The Preconstruction Podcast - Commercial Construction.

Gareth McGlynn, our host, sat in with Rachael Daly, The No nonsense QS in NYC. They discussed the following: - Rachael has studied Construction Economics with a Quantity Surveying Degree at the Limerick Institute of Technology. - Seven years of QS work in Brisbane, Australia where she was responsible for the largest children's hospital in the Southern Hemisphere. - The challenges of relocating from Australia to New York City with Linesight. - 5 years of working with the JP Morgan team, making sure that the Chase Tower headquarters in Manhattan comes in on budget, which is a 60-story skyscraper. - What is the difference between quantity surveying and preconstruction? - Large change orders or construction variations, what we can do better. - Preconstruction technology - what CostX can bring to the table? - How do we tackle the highest inflation rate in 40 years at 7.5% in January? Rachel Daly does a deep dive. You can connect with Rachael via her LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachael-daly-mrics-b61b857a/ Check out as well an article she has written: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rachael-daly-mrics-b61b857a_how-commercial-real-estate-can-plan-around-activity-6915066948229693440-ofHZ?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop Enjoy and stay tuned for more exciting Preconstruction episodes coming your way!

Gareth, our host, sat down with Wyatt Jenkins, Chief Product Officer at Procore Technologies to ask what Procore have planned for there Preconstruction offerings? Disclosed on the podcast: - Wyatts background within Data & Analytics companies - Why construction and why Procore - The Procore Ecosystem, known for their CM software, what have they planned for the Preconstruction offering - Why did the firm purchase Esticom in Oct 2020 and what have they planned - Data, How he sees data as the fundamental reason for a common data platform - ProcorePay launching later this year - And much much more. If you have follow up questions, you can reach Wyatt via his LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wyattjenkins/ Tune in for more exciting podcast episodes!

Gareth, our host, sat down with Marty Cornish, CEO at Workorder, an automated quantity take off software for construction cost estimators. Disclosed on the podcast: - His senior entrepreneurial history after starting off and exiting onto other companies. - His Psychology degree obtained in 2009. - How AI will affect the Preconstruction life cycle moving forward. - What separates Workorder from the other products on the market which is the detection of materials and objects. - And much, much more! If you have follow up questions, you can reach Marty via his LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martycornish/ Or you can book your Demo today at:   https://www.workorder.ai/demo Tune in for more exciting podcast episodes!

Our host, Gareth McGlynn, talked with Adam Schneider who is an Executive Director of Preconstruction at Snyder Langston. He graduated at The Ohio State University in 2007 with a Construction Management degree. He was a Project Manager at MATT Construction for almost seven and a half years. Started with Snyder Langston as a Sr. Project Manager for 4 years then as Director of Preconstruction for another 4 years and now as Executive Director of Preconstruction since Sept 2022. Discussion on this episode is all about collaboration including these topics: - Luxury apartment building in 2022 - 2023 - The importance of preconstruction technology in multifamily construction - Prefabrication and modular construction within multifamily - The building method of design-build - High density multifamily construction in 2023 - 2024 See Adam via his Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-schneider-b8406245/ Stay tuned for more exciting episodes on The Preconstruction Podcast!

Quick catch up with Jacob Keith the Preconstruction Director at Layton in Salt Lake City.  Discussed: - 25 years of Preconstruction & Estimating  - 10 years with The Beck Group - Design & Build, CM@Risk and GMP - Building a competitive but realistic GMP to win work whilst managing a clients expectation - Inflation, supply chain issues  - And of course our Question time segment.... Enjoy and stay tuned for more great Preconstruction craic.

Our host Gareth McGlynn talked to Tim Hogan a 33 year old Preconstruction Executive running a team of 13 in D.C..  This is yet another HIGH PERFORMING Preconstruction Executive telling his story.  As always Tim is always open to further questions or any follow up conversation via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-hogan-76843544 Enjoy and stay tuned for more episodes. 

Our host Gareth McGlynn talked with the dynamic duo that is Johnny Illick (CEO) & Chris Huston (VP of Precon) of ReArch about their appearance at this years Advancing Preconstruction Conference in Pheonix, AZ. As well as: - How ReArch has achieved a 66% hit rate across CM work and the strategy behind the success - The ideas that separate them from there competitors  - The success they have had with an Innovative approach to Preconstruction Services.  - ReArch's vertically integrated services - The Importance of a debrief and feedback form that helped shape the company - General Preconstruction craic not to be missed Enjoy this episode it's an eye opener to how a successful company runs with Preconstruction in mind. As always both Johnny and Chris are cool people always making themselves available, so check them out at the links below: Johnny:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-illick-439a1b18 Chris: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-huston-75800512

Our host Gareth McGlynn sat down with J.D. King the Regional Director of Preconstruction with Lemoine in Baton Rouge, LA.  Discussed:  - How he wanted to become a Doctor and ended up as a Doctor of Construction - The important early years - The important role the Army played in his development - Preconstruction Technology - Togal AI, Sage, and much more - Economic outlook and what he believes will become the new normal - Much much more - and of course our new 8 questions segment at the end If you have any follow-up questions or are interested in speaking with J.D here is his Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesdawsonking/ Enjoy and stay tuned for more young Next generation interviews on The Preconstruction Podcast.

Happy New Year folks - Looking forward to bringing you all the latest Preconstruction craic in 2023.  You may have listened to our first episode (Sep 2021) with Chris Sammarco, it was so good we had to get him on again for an update.  We discussed: - The importance of culture - How he built a strong stable high performing team  - Economic stability  - His driven mentality  - The current appetite for CM work and the comparison to Lump sum work - The typical day of a Precon lead - Some sound advice for the next generation of Preconstruction Talent  - And much much more - including our new 8 questions challenge A huge thank you to Chris, and here is the link to his DJ tracks - who would have thought? https://open.spotify.com/track/7HHVE9gcKbhHoUyHxgMCG1 Should you have any follow-up questions for Chris feel free to connect with him at https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-sammarco-5b16a929/ This episode has loads of great advice and lessons on preconstruction, so please share it with your peers, friends, or team. Enjoy! Construction Preconstruction Technology Estimator Estimating Construction Preconstruction Assemble Building Information Modeling BIM VDC Virtual Design Construction Commercial Construction Estimators Preconstruction Managers Design & Build Niche Specialist Staffing Partners Niche SSP Chris Sammarco DPR Gareth McGlynn

Gareth McGlynn our host was delighted when Wes Palmisano agreed to come on The Preconstruction podcast. There was so much to cover, including: - The Palmisano family history, of which he is the third generation of Master Builders - Starting Impetus in 2013 with a high-growth strategy to get to $100M as fast as possible  - How focusing on Preconstruction Services was one of the best decisions he ever made - The reason behind Impetus, challenges with growing so fast, success stories, lessons learned, and what the future holds - Getting paid market rate for Preconstruction services - Preconstruction Technology and the future of Preconstruction Technology - The Renegade Academy - the current education system and its failings to provide qualified candidates for the construction space - Prefabrication and its importance to help deal with the capacity deficit As always Wes is always available to help anyone in a similar position or anyone with questions please reach out to him on LinkedIn via: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesley-j-palmisano-317681a/ Or visit the Impetus website at https://buildimpetus.com/ Enjoy!