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W/C 8th December 2025

A BRICKS & BYTES FIRST
The Great LLM Debate: Powers VS La Corte

 Have LLMs “Solved” Construction Estimating?

Join us for a raw debate moderated by Patric Hellermann as we dissect:

  • Accuracy vs Liability: When drawings are messy, does the AI guess or ask

  • Parsing vs Estimating: Is extraction just a “tech demo” that fails in the real world?

  • The Moat: If estimating is automated, does software become a commodity?

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NEW EPISODES

What PE Firms Look for in Construction Tech Investments – Insider View

Darren Martin from AInvested shares how the harsh realities of digital transformation in AEC, how private equity firms value tech-enabled companies, and why most innovation initiatives fail to scale

AEC’s Craziest Acquisition Ever? Landing Page 101, UK Construction Doomed, Robotics to win 2026

We dive into the construction tech industry’s hottest acquisition while unpacking what it means for the future of AEC software.

What If You Could Give 80 Teams 3 Days Back Every Month? This Company Did.

Wilson from PROJEXION talks about the real state of construction data (spoiler: it’s a disaster), why hiring data scientists isn’t solving the problem, and how teams are finally breaking free from the endless cycle of firefighting.

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BRICKS & BYTES PREMIUM
Early Release Episodes

The Autodesk Storytelling Playbook – Lee Mullin – EARLY RELEASE

Listen Now: After 18 years at Autodesk, Lee Mullin reveals why your product demos are sabotaging sales and the exact messaging framework that turns skeptical buyers into believers.

Why AI Should Build McDonald’s Before It Builds Burj Khalifa – Alim Uderbekov & Genevieve Davis – EARLY RELEASE

Listen Now: $300B industry running on spreadsheets. Surfaice AI’s founder reveals why this won’t last long.

2 FAVORITE QUOTES:

“If you use a set money in the right way, you know, you can drop 30% of your project management labor right now.”

– Darren Martin on concrete example of current AI capabilities in construction project management

“Sometimes VCs forget that there’s the word venture in front of their capital.”

– Dustin DeVan on the “king-making” strategy where VCs deploy massive funding to overwhelm competitors

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