The Preconstruction Podcast - Commercial Construction.

The Preconstruction Podcast tells the story of Preconstruction Innovation within Commercial Construction throughout the US. We will be traveling the country speaking with Preconstruction innovators, Estimating geniuses, and national leaders within Technology, General Contractors, Architects, Owners, and Subcontractors to hear their Preconstruction success stories.

The Preconstruction Podcast - Commercial Construction. is a business podcast hosted by Gareth McGlynn, with 175 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Gareth McGlynn hosts The Preconstruction Podcast - Commercial Construction., a business show with 175 episodes published.

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  The Preconstruction Podcast - Commercial Construction.

  E168: Peter Alderson, Co-Founder & CEO at Province

  Jul 20, 202632 min

  What does it actually take to build a tech platform for preconstruction? Gareth McGlynn puts that question to Peter Alderson, Co-Founder and CEO of Province, who spent a decade building technology with his co-founder Ian before turning to construction, where Province is now doing very well in the multifamily space. Discussion Highlights: All About Province: The company Peter co-founded with Ian, and how it's doing very well in the multifamily space. Peter's Path: His inspiration for going into construction, then picking preconstruction. Building a Tech Platform in Preconstruction: The pitfalls and what it's actually like to build one. AI in Preconstruction: The wonderful world of AI and where it actually fits. New Product Release: Province has a new product and Peter shares it right on the episode. You can connect with Peter via his Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peteralderson/ You can also find Province at https://www.getprovince.com/ or reach Peter directly at peter@getprovince.com.

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  E167: Deepti Yenireddy, Founder and CEO of Boon

  Jul 13, 202636 min

  Deepti Yenireddy, Founder and CEO of Boon, joins Gareth McGlynn to talk about building AI that can actually read construction drawings. A second-time founder, Deepti exited her first company, HR tech platform My Ally, and led product at IoT leader Samsara before turning her focus to preconstruction. Key Topics Covered: What Boon Does: Helping preconstruction teams bid more, bid better, and bid more accurately, at 10x to 100x speed. The AI Estimator: Deepti announces Boon's first preconstruction AI employee, working the full lifecycle from project invite to final proposal. Hallucination and Human Control: How estimators stay in the loop with a visual review platform and links back to the agent's sources. Accuracy and F1 Scores: Why Boon publishes accuracy scores for every trade and scope, and why below 90 percent creates user friction. Boon vs Generic LLMs: Why ChatGPT and Gemini can read the text in your drawings but cannot tell where a line starts and stops. Implementation and ROI: A one-hour onboarding, and a GC customer who generated 430 extra hours in a year with one person using the agent. And much, much more. You can connect with Deepti via her Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepti-yenireddy/

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  E166: Zackery Batt, Senior Estimator at Wharton Smith

  Jul 6, 202622 min

  Wharton Smith Senior Estimator Zackery Batt joined Gareth McGlynn at Advancing Preconstruction 2026 in Phoenix. A carpenter by trade, Zackery went from using no AI at all to running a custom preconstruction AI system built inside Claude Cowork, all in the space of nine months. Discussion Highlights: From Carpenter to AI Builder: How spotting a LinkedIn post from Turner Construction's head of AI development pushed him to teach himself AI through YouTube and six months of trial and error. Bid Leveling, Almost Automatic: Saving every subcontractor's exclusions and assumptions so the system flags anything outside their normal boilerplate. Scope Generation at 95% Accuracy: The trickier workflow to crack, from early chats that hallucinated scope to a system that now finds almost everything he looks for. Knowledge Retention in MD Files: Years of carpentry, flooring, and millwork knowledge written into files Claude reads before generating scope, picking up items that are technically there but not actually on the drawings. Client Proposals in Two Minutes: How AI pulls awarded subcontractor proposals and generated scope into a 10 to 15 page client-facing proposal that used to take five hours. Where It's Heading: One estimator managing multiple AI workflows instead of five or six, the adoption hurdles that will hold AI back in construction, and why the companies that own their data will thrive. And much, much more. You can connect with Zackery via his Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zackery-batt-98643a393/

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  E165: Spencer Thompson, Lead Estimator at Cardinal Civil Contracting

  Jun 29, 202634 min

  Spencer Thompson, Lead Estimator at Cardinal Civil Contracting, joined Gareth McGlynn at Advancing Preconstruction 2026 in Phoenix, Arizona. As a self-performing heavy civil contractor operating across the Carolinas, Cardinal Civil works in some of the most geologically unpredictable terrain in the country. Key Topics Covered: Earthwork Pitfalls: The lack of geotechnical report data as the biggest risk in civil estimating, and how soil types can change completely from one site to the next on the same road. Early Involvement : Why bringing the civil contractor in at the early design phase allows the team to fit the design around the site, not the other way around. Retaining Walls : How placement near property lines and the need to import specific backfill material can create major unplanned cost and scheduling impacts. AI in the Workflow : Using Microsoft Copilot with EIA diesel price data to build fuel escalation models and present projected cost scenarios to clients. And much more. You can connect with Spencer via his LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencer-thompson-a0924690/ More conversations like this one are on the way. Subscribe to The Preconstruction Podcast so you don't miss what's next.

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  E164: Marc Apicella, Cofounder & CEO at Belidor

  Jun 22, 202624 min

  Marc Apicella, Co-founder and CEO of Belidor, joins Gareth McGlynn at Advancing Preconstruction 2026 in Phoenix. A product designer by background with graduate research in recommendation systems at Google DeepMind, Marc is building AI-powered tools to take the friction out of scope generation and bid leveling in preconstruction. Discussion Highlights: Founding Story: A GC brother in upstate New York exposing the real pains of how the industry works, and why that became the foundation for Belidor. What Belidor Does: Scope generation from specs and plans in under 10 minutes, Building Connected integration, and bid leveling across any format. Knowledge Retention: Why the retirement wave is the core problem Belidor is solving, and the 30-year estimator hired back at 30% more as the reality check. Three Product Promises: User friendly, outputs linked to source documents, and reliable on bid day. Handling Change Resistance: Why estimating takes longer to master than almost any profession, and how Belidor builds around existing workflows rather than disrupting them. Data & the Five-Year Vision: SOC 2 compliant, historical data shareable to supercharge the platform, and a longer-term goal of going from prompt to ready-to-build in days to weeks. You can connect with Marc via his LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcapicella/ Or reach him directly at marc@belidor.ai Stay connected with The Preconstruction Podcast for more conversations with the innovators shaping the future of preconstruction. Don't forget to subscribe!

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