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Architecture is changing. Sustainability and innovation have increased the requirements for Architects working in the industry today. Digitalization, sustainability and several new technologies are changing the possibilites of what Architecture can be, and what it should include. Our guest today is Jakob Strømann- Andersen, Director of Innovation and Sustainability at Henning Larsen Architects.
In this episode you'll get an understanding of how some of the worlds most advanced Architects are working and changing their ways to become even more effective.
What you'll learn from today's episode of Inventing Construction:
- How Architecture has changed
- What is driving the focus on sustainability within Architecture?
- How Architecture will change over the next 15 years
- How AI will change architecture
We would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:
Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/
Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/
Jakob: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakob-stroemann/
KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dk
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We, as an Industry, need to be more collaborative if we are to solve the enormous challenges that construction is facing. BLOXHUB, situated in Copenhagen, is a non-profit organization that is trying to increase collaboration in both the Danish Construction Industry and on the international scene. BLOXHUB has seen succes with their approach, and our guest today is Martine Reinhold Kildeby, Director, Global Networks & Partnerships at BLOXHUB. In this episode we'll be discussing the future of collaboration in the Construction Industry.
What you'll learn from today's episode of Inventing Construction:
- What is BLOXHUB?
- Why collaboration is vital for changing the Construction Industry
- How can we make the Construction Industry more collaborative?
- Why quality data is so vital for the future of our Industry
- Why new technology might not make you more effective
We would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:
Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/
Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/
Martine: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinekildeby/
KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dk
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Coding has entered the Construction Industry. And so has the sustainability agenda. In Denmark you have to calculate a Life Cycle Assessment of your project before you can receive a Building Permit. This new regulation has resulted in the creation of several new programs that can help Developers calculate LCAs.
Our guest today, Christian Kongsgaard, is the creator of LCAx. An open-source software that allows all of these new programs to speak together. So, can we code our way to a sustainable future? That's the topic of this episode.
What you'll learn from today's episode of Inventing Construction:
- What is LCAx?
- The similarities of LCA and Cost Management
- The huge impact of ESG
- The side effects of the sustainability agenda
- Why you don't need EPDs at concept design stage
- The next big area of development in Construction
We would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:
Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/
Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/
Christian: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-kongsgaard/
KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dk
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AI is making its entrance into the Construction Industry. But it requires data to be trained on. Construction data. We don't have a lot of that.
And the data we have, might not be of the best standardized quality... training an AI on this old data might just give us more of the same - which we don't want. So, how can we solve this? That is today's topic.
What you'll learn from today's episode of Inventing Construction:
- Why you have to train your own AI
- The historical bias of AI
- Why Amazon had to stop using an AI
- How we tried to train our own AI
- What could happen if we train AI badly
- Why we in Construction have to develop together
We would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:
Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/
Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/
KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dk
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How do we reach our goals for 2050? Where do we start? These are the thoughts that started ZERO Construct. A non-profit organization and community of like-minded people, working in construction, all trying to make the Industry more sustainable one project at a time.
Our guest, Matthew Jackson, is Co-Founder of ZERO Construct. A community with over 3000 members, globally. Now... how DO WE reach 2050? That is the topic of this episode.
What you'll learn from today's episode of Inventing Construction:
- What is ZERO Construct?
- How do you start reducing carbon?
- How bad greenwhashing is in the Construction Industry
- How sustainability is accelerating the digitalization of our Industry
- Why all stakeholders will be affected by sustainability
- Why Computer Science Graduates should join Construction
We would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:
Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/
Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/
Matthew: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-jackson-bim/
KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dk
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What new tech is Denmark looking into right now? It's not BIM. It's beyond BIM.
Construction Technology. That is today's topic.
We've invited Ole Berard, Head of ConTech Lab in Molio. A Danish non-profit organization whose aim is to research and create the new technology upon which the Construction Industry builds. The rest of the world can learn a lot from Denmark's journey in construction technology, as Denmark is one of the leading countries when it comes to this subject.
What you'll learn from today's episode of Inventing Construction:
- What comes after BIM?
- The policy that changed Danish Construction
- What Denmark is trying to change within the Construction Industry
- How Denmark is using AI to help people understand Building Regulations
- How we can bring the small-medium entreprises into the digital world
We would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:
Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/
Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/
Ole: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oleberard/
KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dk
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In this episode we dive deep into the challenges faced by the evolving role of the Digital/Carbon Quantity Surveyor. We've invited our very own Harry Montgomery, Cost Manager in KOSMOS. Also known as: 'the new guy'. He will share with us his insights on becoming a Digital Quantity Surveyor, the challenges around this during his education, and the industry barriers to innovation as he sees them.
If you are considering becoming a Digital Quantity Surveyor, or any digital role in the Construction Industry, this podcast is a must-listen.
