My ChatGPT Year Wrapped!
Is 3D Printing in Construction Quietly Making a Comeback?
3D printing in construction is rapidly shifting from prototype to production, transforming how buildings are designed and built around the world. In 2025, extrusion-based printers lead the market, converting digital models into real structures layer by layer with impressive speed and accuracy. With advances in AI, robotics, and sustainable materials, the next wave of innovation is already underway. Question is, will 3D printing soon become the future of construction?
Is Your Construction Software Holding You Back? 10 Red Flags to Watch
Is your construction software slowing you down? From poor integrations to outdated interfaces and security risks, here are 10 clear signs it’s time to upgrade your construction technology.
National Book Month: 5 Reads That are Shaping My Year
October is National Book Month, the perfect moment to slow down and reflect on the books that truly change us. In this blog, I share the five books that have reshaped how I think, live, and build. If you’re looking for books that inspire clarity, perspective, and transformation, this list will help you rebuild the way you see yourself and the world.
My Trip to the Wright Brothers Memorial and What It Taught Me About Innovation
The Wright Brothers Memorial in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina isn’t just where the first flight happened in 1903 it’s where innovation took off. Standing on the dunes where Wilbur and Orville proved powered flight possible, you realize their genius wasn’t luck, it was relentless testing, failing, and refining until breakthrough.
Silicon Valley’s Wild New Obsession: The 996 Grindset
The 996 grindset—working 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week—has been glamorized in Silicon Valley as a fast track to success. Advocates argue that more hours mean faster results. But when it comes to the construction industry, that logic doesn’t hold up.
Meta Launched Its New AI Glasses, And The Hidden Opportunity Might Be In Construction!
Meta has launched its new AI-powered smart glasses—and while most headlines focus on consumer features, the hidden promise may be in construction technology. Lightweight, socially acceptable, and paired with a neural wristband for hands-free control, these glasses could finally deliver what AR headsets never could: practical jobsite integration. Imagine superintendents calling up BIM overlays in real time, engineers collaborating remotely through “see-what-I-see” video calls, automatic quantity tracking that updates punch lists as you walk, and safety alerts appearing directly in a worker’s line of sight. At $379–$799, Meta’s glasses are far cheaper than enterprise AR rigs, making them realistic for scaling across crews. For an industry long chasing AR’s potential, this might be the breakthrough that collapses the gap between design and execution.
Forget the Diploma: Why Gen Z Is Picking Up Tools Instead of Debt
College enrollment is falling, tuition costs are rising, and AI is automating traditional office jobs. But while headlines focus on the crisis in higher education, a different story is unfolding in the construction industry: Gen Z is stepping into the skilled trades. With Baby Boomers retiring and demand for infrastructure, clean energy, and data centers accelerating, trades like electrical, HVAC, and welding are becoming some of the most future-proof careers available. This isn’t just a labor shortage—it’s a generational shift that could reshape how America builds.
BIM or Digital Twin? Why Everyone in AEC Needs to Know the Difference
BIM (Building Information Modeling) and Digital Twins are often confused in the AEC industry, but they serve very different purposes. BIM provides the foundation—a static, intelligent 3D model for design, coordination, and construction. Digital Twins go further, creating a dynamic, data-driven replica of the building that evolves in real time with IoT, predictive analytics, and operational insights. Understanding this distinction helps owners, contractors, and facility managers maximize efficiency, sustainability, and long-term asset value.
AI at Work: The Silent Decline of Entry-Level Jobs
A working paper titled “Canaries in the Coal Mine? Six Facts about the Recent Employment Effects of Artificial Intelligence” (Brynjolfsson, Chandar, & Chen, 2025) offers the first large-scale empirical evidence on how generative AI is reshaping the labor market.
Why Don’t Robots Feel “Normal” on Construction Sites? (Yet)
I was reading a research paper from NVIDIA research this past weekend—yes, a robotics paper, and yes, voluntarily—and I came across a concept that stuck with me: social navigation in robotics.
From Ruins to Rentals: Inside the Messy Middle of Adaptive Reuse
The housing market is starving, and everyone’s talking about adaptive reuse. On paper, it’s a win: take something old, give it new life, skip years of red tape. But here’s the thing, projects like this show the real grind of construction.
Millennials and Gen Zs Don’t Buy Homes—We Hack Them!
Let’s be real. Most of us aren’t buying a $2M vacation home in Aspen anytime soon. We’re still crunching the numbers on a starter home and wondering if our Starbucks coffee and the avocado toast really were the problem. But what if I told you a new trend is changing how we buy homes?…
Is Construction Ready for What’s Coming? A Look at McKinsey’s 2025 Tech Trends
McKinsey just dropped their 2025 Technology Trends Outlook, and it’s clear—tech isn’t slowing down for anyone. What surprised me, though, is how many of these trends feel eerily relevant to construction…