Stop Before You Start
📰 Steve Burrows exposes how time‑based billing and noisy meetings cripple AEC firms, urging a simple “sheet of paper” daily log to cut waste, shift to value‑based pricing, and harness AI for repeatable work.
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The Three Things Firms Get Wrong About Transformation
📰 Organizational transformations often fail by chasing speed over capability. Instead, focus on cash, clarity, and capability, address cultural and knowledge‑transfer gaps, and treat AI as a design challenge, not just a productivity metric.
The Non-Sexy Work Is Where the Real Leverage Lives
📰 The unglamorous work (spec sync, project setup automation, data plumbing) is where actual leverage lives. Charles Portelli FAIA on his career path and building tools for the AEC industry from the inside.
The Nuclear Bomb Moment for BIM
📰 Is a "nuclear bomb moment" coming in BIM software as AI empowers small teams to rival legacy companies? Antonio González Viegas from That Open Company discusses how open-source infrastructure and expertise redefine productivity and business management in the AEC industry.
The Asteroid Is Visible Now
📰 Martyn Day has covered AEC for 37 years. He says this moment is unlike anything he's seen — not one disruption, but a dozen arriving at once. Engineering automation. AI-written software. Open SDKs. Palantir. The full edition is for firm leaders.
Are You Optimizing For the Wrong Thing?
A conversation with Pablo Zamorano about building a technology practice centered on design values, the significance of human scale, and the implications of AI tools on creativity and the quality of architectural outcomes.
The Boring Stuff Is Where the Leverage Actually Lives
📰 Explore the hidden value in AEC automation beyond visible outputs. Discover how capturing operational knowledge and leveraging tools like Model Context Protocols (MCP) can enhance efficiency, preserve expertise, and turn data into a competitive advantage for your firm.