What A Week! | Master Specifiers Retreat Recap
A topic that jumped out this week: Elias Saltz, Executive Vice President and Senior Specifier, recaps the Master Specifier's Retreat (hosted by the Construction Specification...
Deliberate Words
A Podcast by Conspectus Inc.
Join us as we chat with members of the architectural, engineering, construction, and owner communities to learn how deliberate word shape their contributions, their projects, and their world. Through these conversations, words aggregate decisions, and transforms perspectives on transparency in the decision-making process.
Navigating Construction Claims and Conflicts. featuring Greg Holness
Greg Holness wears two powerful hats—engineer and attorney—and he’s spent over 30 years walking the fault lines of construction projects gone sideways. From root cause...
What A Week! | Universal Waste Spec
A topic that jumped out this week: Universal Waste Specifications. Where to specify it. How to specify it. Should you specify it? Keep Listening
Bending Metal. Building a Legacy. featuring Dick Bus of ATAS
From a 14 year old kid bending sheet metal in his family's basement, to receiving a lifetime achievement award at 70 years old, Dick Bus of ATAS International, breaks down...
Driving Procurement Strategy featuring Kevin Batche of IPS
What do muscle cars and global procurement have in common? According to Kevin Batche, Vice President of Procurement at IPS (Integrated Project Services)—quite a bit. It’s all...
Shattering Expectations featuring Chris McGrory of McGrory Glass
What happens when you grow up in manufacturing surrounded by sheets of glass, the hum of cutting tools, and a father with a vision? You don’t just learn the business—you...
One Hard Hat featuring Kevin Sell & Brandon Jordan, The Kwest Group
In this episode, Kevin Sell and Brandon Jordan from Kwest Group break down the story behind Air Products’ new air gas separation unit in Wilson, Arkansas and how the One Hard...
Keep Exploring | Keep Communicating featuring Matt Brennan
We found a kindred spirit with Matt Brennan- host of the podcast “What the RFI” with his ambition to improve project documentation and construction administration (CA)...
MEGA Collaboration on MEGA Projects Ensures Certainty - featuring Michael Dubreuil from PTAG
As a new year kicks off, it is natural to look ahead with a bit, or a lot, of uncertainty. What risks lie ahead and how can they be managed? We invite Michael Dubreuil,...
Profile of a Good Owner - featuring Jack Mumma from U. MD, Baltimore
The idea of a good owner is more than just a philosophical idea or an anecdote. It is the member of the project team, who is intentional, aware, and deliberately behaves with...
Quest for Quality Resources - featuring Colin Gilboy from 4specs.com
Sourcing product information can be tedious, time consuming, frustrating! Conspectus has been using 4specs.com for decades, and a reliable directory for information. No, this...
Crunching Contracts, The Intersection of AI and Assessing Risk - Featuring Josh Levy
Does the construction industry need more attorneys, or do we simply need contractors to better understand the construction contract process? Josh Levy, CEO of Document Crunch...
Roulette, Rodeos, and the Role of a Casino Construction Manager Featuring Ken Stonecipher
Saddle up for high stakes and hard hats! Ken Stonecipher, corporate director of construction for Global Gaming Solutions joins us to chat about what its like to build in the...
Procurement Mathematics featuring Jeff Sawyer from Simplar
In this episode we welcome Jeff Sawyer! Researcher, business leader and educator who is the director of strategy for Simplar – a world-leading procurement and an...
Deconstructing the SPD featuring David Stutzman & Steve Gantner
Organization of information is critical when it comes to making design decisions, estimating costs, and constructing a building. Structuring project data in an efficient...
Building Bonds - Friendship & Knowledge Exchange at the COAA Conference
Let’s throw back to November, 2023 to the COAA Fall Conference in Orlando, FL. Our guests are: Cy Rangel of Purdue University, Carli Cole of HGA Architects, Sarah Delphin and...
Fireside Chat with the Conspectus Team
Conspectus continues to grow, doubling the size of the team in just one year. The Conspectians got together for the annual meeting in December, 2023 in the world-wide...
Mapping a Unique Career to GIS featuring Marc Goldman
A fascinating look at the career path of the AEC industry tech leader Marc Goldman. From crafting his own arch/eng degree to software development to digital mapping and...
Specs and Spirituality Featuring Brian Conroy
Specifications are not typically a celestial experience, but Brian Conroy helps us discover how the process of creating well written documents, when done correctly, can put...
Welcome to the Continuum featuring Doug Bevill, General Manager of Conspectus Cloud
Welcome to the Continuum... during this episode, we welcome Doug Bevill, the very first General Manager of Conspectus Cloud. Conspectus Cloud, the specification tool created...
