This week, The ConTechCrew gives up the dirt on…well…dirt, but not just any dirt! The ConTechCrew is joined by staff from James Benham’s beloved alma mater Texas A&M University, Nicole Shumaker & Pat Suermann. In ConTech news this week the discussion mushroom buildings on mars, robots digging on the moon, mining asteroids and more! ListenRead more
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Take a break from the chaos of the world and #GeekOut with a little ConTech news. Have a laugh at an archaic elementary school gag involving a calculator, and learn about Rob’s super secret wrestling alter-ego! The entire crew is on the board this week including The ConTechCrew Chief, James Benham; Bim2theBone, Josh Bone; TheRead more
This week, The ConTechCrew is diving deep into the geekiness with guest Shane Saltzgiver of VEC! Shane joins The Crew to explain how an encounter with Revit and BIM changed the trajectory of his career and #geekout with James on the finer details of BIM (spoiler alert: there are only four dimensions, anything else isRead more
Episode 208 of The ConTechCrew podcast has guest Ian Keough from Hypar and hosts James Benham and David Sombrio reminiscing about coding languages of the past, and where the industry is headed! Learn about this week’s guest, Ian’s life as a sculpture before embracing construction technology and founding Hypar. Other topics on this week’s showRead more
Join The ConTechCrew and Sean McGuire – the “MCAA Geek” at MCAA Tech 2020! The Crew take on three epic guests discussing topics that make them geek out! No ConTech News this week, instead we’ll feature interviews with a young professional who 23 has been in ConTech for almost a decade; a chat with someoneRead more
Episode 203 features one of The ConTechCrew’s biggest fans from the very start of our humble podcast – Brian Burke of Plans4Less.com! The Crew visited with Brian to discuss his vision of saying goodbye to paper plans, and what innovations keep him geeking out. In ConTech News this week we discuss winter safety, satellites, autonomousRead more
This week we present..an app to rain money! Just joking – however weather forecasting apps certainly save construction companies money. The ConTechCrew visited with ClimaCell’s Ian Tallett to geek out on the weather, Google’s overhaul, bricklaying-as-a-service, satellite radar for bridges, and more – like things James Benham can never, ever un-see! Listen to the episodeRead more
The ConTechCrew hosted the inventor of the “ABC’s of AEC,” Dr. Mani Golparvar, Associate Professor and Faculty Entrepreneurial Fellow at University of Illinois, and COO of Reconstruct! The Crew discussed Mani’s expansive career in computer science and ConTech, along with this week’s news topics: drone waivers, open AI, level 4 parking, and more! Listen toRead more
Get ready for The ConTechCrew’s Blockchain Song (and avoid the video version if you don’t want to see their accompanying Blockchain dance) our guest this week is briq’s Bassem Hamdy! It isn’t a stretch to say that Bassem and briq have revolutionized the use of blockchain for construction. Episode 171 features a refresher on howRead more
The ConTechCrew talks technology in the trades with Stephan Schnell from UA Local 467! ConTech news topics this week are IoT, machine learning, the industry’s skilled trade shortage, AI language translation, Minecraft, and more! Listen to “The ConTechCrew 170: Schools in for The Trades with Stephan Schnell from UA Local 467” on Spreaker. Geek of the Week We Interviewed:Read more
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