In today’s episode, we are joined by Michael Filippakis, CEO and co-founder of Loris!

Michael’s passion for construction began when he was a child, helping his own father to renovate their house, before later deciding to study Construction Management at Ohio State University.

After graduating, Michael worked for Turner for over a decade in a number of roles. Michael also worked on Ohio State Campus Hospital, a $600 million project, which was the largest in Ohio State History at the time.

But in 2018, Michael started Loris to help build a leaner, safer, and greener job site for everyone.

Today we discuss his background, what Loris does, as well as the latest construction news of the week.

Check it out!

Key Takeaways:

Intro (00:00)
Michael’s background (06:35)
What problems does Loris solve? (09:12)
What’s coming in the future (24:15)
Automating data capture (32:17)
What’s coming up in the next 19 months (40:10)
Weekly news round-up (51:54)

Additional Resources:

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Check out the work Loris do here: https://www.getloris.com/

Check Michael out on Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-filippakis-86a79858/

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See this week’s news articles! 🗞️⬇️

➡️ Construction jobs are plentiful, but workers are scarce: https://www.npr.org/2023/04/06/1158576556/where-did-the-workers-go-construction-jobs-are-plentiful-but-workers-are-scarce

➡️ Birmingham-based conduit raises seed round as EV charging needs growth: https://hypepotamus.com/startup-news/electric-growth-birmingham-based-condoit-raises-seed-round-as-ev-charging-needs-grow/

➡️ Toga.ai raises $5million: https://www.constructiondive.com/news/togalai-raises-5m/646254/

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