“41% of the construction workforce is retiring in 5 years. Half the people on the biggest jobsites have less than a year of experience. Nobody has a plan.”
That stat from Mallorie Brodie at Bridgit is the one I keep coming back to.
This week on Bricks, Bucks & Bytes, We sat down with Mallorie to unpack the 2026 Construction Workforce Benchmark Report, then brought on Chase Gilbert and Chris DeVito from Built Technologies to talk agentic AI, payments, and what’s actually slowing projects down right now.
Tune in to find out about:
✅ The “rookie ratio” — and why it’s already at 50% on the biggest jobs
✅ Why banks are buying AI faster than GCs
✅ How Built is collapsing draw cycles from days to minutes
✅ The new bottleneck no one’s talking about — power
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Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:38 Introduction and Overview
07:08 Interview with Mallory Brodie
24:39 Insights on Workforce Planning and Industry Trends
26:16 Introduction to Roles in Construction Management
27:40 Navigating the AI Era in Construction
29:58 AI Adoption in Banking vs. Construction
32:51 Impact of AI on General Contractors
36:15 Building Trust with Financial Institutions
40:58 Current Market Conditions in Construction
47:15 Transforming Construction Processes with Technology
55:04 The Future of Construction Financing