Pizza & Prefab: The Ultimate Efficiencies featuring Axel Webb
Pizza and prefab construction, an unusual pair that have quite a lot in common, according the Axel Webb, from TAS Energy, a prefabrication and manufacturing powerhouse. Axel...
CSI Convo: Inside Scoop on Regional Conferences
Conspectus team members have been long time members of the CSI (Construction Specification Institute) at different capacities, all across the country. We understanding the...
Intro into the Lean Journey featuring John Zachara
Are you on a Lean Journey? Are you familiar with what a Lean Journey is? Conspectus has been attending COPs (community of practice) events across the country. We have been...
Courage - The Journey of a Female Architect featuring Marissa Iamello
Courage is a powerful characteristic in a female architect, and is exercised in a number of ways, inspiring many along her journey. In honor of Women In Construction month,...
CURT Conference Uncut - featuring Karen Hager, NAWIC and Taylor Boileau of Ryan Companies
Live from the annual CURT Conference in San Antonio, TX! We chat with Taylor Boileau of Ryan Companies and Karen Hager, incoming president of NAWIC. Dave Stutzman, Steve...
Construction Superintendents, Miracle Workers featuring Cy Rangel and Jim Rechenmacher
One may consider construction managers miracle workers, and in this episode we chat with an owner and a contractor to learn the depth of what it means in their lives and...
Conspectus Team Fireside Chats
We have officially wrapped up 30 years of producing awesome specifications, and one whole year of podcast episodes. All of the Conspectus Specifiers hopped in the recording...
Spill it! What happened at the Design Build Conference? Welcome back Brian Skripac VDC for the DBIA
Have you been to a DBIA conference? Ever wonder what it is about and what you can experience as an attendee? In this episode we welcome back Brian Skripac, the director of...
People. Process. Technology. In that order. featuring Brian Skripac of DBIA
We welcome Brian Skripac the director of VDC for the DBIA. In non-acronym terms: he is the Virtual Design & Construction guru for the Design Build Institute of America....
Eyes on the Prize featuring Neil Cook of Studio Libeskind
Eyes on the Prize - sometimes easier said than done. We discover that is what is behind the success at Studio Libeskind when we chat with Neil Cook. What's in a relationship,...
Empathy and Construction, featuring Charlie Dunn of DPR
In this episode we are very excited to welcome Charlie Dunn from DPR. As per his usual, Charlie provides many wonderful nuggets to improving the future of the construction...
An Attorney's Lens of Lessons Learned featuring John Sier of Kitch
In this episode we chat with John Sier, an attorney and partner with a Detroit law firm - Kitch Drutchas Wagner Valitutti & Sherbrook. John works with construction owners and...
Perfecting the RFP featuring Jim Beck (AHN), John Reddick (Stantec), and Mark Petzold (Highmark)
Our guests this month are Jim Beck from Allegheny Health Network, John Reddick from Stantec (Pittsburgh), and Mark Petzold from Highmark, and they teach us how they have...
The Feedback Loop featuring the Construction Bros
We are thrilled to welcome the hosts of the incredibly popular podcast The Construction Brothers - Tyler and Eddie Campbell! Join us as they talk about tea, tech, people, and...
Mother of All Volunteers, featuring Lauren Harris of L2P
Our guest, Lauren Harris, Associate AIA, is the BIM manager at L2P. She received the Associate of the Year Award in 2019, at the AIA-NJ Gala, which is where we met her and...
Swimming Against the Current, featuring Stewart Carroll of Beck Technologies
In this episode, Stewart Carroll, President of Beck Technology chats with us about how they use strong cultural practices, technology, and the regimented mindset of a swimmer...
Budgets are NOT Bull! Featuring Marcene Taylor, Independent Estimator
How often do you feel like you are on a bucking bull, and loosing control of the reigns, when your project enters VE? We kick off our second season chatting with Marcene...
Pomegranates & Contracts featuring Brian Perlberg of ConsensusDocs
Welcome to the show Brian Perlberg, Esq., CM-Lean! Brian is a nationally recognized law attorney who serves as Executive Director and Senior Council for ConsensusDocs, a...
The Construction Unicorn, featuring Pete Dumont of Prairie Dog
Eliminate waste by 40%! Increase profitability by 200 - 300%! Improve delivery by 50% It is the construction unicorn that actually exists. It is not fiction, it is the power...
Risky Business
David Stutzman and Steve Gantner kick off the podcast with two words that can be frightening or exhilarating, when put together - Risky Business! David and Steve talk about...