaborative robotics Read more…