Show Notes
Five AI predictions for construction: why the point-solution app store dies, agentic automation takes over, and per-seat pricing ends.
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Most conversations about AI in construction stop at "it will make drawings faster." This one starts where the industry usually stops: the workflows, roles, and software models we have quietly accepted for years, and why they are about to be rearranged.
In this episode we sit down with Mirco Bianchini, Senior Product Manager at AECOM, an architect turned parametric design specialist who now works at the intersection of product, software, and the built environment. The conversation is structured around five predictions for how agentic AI reshapes digital construction, and most of them push against the industry's defaults.
00:00 – Intro and best career advice 02:30 – Prediction 1: the app store dies 14:25 – Prediction 2: collaboration vs headcount 23:40 – Prediction 3: projects as graphs, not lists 32:25 – Prediction 4: the forward deployed engineer 41:25 – Prediction 5: the architectural flip Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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