Owen Drury

Host of Bricks & Bytes.

Executive Briefing

1,200 CEO’s on AI - Only 16% Know if it's Paying Off

Oct 14, 2026

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5 min read

1,200 CEO’s on AI - Only 16% Know if it's Paying Off

Weekly Insights

Owen Drury

Executive Briefing

MIT and Suffolk Say AI Could Cut Building Costs 17 to 20% as Labor and Capacity Tighten: Would Your Board Buy It?

Oct 12, 2026

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5 min read

MIT and Suffolk Say AI Could Cut Building Costs 17 to 20% as Labor and Capacity Tighten: Would Your Board Buy It?

The Executive Briefing

Owen Drury

Weekly Roundup

BAM, Skanska and AECOM Expand While Workplace Trust Drops

Oct 9, 2026

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2 min read

BAM, Skanska and AECOM Expand While Workplace Trust Drops

The Weekly Roundup

Owen Drury

Weekly Insights

A £16.5bn, 1 Data Center at Chapelcross. Who Wants to Approve It?

Oct 7, 2026

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4 min read

A £16.5bn, 1 Data Center at Chapelcross. Who Wants to Approve It?

Weekly Insights

Owen Drury

Executive Briefing

Mortenson Builds Its Own Tools, Vendors Eye Token Pricing, and Groundworks Is Coming: Where Should Innovation Money Go?

Oct 5, 2026

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6 min read

Mortenson Builds Its Own Tools, Vendors Eye Token Pricing, and Groundworks Is Coming: Where Should Innovation Money Go?

The Executive Briefing

Owen Drury

Weekly Roundup

Balfour Beatty, Hudson Tunnel, and LNG Canada Build as US Consumer Confidence Slips

Oct 2, 2026

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2 min read

Balfour Beatty, Hudson Tunnel, and LNG Canada Build as US Consumer Confidence Slips

The Weekly Roundup

Owen Drury

Weekly Insights

AMD Is Buying the AI Company Autodesk Backed With $200 Million. What Could It Mean for Construction?

Sep 30, 2026

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5 min read

AMD Is Buying the AI Company Autodesk Backed With $200 Million. What Could It Mean for Construction?

Weekly Insights

Owen Drury

Executive Briefing

Driverless Diggers, Factory-Built Data Centers, a Grid Under Siege, and Rates Going Up: Which of September's Bets Pays Off First?

Sep 28, 2026

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5 min read

Driverless Diggers, Factory-Built Data Centers, a Grid Under Siege, and Rates Going Up: Which of September's Bets Pays Off First?

The Executive Briefing

Owen Drury

Weekly Roundup

Bechtel and Vistry Retreat, HS2 Delivers. Who's Laying the Groundwork?

Sep 25, 2026

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3 min read

Bechtel and Vistry Retreat, HS2 Delivers. Who's Laying the Groundwork?

The Weekly Roundup

Owen Drury

Weekly Insights

Bedrock's Excavators Are Digging With Nobody in the Cab, and Texas Contractors Are Buying In

Sep 23, 2026

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3 min read

Bedrock's Excavators Are Digging With Nobody in the Cab, and Texas Contractors Are Buying In

Weekly Insights

Owen Drury

Executive Briefing

Autodesk Just Closed the Loop on Design, Build and Operate. Is the RFI Next to Go?

Sep 21, 2026

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6 min read

Autodesk Just Closed the Loop on Design, Build and Operate. Is the RFI Next to Go?

The Executive Briefing

Owen Drury

Weekly Roundup

Rates Rise, Cracks Show, and Google Bets $17 Billion Anyway

Sep 18, 2026

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2 min read

Rates Rise, Cracks Show, and Google Bets $17 Billion Anyway

The Weekly Roundup

Owen Drury

Three Central Banks, One Direction: What Happens to the Schemes Priced on a Cut That Isn't Coming?

Sep 14, 2026

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6 min read

Three Central Banks, One Direction: What Happens to the Schemes Priced on a Cut That Isn't Coming?

The Executive Briefing

Owen Drury

Weekly Roundup

Trimble Expands to Japan, Europe's Builders Sink, SmartCraft Buys In

Sep 11, 2026

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2 min read

Trimble Expands to Japan, Europe's Builders Sink, SmartCraft Buys In

The Weekly Roundup

Owen Drury

Early Episodes

Why I Quit After 25 Years as CEO - Nathan Doughty - EARLY RELEASE

Sep 10, 2026

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2 min read

Why I Quit After 25 Years as CEO - Nathan Doughty - EARLY RELEASE

Early Release Episode

Owen Drury

Weekly Insights

A CFO’s Rules For Technology - Inside Performance Contracting’s Approach

Sep 9, 2026

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6 min read

A CFO’s Rules For Technology - Inside Performance Contracting’s Approach

Weekly Insights

Owen Drury

Executive Briefing

This Unusual Partnership Signals the Future of Construction

Sep 7, 2026

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6 min read

This Unusual Partnership Signals the Future of Construction

The Executive Briefing

Owen Drury

Weekly Roundup

Everyone Wants In on Power, Including Foreign Hackers: Who's Guarding the Grid?

Sep 4, 2026

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2 min read

Everyone Wants In on Power, Including Foreign Hackers: Who's Guarding the Grid?

The Weekly Roundup

Owen Drury

Early Episodes

Tier One Contractors Don't Build Anything - Stuart Green - EARLY RELEASE

Sep 3, 2026

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1 min read

Tier One Contractors Don't Build Anything - Stuart Green - EARLY RELEASE

Early Release Episode

Owen Drury

Weekly Insights

August 2026: Robots, Roadshows and the Next Phase of Bricks & Bytes

Sep 2, 2026

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3 min read

August 2026: Robots, Roadshows and the Next Phase of Bricks & Bytes

Weekly Insights

Owen Drury

Executive Briefing

Chinese Hardware on 97% Job Sites, Layout- Robot-Wars, Major Data Breach

Aug 31, 2026

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6 min read

Chinese Hardware on 97% Job Sites, Layout- Robot-Wars, Major Data Breach

The Executive Briefing

Owen Drury

Weekly Roundup

Data Centers Stall, Drones and Cement Face New Tariffs

Aug 28, 2026

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2 min read

Data Centers Stall, Drones and Cement Face New Tariffs

The Weekly Roundup

Owen Drury

Early Episodes

The CFO Who Also Invests -Brett Dahmer - EARLY RELEASE

Aug 27, 2026

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2 min read

The CFO Who Also Invests -Brett Dahmer - EARLY RELEASE

Early Release Episode

Owen Drury

Weekly Insights

This Contractor Built It’s Own Version of Procore. Here’s What They Learnt.

Aug 26, 2026

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5 min read

This Contractor Built It’s Own Version of Procore. Here’s What They Learnt.

Weekly Insights

Owen Drury

Executive Briefing

Autonomy Money Hits $2 Billion in Five Weeks. Permission Might Be the Real Constraint.

Aug 24, 2026

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6 min read

Autonomy Money Hits $2 Billion in Five Weeks. Permission Might Be the Real Constraint.

The Executive Briefing

Owen Drury