Owen Drury

Host of Bricks & Bytes.

Weekly Insights

£71m to Join the Queue: Why Most UK Data Centre Projects Will Never Get Built

Aug 19, 2026

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5 min read

£71m to Join the Queue: Why Most UK Data Centre Projects Will Never Get Built

Weekly Insights

Owen Drury

Executive Briefing

Construction’s Business Model Is Breaking & Why You Should Be Watching The Open-Weights/Sovereign AI Discussion

Aug 17, 2026

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6 min read

Construction’s Business Model Is Breaking & Why You Should Be Watching The Open-Weights/Sovereign AI Discussion

The Executive Briefing

Owen Drury

Weekly Roundup

Texas Halts 474GW, Costain Hits £7bn, Komatsu Goes Autonomous

Aug 14, 2026

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2 min read

Texas Halts 474GW, Costain Hits £7bn, Komatsu Goes Autonomous

The Weekly Roundup

Owen Drury

Early Episodes

Half Your Project Cost Isn't Labor or Material - Klas Berghede - EARLY RELEASE

Aug 13, 2026

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2 min read

Half Your Project Cost Isn't Labor or Material - Klas Berghede - EARLY RELEASE

Early Release Episode

Owen Drury

Weekly Insights

Hardware Robotics Just Took 77% of Last Month's Contech Money. Here's What Changed.

Aug 12, 2026

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4 min read

Hardware Robotics Just Took 77% of Last Month's Contech Money. Here's What Changed.

Weekly Insights

Owen Drury

Executive Briefing

Barton Malow's CEO Ran the Numbers on 40 Tools. Here's His Fix.

Aug 10, 2026

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5 min read

Barton Malow's CEO Ran the Numbers on 40 Tools. Here's His Fix.

The Executive Briefing

Owen Drury

Weekly Roundup

Autodesk's $1M Bet, SpaceX's Bad Quarter, Brady's $1.4B Grab

Aug 7, 2026

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2 min read

Autodesk's $1M Bet, SpaceX's Bad Quarter, Brady's $1.4B Grab

The Weekly Roundup

Owen Drury

Weekly Insights

430,000 Workers Short. What the Best GCs Are Doing Differently

Aug 5, 2026

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4 min read

430,000 Workers Short. What the Best GCs Are Doing Differently

Weekly Insights

Owen Drury

Executive Briefing

Your Data Centre Client is Changing (and we don’t understand who) + What We Saw in a Place Called Proto-Town

Aug 3, 2026

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5 min read

Your Data Centre Client is Changing (and we don’t understand who) + What We Saw in a Place Called Proto-Town

The Executive Briefing

Owen Drury

Weekly Roundup

Procore Buys DroneDeploy, Data Centers Hit $22.3B, and a Look Inside Proto-Town

Jul 31, 2026

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2 min read

Procore Buys DroneDeploy, Data Centers Hit $22.3B, and a Look Inside Proto-Town

The Weekly Roundup

Owen Drury

Early Episodes

The GC That Built Its Own Procore - Colin Stoner - EARLY RELEASE

Jul 30, 2026

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2 min read

The GC That Built Its Own Procore - Colin Stoner - EARLY RELEASE

Early Release Episode

Owen Drury

Weekly Insights

Bad Product Data Costs The Industry £3.8bn - Here’s What Can Be Done

Jul 29, 2026

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4 min read

Bad Product Data Costs The Industry £3.8bn - Here’s What Can Be Done

Weekly Insights

Owen Drury

Executive Briefing

The Bricklaying Robot That Raised $32M and Built 100 Houses

Jul 27, 2026

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6 min read

The Bricklaying Robot That Raised $32M and Built 100 Houses

The Executive Briefing

Owen Drury

Weekly Roundup

New York Freezes Data Centers, UK Awards Hit £19.8bn, Cascade Bets on Bids

Jul 24, 2026

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2 min read

New York Freezes Data Centers, UK Awards Hit £19.8bn, Cascade Bets on Bids

The Weekly Roundup

Owen Drury

Weekly Insights

AI Reads the Blueprint Now. The Fight Is Over What It Reads Next.

Jul 22, 2026

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5 min read

AI Reads the Blueprint Now. The Fight Is Over What It Reads Next.

Weekly Insights

Owen Drury

Executive Briefing

Data Center Planning Drops - Is the Boom Starting to Fade?

Jul 20, 2026

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7 min read

Data Center Planning Drops - Is the Boom Starting to Fade?

The Executive Briefing

Owen Drury

Weekly Roundup

Microsoft CEO AI Bombshell, World's Most Expensive City to Build, and China's Exports Surge 27%

Jul 17, 2026

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2 min read

Microsoft CEO AI Bombshell, World's Most Expensive City to Build, and China's Exports Surge 27%

The Weekly Roundup

Owen Drury

Early Episodes

A $6B CEO on Who AI Replaces Next - Ryan Maibach - EARLY RELEASE

Jul 16, 2026

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2 min read

A $6B CEO on Who AI Replaces Next - Ryan Maibach - EARLY RELEASE

Early Release Episode

Owen Drury

Weekly Insights

Rhumbix, Forma, MaintainX: Autodesk's $3.6B Lifecycle Grab

Jul 15, 2026

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5 min read

Rhumbix, Forma, MaintainX: Autodesk's $3.6B Lifecycle Grab

Weekly Insights

Owen Drury

Executive Briefing

75% Skipped the Groundwork. Now AI Has Nothing to Work With

Jul 13, 2026

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4 min read

75% Skipped the Groundwork. Now AI Has Nothing to Work With

The Executive Briefing

Owen Drury

DOT's $1.73B Grant Wave, REITs Outrun Stocks, Oil Calls the Fed's Bluff

Jul 10, 2026

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2 min read

DOT's $1.73B Grant Wave, REITs Outrun Stocks, Oil Calls the Fed's Bluff

The Weekly Roundup

Owen Drury

Weekly Insights

The $16 Million Wake-Up Call Hiding in Your Equipment Yard

Jul 8, 2026

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4 min read

The $16 Million Wake-Up Call Hiding in Your Equipment Yard

Weekly Insights

Owen Drury

Executive Briefing

Jul 6, 2026

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5 min read

June’s Executive Briefing: Economy, Widening Gap, Survival Mode

The Executive Briefing

Owen Drury

Weekly Roundup

June Payrolls Miss, Martin Marietta Buys Lhoist for $13.5B

Jul 3, 2026

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2 min read

June Payrolls Miss, Martin Marietta Buys Lhoist for $13.5B

The Weekly Roundup

Owen Drury

Weekly Insights

June 2026: One of the Most Intense Months Yet

Jul 1, 2026

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4 min read

June 2026: One of the Most Intense Months Yet

Weekly Insights

Owen Drury