Construction Technology Podcast

Three venture-backed construction technology CEOs discussing and debating the most important changes and trends in the construction industry.

Construction Technology Podcast is a business podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 29 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts Construction Technology Podcast, a business show with 29 episodes published.

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  Episode #27

  Ramp's Construction Finance OS: Job Costing, AI AP & Paying Subs Faster (with Carl)

  Oct 2, 202648 min

  Carl from Ramp joins Luigi La Corte, Mike Powers, and Andrew Zukoski to unpack how a horizontal financial operating system is being pulled deeper into construction. Ramp covers corporate cards and expense management, purchasing and accounts payable, treasury with JPMorgan, and a newly announced accounts receivable product—serving more than 80,000 businesses including over 15,000 construction and construction-adjacent customers. The conversation covers why construction needs a distinct experience (GC–sub coordination, retainage, change orders, lean waivers, AIA billing), Ramp Plus automation versus point-solution sprawl, project-centric job costing and dynamic PM expense approvals, the ServiceTitan embedded partnership, and how AI plus payment infrastructure could close the loop between GCs and subs on cash flow.

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  Construction Technology Podcast

  Finding Certified Subs, Compliance Data & Pre-Vetting (with Wissam Akra)

  Sep 25, 202629 min

  Wissam Akra, founder and CEO of Tough Leaf, joins Luigi La Corte, Andrew Zukoski, and Victor Muchiri (sitting in for Mike Powers) to unpack how general contractors actually find certified subcontractors and prove compliance. Tough Leaf aggregates verified certifications from federal, state, and local agencies alongside qualification data on hundreds of thousands of subs, then plugs into BuildingConnected and Procore preconstruction so primes can match RFPs without rebuilding their workflow. The conversation covers why pre-vetting is different from full prequalification, how AI agents now handle enrichment and matching while phone verification stays human, during-construction compliance tracking, and why a dedicated compliance data layer still beats rebuilding the same dataset inside every procurement tool.

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  After Autodesk University: AI Assistants, Token Pricing, and Autodesk’s Durable Moat

  Sep 18, 202631 min

  Luigi, Mike, and Andrew unpack Autodesk University — keynote demos, AI assistants as tool-pickers inside systems of record, token pricing, and whether agents-on-workflows beat agent-first products. They debate fee compression in PM software, the $1 vs $99 contractor spend split, and whether you’d buy Autodesk stock after AU (or just buy Google).

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  Takeoffs in One Click, with Elan from Kamai

  Aug 3, 202650 min

  What if completing a construction takeoff became as simple as uploading a drawing and asking for what you need? In this episode, we speak with Elan, CEO and co-founder of Kamai, about using AI to make takeoffs faster and easier for contractors. Elon shares how his cybersecurity background in the Israeli military led him and his co-founder, Ben, into construction technology. We discuss why construction software must be almost effortless to adopt, how Kamai turns drawings into precise measurements, and why customers care more about cost and results than whether the underlying AI models are open or closed. Elan also explains Kamai’s approach to distribution, including bringing its takeoff capabilities into tools contractors already use, and why conversational interfaces could fundamentally change how people interact with construction drawings.

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  Adoption Beats Automation: The Future of Preconstruction with a Senior Estimator from Hensel Phelps

  Aug 3, 202657 min

  Kyle Bonde, Senior Estimator at Hensel Phelps, joins the Construction Technology Podcast to discuss what it takes for new technology to succeed inside a major general contractor. Kyle explains why adoption beats automation, how Hensel Phelps evaluates and implements new tools, and why software must fit an estimator’s existing workflow before it can create value at scale. The conversation covers AI takeoffs, scope generation, conceptual estimating, Copilot, custom software built with tools like Lovable, and the growing tension between established platforms and fast-moving startups. The group also explores where preconstruction technology is heading, including more specialized takeoff tools, AI-generated interfaces, automated scope analysis, better use of historical project data, and systems that help estimators find scope gaps before they become costly problems. A practical look at how one of the industry’s most technology-focused estimators separates useful innovation from software that is not ready for the field.

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