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Construction Brothers

Construction Brothers

Eddie and Tyler Campbell are 6th generation builders who currently own a virtual building and modeling company called ABSI. Each week, Eddie and Tyler will explore ideas both directly and indirectly related to the construction industry. Thanks for listening to the Construction Brothers podcast! Find us wherever you listen!

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7:24

The Best Deadline Day | 5 Minute Friday

Construction Brothers ·

2023/07/28

Well. It’s debatable. What is the best day for project deadlines? Eddie thinks it’s Tuesday. For a long time, he thought it should be Friday, which makes sense in your head. Unfortunately, the world doesn’t usually operate in accordance with the vision in your head. Monday (according to Eddie’s work rhythm) is a very productive day, but it’s also a day that is overweighted with managerial duties. On Tuesdays, almost everyone is still around, in contrast to a Friday afternoon. Tuesday leaves time

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47:21

The Arc of Innovation (feat. Tom Yeshurun)

Construction Brothers ·

2023/07/26

Tom Yeshurun joins us today from San Francisco. Tom is Founder and CEO of Civ Robotics, a company that automates construction layout. Their robots drive themselves around a site and locate points by paint or laser so they can be marked by their human operators. Tom shares the names of a few of the robots they currently have operating: Betty, Ugly, and Joey… No #5 yet. Regardless of the name, each robot is a four-wheel drive unit customized for specific terrain. Several years ago, Tom was a

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6:53

Know Your Project's Cadence | 5 Minute Friday

Construction Brothers ·

2023/07/21

Even if you’ve never been in the military or marched with a band, you’ve heard the pace-setting rhythm of a drum beat or the chanting troops. Projects have a rhythm too. Each project has a unique feel. If you want to be a productive contributor to a project, you need to sense that cadence. Know when to enter with your information–when to bring your concern to the table. You can’t just throw it out there when it comes to your mind. Tyler shares a softball analogy: You’re at third base when the

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40:47

A Digital Owner's Rep Speaks (feat. Jacob D'Albora)

Construction Brothers ·

2023/07/19

Elon and an increasingly-ripped Zuckerberg in a cage match. And Threads. That’s where we start today’s conversation. But then we move on. Today we're talking to Jacob D'Albora. Jacob is Director of Digital Building Operations at VIATechnik, LLC. His job is to serve as an owner’s representative in regard to digital plans and related VDC data. Jacob says that he has seen owners who had to recreate the entire digital presence of their projects and repopulate databases because they don’t receive

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5:52

Mitigate Risk by Reducing Change | 5 Minute Friday

Construction Brothers ·

2023/07/14

Eddie’s been thinking about our episode with Patrick Fernbach. Specifically, he’s thinking about the discussion we had about small changes. Sometimes you get several steps into a project and discover that things just aren’t looking right. Tyler recalls an experience that he encountered pretty regularly when he was still doing steel detailing. Someone would call to explain that one tiny thing needed to change. Maybe it was the size of a bolt or a plate. The problem? That change meant that

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33:48

Become an Asset for Your Team (feat. Henry Nutt III)

Construction Brothers ·

2023/07/12

We love interviewing authors, and today we have a great one. Henry Nutt III started in the industry when he was 19 years old. He worked as general superintendent for 34 years. Henry has been with Southland Industry for 15 years, where he currently works as Pre-construction Executive. All of this experience makes him eminently qualified to share some advice about building strong teams. Henry spends a lot of time talking to students about preparing for careers. As he shared his experience, he

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6:54

No. | 5 Minute Friday - The most powerful word in...

Construction Brothers ·

2023/07/07

You know what we have to say about your positivity? NO! Actually, today we’re talking about how this word can be a way to be positive. Eddie explains that your nos are more positive than your yeses. Both yeses and nos come in seasons. Tyler explains that he and the family are headed into a season of nos. We discuss the feelings that come along with a good, solid no. Although there might be some intimidation and unease, Tyler said the dominant feeling for him is usually relief. The unwillingness

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43:22

The Architect's Race to the Bottom

Construction Brothers ·

2023/07/05

We open today with a discussion about the latest epidemic in the US. Yes, we’re talking about the epidemic of pickleball-related injuries. Here’s the story in Bloomberg. Then we move on to a topic that John Roach brought to Eddie’s attention recently. It’s all about architects and the pricing of their services. It all goes back to the Sherman Anti-trust Act, which was enacted in 1890 to address the problem of monopolies. In the 1860s, Richard Morris Hunt sued a client who failed to pay his

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57:49

A Mechanical Engineer Speaks (feat. Patrick Fernbach)

Construction Brothers ·

2023/06/28

We start out today with a little Chicken N Pickle talk and some eye rolling about Tyler’s $150 pickleball paddle. Then we move on to content most of you will find more substantial. Patrick Fernbach, our guest today, is Director of Mechanical Engineering at KLH Engineers in Kentucky. Tyler asks Patrick what grinds his gears when it comes to the construction industry. Patrick discusses the fact that construction contract practices put the engineers and the trades at opposite ends of an

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11:48

Barricading | 5 Minute Friday

Construction Brothers ·

2023/06/23

Sometimes things get away from you. Today we discuss the ways we reduce the number of things that get away from us. Eddie introduces the idea of a barricade. His primary barricade for excessive scrolling or social media usage? Use a browser-based version that is clunky enough that he doesn’t want to keep staring at it. We discuss the relentless attention suck that social media is for us and the whole family. Sometimes you need to treat yourself like a kid. “Sorry, but you can’t have your

