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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
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