We sincerely hope that this podcast episode will help a good few students and graduates out there.
What you'll learn from today's episode of Inventing Construction:
- What are the difficulties of becoming a Digital Quantity Surveyor
- Whether the universities are falling behind
- What are the difficulties of extracting quantities digitally
- Whether or not the the quantity surveying process has changed in the last 100 years
We would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:
Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/
Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/
Harry: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harrymonts/
KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dk
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Yet again the topic is sustainability. This time, we are speaking to Peter Fangel Poulsen, Civil Engineer and Partner of BAUHERR, in Copenhagen. Denmark is one of the leading countries when it comes to sustainable solutions withing the Construction Industry. But even so, their journey has just started.
In today's episode we are discussing the cost of sustainability in Denmark. What has the journey been like so far? What solutions are clients looking into? And, what are the future challenges of our global industry when it comes to sustainable construction?
What you'll learn from today's episode of Inventing Construction:
- How the Danes view sustainability within construction
- Why Denmark is moving away from Green Building Certifications
- How the whole-life perspective has changed construction
- What is the new architectural challenge in construction
- How we can solve the global construction challenge that is sustainability
We would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:
Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/
Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/
Peter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-fangel-poulsen-592b6b2/
KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dk
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There's a new role taking form in our industry: the Carbon Quantity Surveyor. Managing carbon on construction projects is becoming increasingly important the closer we get to 2030. If you don't want to see your projects strand because they can't live up to future sustainability standards, then this podcast episode is for you.
We've invited our very own Senior Commercial Manager, Roger Barkley, to discuss this new forming role of the Carbon QS. A role we, in KOSMOS, believe to be the answer to managing carbon on your construction projects going forward.
We'll be discussing innovative strategies for managing carbon footprints, the importance of holistic project delivery, and the future challenges for asset owners as sustainability standards become increasingly stringent.
What you'll learn from today's episode of Inventing Construction:
- What is a Carbon Quantity Surveyor
- Why you need to do your own carbon research
- How we created a carbon database
- How to strategically reduce embodied carbon
- Why you cannot rely solely on softwares when calculating LCAs
We would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:
Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/
Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/
Roger: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roger-barkley-58230450/
KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dk
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A digitalization of site logistics is happening right now. Gari Nickson, Partner & Co-Founder of SiteHub is our guest today. He has plenty of entrepreneurial experience from the Construction Industry working specifically with software, and for the last three years he has been digitalising site logistics.
The requirements for reporting on your construction site is increasing - and now sustainabiliy has joined the party. Efficient material management is more important than ever.
What you'll learn from today's episode of Inventing Construction:
- How the requirements for site logistics are changing
- How EPDs have changed the construction process
- Why you have to change the way you do site logistics
- How you can make your site logistics more efficient
We would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:
Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/
Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/
Gari: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garinickson/
KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dk
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Cost management is much, much more than just estimating. A LOT more actually. To us at KOSMOS, it includes risk and change management, as well as the ability to form a comprehensive project delivery strategy under the umbrella of commercial management.
In this episode we've invited Sean O'Connor back, Associate Director at KOSMOS, to discuss what cost management is to us, and to share the approach we use on our projects.
This episode is a must-listen if you have an interest in the future of cost management, transparent digital workflows, collaborative project enviroments, granularity in budgets and much more.
What you'll learn from today's episode of Inventing Construction:
- Why Cost Management is NOT JUST estimating
- How we run and control multifaceted projects
- How valuable a collaborative approach can be
- Why all stakeholders should interrogate the 3D model
We would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:
Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/
Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/
Sean: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-o-connor-b29b6031/
KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dk
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Getting the right AEC-people, with the right experience and abilites, to the area of your construction site has become quite the challenge - or impossible. Founder and CEO of TEBIN, Alexander Nikitin joins us today, to teach us his learnings about creating and running a remote working company in the AEC Industry.
What you'll learn from today's episode of Inventing Construction:
- How to organize a remote working AEC company
- The optimal size of a remote working team
- The advantage of remote working teams
- The disadvantages of remote working teams
We would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:
Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/
Alexander: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-nikitin-tebin/
KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dk
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What's it like creating a succesful consultancy business in the construction industry today? What are the biggest challenges, and what are the biggest learnings?
The construction industry needs more innovative companies. Especially right now.
We have invited David Egan, Co-Founder & CEO of WiiGroup. A company providing BIM & digital project control services to the global AEC Industry.
If you wanna know what it's like running a consultancy business, and how perhaps you could do the same? Then this is a must listen for you.
