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Christopher Columbus. And the Mars Lander. Both relied on bad data. One got lucky and one didn't. His point: in construction, we don't get to choose which kind we end up being.
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AI tools in 2026 are genuinely capable of doing things that would have seemed like science fiction five years ago. The problem is not the technology. The problem is that most construction companies are trying to run a high-performance engine on bad fuel.
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AI tools in 2026 are genuinely capable of doing things that would have seemed like science fiction five years ago. The problem is not the technology. The problem is that most construction companies are trying to run a high-performance engine on bad fuel.
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Someone in your orbit: a peer group, a conference, a conversation with a founder you respect is getting incredible results with a tactic. A platform. A process. A sales approach. You bring it home and try it.
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Across Arizona, I've walked into construction offices with smart teams, solid software, and good intentions, yet the technology still isn't working like a team. Backups look healthy until a restore fails. Field teams bypass systems they do not trust. Legacy tools slow everyone down, but no one wants to touch them. Autodesk environments break, workarounds pile up, and the business quietly absorbs the cost.
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Dan Rooney's session at ABC National Convention in Salt Lake City last month was one of the best keynotes I have seen in twenty years of doing this. No slides. No gimmicks. Just a fighter pilot from Wasilla, Oklahoma standing in front of 1,800 contractors and telling the truth about what it actually takes to show up ready when the stakes are real.
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2026 is a grind. Tariffs are real. Margins are thin. Labor is tight. And the second half of the year looks better than the first, but only for firms that are positioned for it.
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The ABC National Convention is the biggest merit shop contractor event in the country, and this year the energy around technology, specifically AI, was different than anything I have seen before. Not cautious curiosity. Urgency.
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Estimating has their spreadsheets. The PM team has a shared drive somewhere. The super keeps notes in a notebook. Finance has QuickBooks. And I think Carlos has some stuff on his laptop from that job last year.
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Your disaster recovery plan probably accounts for ransomware. Maybe a monsoon flooding your server room. Perhaps even a backhoe taking out the fiber line.
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I was scrolling through social media last week when a post stopped me mid-thumb. A woman had lined up five different types of milk on her kitchen counter: oats, cashew, peanut, almond, and soy, each one labeled, each one poured into its own glass. She taste-tested every single one with a full breakdown of health benefits, concerns, and a final ranking.
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I was listening to a panel of construction CIOs and Chief Innovation Officers last week expecting the usual "AI is coming" keynote, the kind where you zone out somewhere around "digital transformation" and start mentally planning tomorrow's site walk.
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I sat in an American Subcontractors Association of Arizona webinar last week expecting the usual tax season overview, the kind where you zone out somewhere around "amortization schedule" and start mentally re-sequencing tomorrow's pour.
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Budget's tight, projects are stacking up, and you need bodies. So you post the job, skim the resumes, and hire the first person who seems "good enough." I've been there. Most of us have. Here's what nobody told me until I learned it the hard way: hiring three mediocre people to do everything costs more than hiring one great person to do the most important thing.
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I almost got fired from my first IT job. Not because I couldn’t do the work. Because I didn’t tell anyone I was stuck. What should have been a two-hour job turned into an all-day disaster, not because the problem was hard, but because I sat on it. My boss didn’t yell. He just said something I’ve never forgotten.
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A superintendent showed me his whiteboard last month. Three weeks ago it showed a clean path to substantial completion. Now? It looked like someone threw darts at a calendar.
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Maybe it’s a new project management platform. A different RFI process. A shiny estimating tool someone mentioned at the ABA mixer. The idea’s probably good. But here’s the problem: last month’s good idea still isn’t implemented. And neither is the one from before that.
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What’s happening in preconstruction AI right now isn’t a fancy digital ruler. It’s a fundamental shift and the numbers prove it
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Here’s the thing about construction technology: most contractors are leaving money on the table. Not because the software is bad. Because they never got past “Light Adoption.”
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Most construction firms are about to make the same goal-setting mistakes I’ve made over 20 years. The kind that seem harmless in December but destroy momentum by March. And here’s the thing: you can’t set goals properly in January. January is when you’re already executing. The window is now.
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Email systems that randomly drop messages. Disconnected software requiring triple data entry. Field crews without real-time access to drawings. Estimating spreadsheets held together with duct tape and prayers.
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Last week, we talked about knowledge walking out the door with retiring workers. This week? Let”s talk about the talent you can’t afford to lose walking out because you’re not giving them a reason to stay.
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Veteran supers, foremen, PMs, and estimators are retiring faster than companies can replace them… and taking decades of unwritten knowledge with them. According to NCCER, 41% of the construction workforce will retire by 2031. Meanwhile, the industry needs nearly half a million new workers in 2025 alone just to maintain today”s pace.
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On November 11, we had the privilege of teaching How Builders Can Leverage AI to Supercharge Their Business at the Arizona Builders Alliance.
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If you’re in construction, you’ve heard all the buzz about AI. But here’s the real question: How can you make it work for your business without adding another tool no one uses?
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If you’re in construction, you’ve heard the buzz about Artificial Intelligence (AI). But where do you actually start?
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As we gear up for the Well Built: Operational Excellence in Construction webinar next week, let’s talk about one of the biggest barriers to efficiency on the jobsite and in the office; tool overload (or tool avoidance).
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Many organizations are struggling with technology, but for opposite reasons. Some have too many tools that don’t connect or overlap, creating duplication and confusion. Others still rely on Excel, paper forms, or memory to manage critical functions, knowing it’s not sustainable but too busy to fix it.
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At the 2025 ABA Annual Conference in Flagstaff, economist Anirban Basu delivered a keynote that was equal parts economics and entertainment. Between Denzel Washington quotes and a shout-out to Taylor Swift, he left Arizona builders with a serious message.
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In today’s unpredictable environment, every organization, from schools and non-profits to healthcare providers, manufacturers, and financial firms, faces the same challenge: how to do more with fewer resources.
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