Builders, Budgets, and Beers
What AI Means For The Future Of Construction Through 3 Perspectives
Sep 01, 2026
Adaptive
Reece revisits conversations with Julie Adams of Sage, Deepti Yenireddy of Boone AI, and Ryan Rademann of Wipfli about how AI is changing the work of construction.
Pulled from three past episodes, these conversations explore estimating, financial reporting, outdated systems, workforce shortages, and AI literacy. Together, they point toward a bigger shift: AI is not simply replacing people or automating tasks. It is changing where people provide value and what contractors need from their teams, systems, and processes.
Julie Adams, Sage
The AI Opportunity In Construction with Julie Adams
Listen to the Julie Adams episode
Deepti Yenireddy, Boone AI
How AI Speeds Up Profitable Bids with Deepti Yenireddy
Listen to the Deepti Yenireddy episode
Ryan Rademann, Wipfli
How Contractors Can Adopt AI Agents Without Chaos with Ryan Rademann
Listen to the Ryan Rademann episode
Show Notes:
00:07 Show Intro
01:40 AI Adoption Rising
05:40 Where AI Helps
07:54 Faster Business Insights
12:12 Beyond ChatGPT
14:00 Jobs And Opportunity
17:12 Estimating Bottlenecks
20:43 AI And Workforce
27:42 Fix Systems First
31:24 AI Ready People
34:48 Contractors Become Tech
39:06 Redefining Human Value
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Reece Barnes
Matt Calvano
Podcast Produced By:
Motif Media