Show Notes
Season 2 of the Built Different podcast is coming to a close.
And to wrap it up appropriately, we invited our guests back to share some of their most memorable moments and impactful learnings from the season, as well as just spend some time together and have a few laughs.
To make room for everyone, we broke the reunion roundtable discussions into two parts. In part one, we hone in on how the construction industry is steadily becoming more tech-forward and how builders can make the most of the changing times.
Part one of our special reunion episode features:
Todd Wyne, chief innovation officer at Rogers-O'Brien
Lauren Williams, application implementation manager at McCarthy
Nathan C. Wood, executive director at Construction Progress Coalition
Matt Daly, general manager at DroneDeploy
Hamzah Shanbari, director of innovation at Haskell
Evan Reilly, sr. tech strategist at Skanska
Anthony Hartke, VDC regional manager at Turner Construction
Stay tuned for part two and our upcoming season finale on July 13th!
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