Construction Technology – Dimensions

A superintendent in a hi-vis vest and ball cap checks his phone at a construction site at sunset, with client contact cards floating out of the phone. The headline reads “You Paid for the Phone and Your Superintendent Kept the Client.

11 Oct 26

You Paid for the Phone And Your Superintendent Kept the Client

Jack Enfield

That is how a principal at a well-run Phoenix GC opened a leadership conversation I was attending. We were in his conference room, the one with the framed aerial of their first ground-up job from the nineties, and he was talking to his lead estimator. We will call him Marcus.

Diagram showing construction project data, 3D models, drawings, RFIs, submittals, field photos, schedules, feeding into a central 'Source of Truth' data hub on the Cleveland Brown's stadium jobsite

22 Sep 26

The Cleveland Browns Answered Who Owns the Data

Jack Enfield

30 Aug 26

The Slowest Kid on the Hike Runs Your Cash Flow

Jack Enfield

Wednesday morning OAC. Coffee that has been sitting on the burner since seven. The owner’s rep at the head of the table with a laptop. The architect on the screen. The superintendent came straight from the field with dust still on his boots, already thinking about the job he starts…

26 Aug 26

The Last One Percent of a Job Takes Fifteen Percent of Your Time

Jack Enfield

Nate runs Kappcon Construction in Tucson. I had asked him to walk us through what actually happens when a punch list lands at a well-run GC, and to do it with real documents rather than a sanitized version. He said yes, opened his laptop, and shared his screen. Before he…

15 Aug 26

The Cheap Router in the Corner Is the Real Backdoor

Jack Enfield

The superintendent stared at his laptop. The PM tried to hotspot his phone. Somebody walked in looking for the port-a-john keys. And the beige plastic router in the corner blinked its little green light at us like it had done nothing wrong. We got the meeting started 22 minutes late.…

11 Aug 26

The Trailer Wi-Fi Setup That Worked in 2019 Is Costing You a Fortune Right Now

Jack Enfield

04 Aug 26

You’re Not Buying a Platform. You’re Choosing a Landlord.

Jack Enfield

His client had signed a cyber policy the year before at around $6,000. During that policy year, they got hit twice. Not by ransomware, not the kind of story that ends up in a newspaper. Just two of the everyday breaches every business is dealing with now. When renewal came…

27 May 26

Lonely BIM: The Most Expensive Database Your Firm Will Never Use

Jack Enfield

Picture it on your own job. Your team spends weeks building a Revit model. Every door, room, finish, and square foot is in there. Then the GMP gets set, the model goes to sleep on a server, and your PM re-keys half of it into a spreadsheet because that's easier…

14 Apr 26

Your Technology Needs to Be a Teammate

Jack Enfield

Across Arizona, I've walked into construction offices with smart teams, solid software, and good intentions, yet the technology still isn't working like a team. Backups look healthy until a restore fails. Field teams bypass systems they do not trust. Legacy tools slow everyone down, but no one wants to touch…

04 Mar 26

What Almond Milk Taught Me About Construction Technology

Jack Enfield

I was scrolling through social media last week when a post stopped me mid-thumb. A woman had lined up five different types of milk on her kitchen counter: oats, cashew, peanut, almond, and soy, each one labeled, each one poured into its own glass. She taste-tested every single one with…