More Insights from Day Three of BW Summit 2017

The ideas didn’t stop at the end of day two. Here’s a few more inspiring and informative quotes from the panel speakers on day three of BuiltWorlds Summit 2017.

VENTURE INVESTING

“I don’t spend a ton of time thinking about the infrastructure of the built world beyond the data aspect of it. … We think about sensoring and how that data can produce revenue.” —David Spielfogel (left), cofounder and managing partner of Ekistic Ventures, on his firm’s approach to AEC investment

“I think that technology can be layered on every aspect of [the built world]. … Often we’re looking for technologies outside the industry that can be applicable within.” —Constance Freedman (second from right), founder and managing partner of Moderne Ventures, on her firm’s investment approach

THE INTERSECTION OF REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY

“Even companies that are raising serious B or C rounds, [aren’t] scaling overnight.” —Aaron Block (left), cofounder and MD of MetaProp NYC, on the difficulties start-ups have scaling their technologies to larger real estate companies

– “You are seeing small-scale trials before things are getting rolled out more broadly.” —Brian Myerholtz (second from right), partner and managing director of Chicago for BCG, on the same topic

BIM AND CONSTRUCTION INNOVATION: MUSEUM OF THE FUTURE

“One thing we should eliminate is the word ‘downstream.'” —Alain Waha (center), who does digital transformation for Buro Happold, talking about streamlining the BIM process to improve collaboration between stakeholders coming into the process either early or late

“Whether you’re on the design side or the construction side, you need a computer science major somewhere.” —Jim Quanci (left), senior director of the Autodesk Developer Network, talking about how technical BIM work can still be

NEXT GENERATION OF AEC LEADERS

“The construction industry is known for horrible work-life balance. … I think technology helps; people are more efficient in the field.” —Alan Guy (left), COO of Anvil Builders, on the current labor shortage

“We look outside the industry as much as we look inside. … We have to have a lot of diversity in the way we think, … the way we execute.” —Kevin Bredeson (right), vice president of VDC for Suffolk, on how his company seeks out new talent

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

“Can we please stop making BIM our big innovation? … It’s twenty-five years old.” —Tom Scarangello, chairman and CEO of Thornton Tomasetti, in his speech on accelerating innovation in AEC