59% of Projects Delayed by Heat? Martin Calls BS

Europe’s cooking, construction’s sweating, and plywood just got disrupted.

In this week’s Bricks, Bucks & Bytes episode:

🔥 59% of firms blame project delays on heat, but Martin calls BS.

🌡️ Europe’s overheating homes: bad regs or broken design?

🏗️ Q2 venture funding cools off… but construction tech holds its ground.


And we’ve got guests:

Sean Petterson, CEO of SuperSede, the startup turning recycled plastic into high-performance plywood alternatives.

Mo Akbari returns with spicy takes on GTM and innovation stagnation.


🎧 Listen now for:

  • Why buildings in the UK are overheating by design

  • Whether "heat delay" is a legit excuse or just another bottleneck

  • The real reason construction startups fail to raise Series A

  • How SuperSede plans to crush plywood with recycled plastic


🗣 Bonus: Some personal highlights

  • Martin’s take: "Weather delays are a Western privilege"

  • Patric drops green-roof gospel (and a love letter to German HVAC)

  • Owen’s Greek island monologue sparks an AEC labor rabbit hole

  • And yes… the FlexSeal meme finally makes it to the podcast