Built Different is a daily podcast for developers, general contractors, and capital partners working in modular, volumetric, and off-site construction. No hype. No futurism. Just execution reality. Each episode breaks down what actually determines success or failure in factory-built projects: coordination gaps, design freeze timing, transportation risks, sequencing failures, financing mismatches, and the hidden costs no one models. This isn't a show about the promise of modular. It's about w ...
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Volumetric Modular Podcasts
A conference with 10,000+ attendees, exploring integrated, offsite, wood-based, automated construction in association with Greenbuild. Mass Timber+ 2024 November 12-14th, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia Brought to you by Forest Economic Advisors.
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Modular construction fails not because the method is flawed, but because teams treat it like traditional construction with a factory in the middle. The coordination requirements are fundamentally different, and most failures trace back to misaligned expectations—not manufacturing defects. In this episode: Why the "factory instead of site" framing i…
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Art Schmon, Managing Director IWBC, interviews Vaughan Buckley, CEO of Volumetric Building Companies to discuss the advantages offsite modular building.It's the orchestration of bringing together:-Technology-enabled design process-Precision-driven manufacturing capabilities-Project-proven volumetric set and construction expertiseEnsures faster deli…
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End to End with Design-Make-Build with Ben Talbot of Mitek
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End to End with Design-Make-BuildA conversation with Ben Tabolt, Director Plan Services, MiTekMiTek empowers its customers to improve the way they design,make and build. Listen to Ben Tabolt, MiTek’s Director of Plan Services, describe how Mitek is putting Design-Make-Build into action, with a holistic approach centered around digital design with o…
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How Can Artificial Intelligence be Used to Produce Timber Designs?
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How Can Artificial Intelligence be Used to Produce Timber DesignA conversation with Dr. Luke Whale, CoFounder of DAISY AI, Inc.Listen to Dr. Luke Whale describe an exciting new AI technology that promises to revolutionize timber design for manufacturing. The AI tool is called DAISY, acronym for Design AI Systems, and ituses genetic programming to f…
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How is Modular Hotel Construction Financed?
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The availability of finance has been - and still is - a major challenge for modular construction. Many banks won’t touch modular projects for a variety of reasons and the challenge of financing has actually impeded the rate of adoption for modular building. But a solution is at hand!Hear from Kyung Kim, a Senior VP with AVANA Capital who has direct…
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How Ikea and Skanska joined forces to tackle affordable housing
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Hear the story of how furniture giant IKEA combined forces with European construction giant Skanska to form BoKlok, a major offsite homebuilder that is successfully tackling the affordable housing challenge in Scandinavia.Jerker Lessing, Head of R&D for BoKlok, explains:• Why architects were not involved in the early development process• The import…
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Offsite construction with Gerry McCaughey
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Hear IWBC Keynote Speaker Gerry McCaughey, CEO of California-based Entekra in an insightful Q&A podcast discussing a diversity of topics, including:- Why is Europe so far ahead of North America in offsite construction?- What is the difference between prefabricated components and fully integrated offsite construction?- How does the quality of fully …
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