S03 E01 – Juneau Construction’s Wilson Haworth and Greg Cornwell on knowing when to adopt (or abandon) new tech
Built DifferentShow Notes
The Built Different Podcast is back for season 3!
This season we took the show on the road, meeting teams in site trailers, offices and even a few podcast studios to discuss how the latest innovations are having an impact within their organizations.
To kick off the season, we visited Juneau Construction’s podcast studio and sat down with VDC manager Wilson Haworth and VP of operations Greg Cornwell to discuss what success looks like for new tech. From laser scanning to drone facade inspections, we shined a light on the tools Juneau is using for their biggest projects and how they’ve been able to separate the good from the bad.
Juneau Construction is a premiere builder of higher education facilities and multifamily buildings throughout the Southeast. Founded in 1997, Juneau boasts more than 185 employees with offices in Atlanta, Miami and Tampa. Among many of their large scale projects, Juneau taps the latest in reality capture technology to track progress, validate work and execute successfully on a wide variety of projects.
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