Future Distributed Podcast

Full episode details can be viewed on the Future Distributed website. Can construction software be designed in such a way that it is so easy to use, no training is required to operate it? Torben Dalgaard, CEO of Dalux, believes so. Torben took over Dalux as CEO in 2009 and manages the company with his brother, Bent. Dalux is a BIM software that allows companies to manage the process of design, construction and even operations, digitally. In this episode, we’ll be answering some big...

This show comes from Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Estonia has a really incredible reputation for being the ‘most digital society in the world’ and for this reason alone, it’s a place I’ve been wanting to visit for a long time. I sat down with Virgo Sulakatko. Virgo has a really interesting background. He currently sits on the Board at Novarc Group, one of Estonia’s leading AEC consultancies. He is also the Vice-Chairman of the Estonian Digital Construction Cluster and you’ll hear more...

See full story on the Future Distributed website. Solibri are the market leaders in Quality Assurance and Quality Control software for the construction industry. Back in late 2019, I sat down with their Product Director, Juan Rodríguez. I really enjoyed our conversation about all things construction technology and product management. In this conversation you can expect to hear about:

Managing BIM in one of Norway's leading architectural offices is no easy task. This week’s interview is with Margarida Barbosa, BIM Manager at A-lab Architects in Oslo, Norway. Margarida has a PhD from the Technical University of Lisbon which focussed on As-Built Building Information Modelling workflows and, since completing her PhD, Margarida has worked mainly in Oslo, but also Dallas Texas with Beck Group - an experience which we talk about in the show. In this interview we talk all...

Until recently, construction planning had been done the same way for decades. However, the last few years has seen a number of startups and smaller companies implement technology to try to gain more clarity over the planning and management of the construction process. In this interview, I speak with David Nash, Partner and Co-founder at Laminar Projects, a consultancy-turned-software house focussing on construction planning. Links Laminar ProjectsMan’s Search for MeaningDavid NashWill...

Managing building information modelling on a large-scale infrastructure project is not an easy task. In this episode I spoke with Armin Khagebahri, BIM Manager at WSP, working on the client-side of the New Slussen Project in central Stockholm. It was great to hear about the innovative methods they are using to manage cost and risk on the project.

Full details available on the Future Distributed website. Discussing the Future of Mobility with an expert in the field, Raphael Cavalcanti. We spoke while Raphael was in between roles, but he’s now started his new role as an Urban Mobility Strategic Advisor for Nova Mobility Consulting. So as you might’ve guessed, this episode is all about Future Mobility and the impact this might have on our cities. In this episode, we’ll be answering some big question. Links Guns, Germs and Steel...

I want to start this week’s show with a big thank you to everyone that’s listened to any of the episodes so far. We are now on episode 16 of Series 1 and it’s fair to say I’ve learn a lot! Both about podcasting but more importantly about how different built environments operate across the Nordic countries. I hope you’ve enjoyed listening and I hope you’ve got something useful out of the episodes so far, and if you have I would be really grateful if you could leave a 5 star review on...

Did you know Stockholm produces more Unicorns* per capita than any other region in the world after Silicon Valley? * Unicorn - privately held startup company with valuation over $1 billion. So what makes Stockholm so special? Well, this week's guest is certainly in a great position to answer these questions. I sat down with Anna Gissler, the CEO of Invest Stockholm. Anna has worked closely with the City of Stockholm for nearly 20 years. Listen again here! In her current role, she works...

Stockholm won the 2019 Smart City Award for it's role on the GrowSmarter project. Before receiving this award, I interviewed Lisa Enarsson, a Project Manager who has been working on the GrowSmarter project since it started, over five years ago. The project testing the roll out of 12 smart solutions which are discussed in the interview, and was funded my the European Commission's Horizon 2020 funding call. In this episode, we’ll be answering some big question. Links GrowSmarter Project...

