October 21, 202623 min
Construction Robot Pilots Are Rigged for Success but Seldom Scale
Discover the challenges and opportunities in construction robotics with insights from Rishabh Aggarwal of Raise Robotics.
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Oct 2026
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Construction innovation and technology
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October 17, 202641 min
Construction by the Numbers
Amir Berman from Buildots returns to the AEC Business podcast to talk about improving construction productivity with data and AI.
September 16, 202633 min
AI, Trust, and Innovation with Gijs van Wulfen
<p>Innovation consultant Gijs van Wulfen, creator of the FORTH innovation method, author, and keynote speaker, returns to the AEC Business podcast ten years after his first appearance. This time the topic is AI, and his message is clear: AI has changed the speed of innovation, but not its fundamentals.</p> <p>We discuss why generating a thousand ideas is no longer the problem, and why AI can never take ownership of an innovation. Gijs explains why he calls replacing people with AI "window dressing" for cost cuts, and why European companies should insource AI rather than outsource innovation to startups. He also describes how an installation company uses AI to help junior technicians work like seasoned experts.</p> <p>He then makes the case that corporate innovators are really risk reducers. He closes with practical advice for construction firms on where to start with AI.</p> <p>Listen to learn how to make innovation more effective in a traditionally cautious industry.</p>
September 4, 202637 min
RONI: What You Lose by Not Investing in AI
<p>AI strategist Sam Zolfagharian returns to explain the metric one top ENR engineering firm, Wade Trim, uses instead of ROI: RONI, the Risk of Not Investing. She argues that asking for AI's return after a year or two is the wrong test, and that firms need different measurements at each stage of maturity. Activity counts at inception, changed workflows at integration, and only at transformation does dollar ROI make sense. Also covered: agent adoption at scale, token costs against employee effort, and why building a data lake will not fix your data problem.</p>
July 9, 202620 min
From Dark Data to Building Intelligence
Dive into AI innovations in real estate with insights from Mark Sorsa-Leslie on connecting data and enhancing building maintenance.
July 2, 202631 min
Endra Rethinks MEP Design with AI
Aarni talks with Niklas Lindgren, co-founder and CEO of Endra, the Stockholm MEP AI startup that just closed a $50 million Series A.
June 26, 202631 min
Beyond the Pilot: How AEC Firms Scale AI Adoption
Discover practical ways to implement AI in AEC through internal template libraries and risk management frameworks from a leading expert.
June 18, 202628 min
How AI Will Let Open Source Win in AEC
<p>Maarten Vroegindeweij, founder of the OpenAEC Foundation, makes the case that AI will not kill open source AEC software but help it win.</p>
May 1, 202628 min
AI Agents and the Future of Construction Sales
<p>Aarni talked with Paul Indinger about the challenges of construction sales and how AI solutions like Building Radar can make a difference.</p>
April 17, 202629 min
How AI Turns Construction Documents Into Procurement Intelligence
I speak with Victor Muchiri from BuildVision about what makes AI useful in construction procurement, not as a pilot, but in production.
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