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54:35

Delegated Design Deep Dive

Construction Brothers ·

2023/06/21

(Note regarding intro: The film festival in France is actually pronounced “Can.” The “S” is silent, unlike Tyler.) We start out today with Tyler’s church-league softball story and his related megaphone message: If you’re 6’2” and 260 pounds, don’t combine dehydration and intermittent fasting with an effort to prove yourself on the field. Then, on to the substance of today’s episode. Fair warning: We’re getting into the weeds today. That’s because this stuff can profoundly affect your finances,

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5:26

Parasites | 5 Minute Friday

Construction Brothers ·

2023/06/16

Nobody likes a parasite. (Well, maybe Kelly Kapoor) When was the last time you asked yourself about parasites in your life? We’re not talking about people. We’re talking about habits. Maybe alcohol? Maybe social media (for sure social media)? Maybe there are some activities that simply trigger anxiety for you but somehow still suck you back in. Identify those and be ready for us to talk next week about “barricading” them. And no, a remora is not a parasite. Eddie is correct. That relationship

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62:25

What was it like building in the 1950s? (feat. Pop &...

Construction Brothers ·

2023/06/14

(Today’s episode is a re-air from 2021, chosen in recognition of Fathers Day.) It's time for some coffee with a splash of multi-generational wisdom. Joining us today are our dad and our grandpa, aka “Pop.” These two bring a deep, wide reservoir of experience. Pop started with Messer Construction all the way back in 1954, in part of a college co-op program. He moved on to the position of project manager and eventually senior project executive. As he tells us, though, he was just interested

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8:51

Eddie Fesses Up... | 5 Minute Friday

Construction Brothers ·

2023/06/09

Is a confession a confession if it brings you “a little sadistic joy”? We’ll let you make that judgment. On the heels of last week’s episode about the importance of systems, today Eddie has a confession. A couple years ago he quietly dropped a subscription for Zapier, the management/automation software that Tyler loved when he was working at ABSI. Eddie thought the software was really cool, but… not as cool as what Eddie could figure out himself. It was part of a systems assessment that

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43:18

Eye-Opening Trade Research (feat. Lee Causey)

Construction Brothers ·

2023/06/07

Today we're talking to Lee Causey, the East Coast Innovation Leader for DPR Construction. Lee’s job, as he explains it, is to remove roadblocks and connect dots. When someone hears about a technology they’d like to try, Lee kicks into action and makes it happen. In this role, he noticed people often chased the shiniest things rather than the most useful things. In an effort to make a data-based approach Problem-based approach workflow Collect problemsSort problemsPrioritize problemsSeek

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8:46

Build Systems and Take Action | 5 Minute Friday

Construction Brothers ·

2023/06/02

Systems are so cool… At least that’s how Tyler feels. There’s a four-letter reason he loves them: ADHD. He has learned that systems hold him accountable. Eddie is the grunt-and-get-it-done guy. This is often good, of course, but it can sometimes result in a failure to create a system early enough. Tyler shares about automated folder-creation software that avoided organizational chaos. Here’s the Craig Groeschel video Tyler mentions. Sometimes a “system” can be little more than a

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47:29

Cool Stuff From CONEXPO (feat. Tyler Williams)

Construction Brothers ·

2023/05/31

Welcome to The ConExpo Highlight Reel, starring Eddie and the Two Tylers! Yes, two is probably too many. We’ll make sure it doesn’t happen too often. Tyler Williams joins us this week to share some of the. Tyler, who is Field Innovation Leader at DPR Construction, was on the podcast a few months ago to discuss new tech in construction, and that’s the focus again today. ConExpo happens only every three years. Tyler headed to the Vegas show this year to see equipment that can reduce ergonomic strain

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8:20

Intellect Into Action | 5 Minute Friday

Construction Brothers ·

2023/05/26

Eddie shares today about all the shoulds that plague our days. You know you should eat your vegetables, maintain a balanced diet, drink water… Making that actually happen is much tougher than just knowing that it should happen. The same pattern is true within construction. It’s easy to know that you should show empathy, consider other people’s mental/emotional health. The thing is that it’s really, really tough not to send that snarky email and yell at that employee. Keep on trying.

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42:36

A Path to a Modern Workforce (feat. Danielle Proctor)

Construction Brothers ·

2023/05/24

If you work with concrete, you’ve probably dreamed of having the machines made by today’s guest. Danielle Proctor is President and CEO of Construction Robotics, which makes two large and impressive rebar-related machines: IronBOT, which places rebar, and TyBOT, which ties that rebar. Countless construction workers have put in their time tying rebar before moving on to other less backbreaking and repetitive work. Eddie opens with a bit of nostalgia for his rebar-tying days and mentions this

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7:29

Lessons We Learned In Our First Year | 5 Minute Friday

Construction Brothers ·

2023/05/19

Ah yes, freshman year. Today we’re talking about things we remember learning in our first year on the job. Eddie starts us off: His first lessons were about pacing. When you’re tying rebar, you don’t want to be starting at a sprint. He discusses the home-life manifestation of this principle with the phenomenon of The Lowe’s Trip. When he enters a project slowly and deliberately, he avoids the four-trip day. Measure twice, cut once. Think it through. Think about the long game.

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