Build Perspectives Podcast

In this episode of Build Perspectives, we sit down with KP Reddy. Investor, civil engineer, author, and one of the clearest thinkers in construction tech. We get into the real questions founders should be asking: What...

Joe Rozza, Chief Sustainability Officer at Ryan Companies, doesn't run a sustainability strategy. He runs a sustainability business strategy, and the difference is the whole episode. Joe spent almost half his career at...

LEED V5 got pushed to June 30, 2027 — and if your team hears "delay" and relaxes, you're going to be underwater. In this episode we sit down with Kristin Brubaker, Head of Sustainable Construction Solutions at Green...

We're joined by Denyse Von Opbergen, Director of Climate and Sustainability at EllisDon — one of Canada's largest general contractors — to work through what decarbonizing construction actually looks like inside a...

Record ed live at Advancing Prefabrication 2026 in Dallas, Tim walks the expo floor with James Haas, who leads modular and prefab efforts at Nichiha. (At the time of recording, Tim was also wearing a Nichiha hat. He's...

Andrew Layman runs prefab at Enterprise Electrical, and he'll tell you prefab isn't the future of construction - it's already the gold standard. BUT, the line that stuck with us came at the end: this next generation...

Safety leadership isn't about rules. It's about seeing people who've never been seen. Recorded live at Advancing Safety Leadership in Dallas, we sit down with Shane Harris and Lane Smith of Flintco to talk about how a...

When Scott Satory started his industrial roofing company 17 years ago with $10,000 and no capital for medical benefits, he made a decision. He'd pay people fairly, give them holidays and vacation from day one, and treat...

What Would It Take to Actually Fix Housing? Tyler Pullen of Terner Labs & UC Berkeley on policy, prefab, and the graveyard of good ideas. Tyler Pullen doesn't traffic in buzzwords. As leader of the Building Innovation...

Recorded live on the expo floor at Advancing Prefab 2026 in Dallas, this conversation with Robert Crotty, VP of Design & Construction at HCA Healthcare, is a masterclass in what it actually takes to run prefab as a...

This episode explores how better access to building codes, plus AI, can slash rework, de‑risk projects, and speed up knowledge transfer in an industry facing a looming expertise gap. We walk through the origin story of...

Episode Description Sets the scene at the Hush Tunnel, calls out consolidation and the shifting talent market — enough to make someone curious without over-explaining. 3 bullets: Trade show ROI — is a booth actually...

Most building-product strategies fail because they ignore the human element inside construction systems. This episode is about seeing what actually moves projects, before you try to change them. 📅 ADVANCING PREFAB...

Real leadership isn't LinkedIn Oatmeal. In this episode, we share stories from 50+ years in building materials: the bosses who gave us range at 24, had hard conversations, and rewarded behavior over politics—plus the...