Hear about the story of how the Digital Advancement Academy was set up to address the industry digital skills gap, from Iain Miskimmin of Bentley Systems. Links: Real Leadership: Through the HeartPlain Language BIM by Iain MiskimminIain MiskimminWill Needham Liked this episode? Hover over the image below and click on the Pinterest logo to Pin to Pinterest, or simply share the URL on your preferred social media platform. Note: intro music by Vidian, also if you purchase anything from the...

This week’s show comes from Helsinki, Finland. I speak with Teemu Lehtinen. Teemu looked after the KIRA-Digi programme… This is one of the most amazing programmes of built environment innovation I think i’ve ever come across. Over two years the Finnish government invested €16m in 139 ‘experiments’ within the built environment. Inspired by the Lean Startup methodology, companies ran their own experiments in areas such as robotics, artificial intelligence and BIM and tested hypotheses about...

On this week's show, I take a deep-dive on Data Templates in the Construction industry with Lars Fredenlund. Lars has been right at the forefront of the industry push towards to use of data templates on projects. As the lines between design, manufacturing and construction are blurred more than ever, it's clear that data templates play a really key role in making the exchange of information between these phases efficient and scalable. To make this happen, in 2020 Lars is part of the...

What does it take to turn a smart building into an Empathic Building? This week’s show comes from Helsinki, Finland. I speak with Tomi Teikko. Tomi works for the Nordic IT Services and Software Company Tieto, but as you’ll hear, Tieto are not your traditional IT company. Tomi is responsible for bringing to life the Empathic Building concept which you’ll hear a lot more about in this episode. In this episode, we’ll be answering some big questions,...

This week’s show comes from Helsinki, Finland. I sat down with Paloma Bautista, the Chief Operating Officer of a startup called CHAOS Architects. CHAOS is building a smart city intelligence platform and working closely with a number of high-profile clients here in the Nordic countries, as you will here. In this episode, we’ll be answering some big question like: Links: Chaos ArchitectsConnecting the Dots: Leadership Lessons in a Start-up WorldPaloma Bautista SánchezWill NeedhamLiked this...

This week's show is all about how Data Trusts and Project Data Analytics can help us deliver construction projects more efficiently. Full show-notes can be found here, on the Future Distributed website. I sat down with Martin Paver, CEO of Projecting Success and the Founder of the Project Data Analytics Community in the UK. Martin has over 30 years of experience in project and programme management across a variety of industries and is a Fellow of the Association for Project Managers...

This week’s show is all about Generative Design & Reality Capture in the construction industry. The episode comes from Copenhagen, Denmark and the famous BLOXhub coworking space for urban innovators. I sat down with Niels Falke, the CEO of HD Lab. HD Lab is a forward-thinking team of designers, programmers, engineers and they specialise in a range of services including automated design, as-built scanning, scan-to-BIM and much more as we’ll hear. In this episode, we’ll be answering some big...

This week’s show is a little bit different! I’ve spent the last week in Barcelona at the Smart Cities Expo World Congress - the biggest Smart Cities conference in Europe. It was a mind-boggling extravaganza of cities, technology, citizens & powerful ideas! What I loved about the conference, was that: as well as the normal technology vendors that you normally see at these kind of events, over 700+ Cities and Municipalities were also represented - so that was really cool! You should check...

This week’s show is all about managing innovation within large incumbent businesses and it comes from Copenhagen in Denmark! I speak with Line Lyst the Director of Innovation at the large Danish AEC consultancy with over 15,000 employees! In this episode, we’ll be answering some big question. Thanks a lot to Line for her time and sharing her experience in managing innovation with large incumbent organisations. Hopefully there's a lot of useful takeaways for the listener - let me know if...

More information available through the Future Distributed website. This research lab focuses on the digitalisation of oil and gas operations and is (in my opinion) one of the most advanced research programs on infrastructure digital twins - mainly because the oil and gas sector has been doing ‘digital-twin’-type applications for more than 20 years. In this episode, we’ll be answering some big question like: Digital Twin links & more information: About the Sirius LabsBeacon...