What you'll learn from today's episode of Inventing Construction:
- One of the biggest challenges of creating a business
- The biggest learning from running a business
- Why you should have Co-Founders
- How to create the company culture you want
- How to allow employees to take part in your vision
We would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:
Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/
Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/
David: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidegan45/
KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dk
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Planning and running a construction project at the execution stage is no small feat. Client, contractor and subcontractors all need to know, what is going on at all times. 4D makes that a lot easier.
But, what is 4D actually, and what are the advantages of using 4D at the execution stage? That is today's topic.
We have invited Omar Habib, Co-Founder & CTO of WiiGroup. A company providing BIM & digital project control services to the global AEC Industry.
What you'll learn from today's episode of Inventing Construction:
- What is 4D actually?
- The advantages of using 4D
- How to start implementing 4D & 5D in the execution stage
- How to get the most out of your models
We would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:
Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/
Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/
Omar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/omarhabib7/
KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dk
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Ever heard of a contractor, or specialist subcontractor, that outsourced the quantity surveying and estimating part of their business? Our guest today offers this type of outsourced service.
Patrick Carroll, Director of Carroll Estimating has seen succes from offering this service to contractors and subcontractors in Ireland and the UK. But why is that? Could outsourcing specialist services be the future? As opposed to employing your own specialists?
In this episode we are going to dig deep into the pros and cons of this outsourcing model. And we'll do so, with the help from all of Patrick's practical experience.
What you'll learn from today's episode of Inventing Construction:
- Why you might be relying too heavily on your employed quantity surveyor
- Why you should outsource work to a specialist company
- Why it can actually be cheaper to do so
We would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:
Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/
Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/
Patrick: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paddy-carroll-095488b0/
KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dk
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AI is becoming more popular in the construction industry. But what can it help you with? How will it change the industry? We’ve invited Dr. Houssem Jerbi, a PhD in Artificial Intelligence, and CEO of Smart PMO, to answer those questions. Houssem has several years of experience working in the construction industry with AI. This episode is all about AI in construction.
What you'll learn from today's episode of Inventing Construction:
- What can AI do for construction?
- How AI will change procurement
- Why data is becoming a business asset
- How to get started with AI in your construction business
We would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:
Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/
Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/
Houssem: https://www.linkedin.com/in/houssemjerbi/
KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dk
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BIM is here to stay. But why is that? That is today's topic. We've invited Ralph Montague, Director of ArcDox BIM Consultants. Ralph has been spreading the good message of BIM for many years now. He joins us on this 25th episode of Inventing Construction, to discuss BIM, the current development of BIM, and the future of BIM. Be prepared for an episode all about BIM.
What you'll learn from today's episode of Inventing Construction:
- What is the problem with BIM?
- Why is BIM so powerful?
- Why BIM is actually communication
- How BIM can help our Industry increase supply
- What is the future of BIM development?
We would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:
Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/
Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/
Ralph: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ralphmontague/
KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dk
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Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) is becoming a popular term in both Ireland and the UK, but is it really modern? And, what exactly does MMC imply? What are the advantages of MMC, and what needs to change in our industry for MMC to become a success? That is today’s topic. We are joined by Pat Kirwan, Director of C+W O’Brien Architects and Coauthor to the DFMA Guide to integrating MMC within the construction sector.
What you'll learn from today's episode of Inventing Construction:
- What will modern construction look like?
- What exactly is MMC?
- What exactly is DFMA?
- How necessity is actually making us more efficient
- How MMC could help reduce our carbon footprint
We would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:
Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/
Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/
Pat: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patkirwan/
KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dk
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What is the cost of sustainability in construction? That is today’s topic. If you are trying to find sustainable solutions for your construction projects, this episode is a must-listen. We’ll be covering the challenges of a sustainable construction industry, and most importantly, what this transitionary period could mean for you and your projects.
What you'll learn from today's episode of Inventing Construction:
- Why decarbonizing construction could become VERY expensive
- Whether or not we can afford not to become sustainable
- Why your construction project could become stranded
- Whether or not your buildings are ready for the future
- How you can find the capital for sustainable solutions
We would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:
Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/
Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/
Simon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-top-laustsen-025131207/
Roger: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roger-barkley-58230450/
Archie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/passivearchie/
KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dk
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LCA in Ireland vs LCA in Denmark, part two. Where and how do you start your LCA/sustainability journey as a Developer? That is today’s topic. We’ve brought on, again, three guys from the KOSMOS team, who all have experience with the sustainability challenges in the construction industry.
What you'll learn from today's episode of Inventing Construction:
- Developers problem with sustainability
- How to start your construction sustainability journey
- Why carbon is the new nexus in construction
- The two approaches to carbon emissions
- Why carbon and cost are the same thing
- Why the value is created at the front-end of projects
We would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:
Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/
Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/
Simon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-top-laustsen-025131207/
Roger: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roger-barkley-58230450/
Archie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/passivearchie/
KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dk
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