Earlier this year, Nate Scott, Principal of Continuum Advisory Group, began compiling a monthly US Construction Spending Summary to share with our clients. In this episode, Kelcey Henderson reviews the latest data release with Nate and gets answers to a few questions from friends. Listen in as we discuss highlights of what's currently going on in construction.

Welcome to Episode 1 of Continuum Advisory Group's Strategy Miniseries. In this series, we discuss our work with clients on how they can win in their business environment with a focus on the psychology of leadership in our VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) environment.

In the first episode, we introduce the four strategic imperatives that will be the foundation for the future of the series:

   1.  Scan the business environment continually
   2.  Share (overshare) strategic information
   3.  Continually evaluate internal processes and operational effectiveness
   4.  Develop a collaborative and efficient decision-making process

There has been a huge push for ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) and Sustainability throughout the construction industry recently. In this episode, Kelcey Henderson talks to Brian Stamper from Advantic about the drive toward carbon neutral (or even negative) in the data center space.

On the heels of AGC/ConExpo and Advancing Prefab, Kelcey and Clark share a roundup of industry events for the remainder of 2023. These are listed below in chronological order with a link for each. Hopefully, we will see some of you at these!

CURT Lean/Offsite Summit (and member meetings)

• 5/9-10/23 in Clearwater Beach, FL
• https://www.curtevents.com/event-details/lean-project-delivery-off-site-construction-summit

ENR’s GWiC

• 5/11-12/23 in San Francisco, CA
• https://www.enr.com/groundbreaking-women-in-construction

Advancing Life Sciences

• 5/31-6/2/23 in Boston, MA
• https://advancing-life-science-construction.com/

ENR Future Tech

• 6/5-7/23 in San Francisco, CA
• https://www.enr.com/future-tech/agenda#closed

LCI Lean in Design Forum

• 6/20-21/23 in Chicago, IL
• https://leanconstruction.org/designforum23/

Built Worlds Construction Technology

• 7/19-20/23 in Chicago, IL
• https://builtworlds.com/event/2023-construction-tech-conference/

CII Annual Conference

• 7/31-8/3/23 in San Antonio, TX
• https://www.construction-institute.org/events/annual-conference/ac23

USGBC Greenbuild

• 9/26-29/23 in Washington, DC
• https://informaconnect.com/greenbuild/

LCI Congress

• 10/24-27/23 in Detroit, MI
• https://lcicongress.org/2023/

In the third episode of Continuum Advisory Group’s Lean and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Miniseries Clark Ellis and Kelcey Henderson discuss partner selection and how it is different – or should be different – for a Lean IPD project. Kelcey discusses best practices for owners and how to create a community of potential partners who want to work with you.

In episode 2 of Continuum Advisory Group’s Lean and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Miniseries, Clark Ellis and Kelcey Henderson discuss organizational adoption of a Lean Construction and/or Lean IPD approach. Kelcey shares keys to success, common pitfalls and watch-outs, as well as a roadmap for how to approach the transformation within your organization.

In episode 3 of the Energy Evolution Miniseries, Clark Ellis discusses the hydrogen energy transition with Patrick Goodman, Fellow in Clean Hydrogen Technologies and Process Engineering Manager at Fluor. During the discussion, Patrick addresses the evolution of hydrogen energy sources, challenges and opportunities on the path to a clean, sustainable energy future, and how Fluor is working on decarbonizing construction and building pathways to a net-zero carbon future.

Welcome to episode 1 of Continuum Advisory Group’s Lean and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Miniseries. This series explores a variety of topics and even some tools and processes in Lean Construction and Integrated Project Delivery. In this introductory episode, Clark Ellis speaks with Kelcey Henderson on CAG’s background, approach, and perspectives regarding our work with Lean IPD teams and organizations.

Would you shop at a store where they wouldn't tell you how much the milk costs? Neither would we.

In this episode of the Built Revolution Podcast Clark Ellis sits down with Ken Pinto, Founder of Kenzai USA - an international Supply Chain solutions company, to explore Ken's practical roadmap for business leaders who are interested in solving Supply Chain issues in the Homebuilding industry.

Ken is also a consultant and expert in Supply Chain for both Commercial and Residential Construction with more than 40 years of expertise in the building industry. Adding Author to his impressive list of credits, Ken shares his insights on universal key concepts around Supply Chain dynamics in his book, "How Much Is The Milk?" that can be applied in any industry.

Part 2 of our discussion with Zig Rubel, Founder, President, and CEO of Forsight Digital, dives deeper into how prefabrication and offsite construction are evolving the way we design, build, improve, maintain and renovate in the built environment. Zig and Clark’s conversation in this episode offers a more in-depth look at how application-driven results are impacting the industry and what’s possible for the future as we traverse this transition for construction and other industries.

The Built Revolution Podcast explores the evolving role of design in prefabrication in a 2-part discussion. Listen in as host Clark Ellis catches up with Zig Rubel, Founder, President, and CEO of Forsight Digital. Zig operates at the leading edge of design technology for new buildings as an architect who has become a technologist for the built environment. Clark and Zig define the parameters of prefabrication and offsite construction, discuss how architects and designers are evolving, and set the stage for Part 2 of their conversation, which focuses on current and future application examples.