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What Free Building Codes Actually Cost

What Free Building Codes Actually Cost

📰 Two brothers put the building codes online in 2016. A year later the lawsuits started and never stopped. Garrett Reynolds on what it actually costs to keep the law free, and why the hardest part was never the software.

The Interns Will Have Interns

The Interns Will Have Interns

A conversation with Phil Read about treating AI as an intern, preserving human judgment through sawtooth decision points, and the need to teach delegation early in architectural practice.

236: 'No One Can Own the Law', with Garrett Reynolds

236: 'No One Can Own the Law', with Garrett Reynolds

A conversation with Garrett Reynolds about UpCodes' decade-long legal fight to keep building codes free, the impact of the Pro Codes Act, and how sustained litigation shapes the AEC industry.

Introducing Field Reports

Introducing Field Reports

A new home for TRXL interactive episode infographics — one page per episode, every visual breakdown, live for TRXL+ members.

The Crit That Wasn't About AI

The Crit That Wasn't About AI

📰 Olson Kundig put 300 people in a room and asked what wastes their time. One rule: don't call it an AI meeting. The lists came back honest, and a big share of the complaints already had a fix sitting inside the firm.

235: 'How Olson Kundig Scaled AI Adoption Across a 300-Person Firm', with Marlene Chen and Blair Payson

235: 'How Olson Kundig Scaled AI Adoption Across a 300-Person Firm', with Marlene Chen and Blair Payson

A conversation with Marlene Chen and Blair Payson about scaling AI adoption across a 300-person architecture firm by prioritizing culture, office-wide critiques, democratizing visualization, and managing change and software licensing.

Where to Start When Your AI Readiness Score Comes Back Uneven

Where to Start When Your AI Readiness Score Comes Back Uneven

Almost nobody scores evenly across the nine dimensions, and the shape of the gap is the useful part. Kenton Grant and I walk three readiness scenarios and what to do first in each. Watch the replay, score your firm, and get ready for our AU 2026 workshop.