Construction Industry Podcast with Cesar Abeid

Every once in a while I like to bring you a guest to talk about some aspect of the construction industry you might not be too familiar with. Today, I bring you Dan Murray, a fellow Canadian with decades of experience in disaster restoration. This is a podcast episode. To listen to my conversation with […]

Hello all and welcome to another episode of the Construction Industry Podcast. Today I bring my conversation with Ann Banning-Wright as we talk about her work with construction businesses. We talk about doing things differently, managing change, staying relevant, and adding true value to our clients and stakeholders in the construction industry. After my chat […]

It’s been a little while since the last episode of the Construction Industry Podcast, but I wanted to let you know that the show must go on! Today I bring you a fascinating talk with Brent Darnell, on the value of emotional intelligence for the construction professional. Brent does fantastic work in this field, specifically in […]

We all know how diverse the constitution industry is. We have service providers, contractors, suppliers, architects, owners, government entities, engineers, carpenters, electricians, even food trucks, catering and serving construction projects around the world. Yet there is one thing that, regardless of our place in this industry, we all have to deal with… And that is […]

Today on the Construction Industry Podcast we will talk about change management and how to do it properly so it works well for all stakeholders. To talk about this important topic, I bring you Todd Dawalt an expert in managing change and change orders in the construction industry. Todd is also the owner of Snap Field Report, […]

Hello everyone once again and welcome to the Construction Industry Podcast! If you have ever been curious about lean construction, today will be a great introduction on what it is and how it came about. I have the privilege of having Greg Howell on the show today, co-founder and president of the Lean Construction Institute. Mr. […]

It has been a few weeks (aham, months?) since last episode, but we are now back with a bang. Today I have Ms. Wendy Ables from Constructive Communication, Inc., and we will talk about understanding social media in the built environment. Wendy Ables Wendy Ables is an expert in PR and social media. As a […]

Today’s show is a bit different. As you know we here at Remontech provide remote construction monitoring on the internet for commercial and industrial construction projects, but I don’t really talk about it that much. While the podcast is part of our marketing efforts, I never wanted to turn it into an hour-long ad for […]

Hiring is a science. Though we are a small company here at Remontech, we have had to hire in the past and it was a difficult task. Often we hire because we have a sudden need of help. This becomes an issue because the sense of urgency will tend to cloud our judgement. The fact […]

After meaning to do it for a long time, I finally have an episode on BIM, or Building Information Modelling. As you may know, BIM is completely changing the construction landscape. While BIM involves 3D modelling, it is much more than that. It is really revolutionizing the way we do construction, especially how we communicate […]

Happy Thursday everyone! I hope you are enjoying our bi-weekly episode release schedule. On today’s episode of the Construction Industry Podcast I speak with my friend Luke Nixa, PMP, on the topic of construction safety. Because I visit construction sites constantly, and am usually in dangerous situations involving heights, this is a topic that is […]

On today’s episode I bring you an introduction to the topic of Integrated Project Delivery, also known as simply IPD. As both a philosophy and a delivery method, IPD seems to address many of the shortcomings of the traditional Design-Bid-Build and the Construction-Manager-at-Risk models. Some of the issues that IPD addresses involve the sharing of […]

My guest today is Aarni Heiskanen, who heads the aec-business blog. One of Aarni’s especialties is to consult with A/E/C firms that are into or considering getting into partnerships. This is a topic I’m very interested in. Remontech was incorporated in 2004 as a partnership and it was great for me to learn his thoughts […]

Be honest. If you’re like me, you don’t know much about the demolition industry. In fact when I think of demolition, I picture a wrecking ball. Oh, there’s cool implosions too. This episode of the Construction Industry Podcast really helped me understand the place that demolition has in the construction sector, and I couldn’t think […]

My friend Mark Johnson, who has been a guest on the Construction Industry Podcast a few times in the past, introduced me to Amanda Walter a few weeks ago. Amanda is very active in the area of social media, especially for the A/E/C industry. She sent me a copy of her book “Social Media in […]

Sustainability seems to be the word of the day. I’d been meaning to talk about the topic for a while now but had been waiting for the right guest to bring on the show. Recently I came across David Scott, from CONTENT, and he seemed to be the perfect guy to introduce this topic to […]

It’s the 30th episode of the Construction Industry Podcast! Thank you so much for listening to the show for these 12 months. I’m very grateful for your support and encouragement during this time and it’s really a privilege to have you as a subscriber, listener, and contact. Mobile Technologies On today’s episode I spoke with Mr. Michael […]

On this episode of the construction industry podcast I talk with the Construction Informer, Duane Craig, on some interesting ideas on what to do with construction waste. Duane shared with me a few articles he has come across that shed some light and put into perspective the problem that construction waste represents. To listen to […]

In today’s episode I talk once again with Mark Johnson, FAIA. Mark shared with me his experience and expertise in leveraging SlideShare.net. SlideShare.net is to power point presentations what YouTube is to home videos. It is a free service that allows you to share your presentations on the web with a very targeted, large B2B […]

In today’s episode of the Construction Industry Podcast we will talk about a topic that is really exciting to me – branding for the construction industry. You probably have been hearing the word “brand” more often now than in the past. With the advent of the internet and social media, businesses and people can’t help […]