The Sawtooth Chart Was Never the Enemy
📰 The sawtooth was never the enemy. Phil Read makes the case that the jagged stopping points everyone spent twenty years trying to smooth away were where judgment got applied, and asks what replaces them now.
Automation
237: 'The Interns Will Have Interns', with Phil Read
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.
Getting Paid to Carry the Risk You Keep Avoiding
📰 The industry spent decades shedding risk. Håvard Vasshaug thinks that instinct is killing the profession's upside, and the firms taking risk back on are ending up light years ahead. The case for more crazy ones in AEC.
234: 'Here's to the Crazy Ones, AEC Edition', with Håvard Vasshaug
A conversation with Håvard Vasshaug about liberating building data from Revit, real‑time data flows, reducing outdated six‑week information, and turning risk into revenue for AEC firms.
Architects Didn't Lose Control of CA. They Defaulted It.
📰 Architects often lose control of construction administration (CA) by default, forcing senior staff into low‑value data entry. AI can automate the admin tasks helping firms reclaim ownership, boost efficiency, and protect liability.
231: 'Architects: Reclaim Control in CA', with Jack Sadler
A conversation with Jack Sadler about reclaiming control in construction administration, turning CA from a cost center into a profit center, and using AI to automate admin tasks while preserving architects' professional judgment.
166: ‘Dirty Little Secrets’, with Parley Burnett and Chris Shafer
A conversation with Parley Burnet and Chris Shafer.