2026 is already breaking construction’s mental models. And we’re only a few days into the year.
In this week’s Bricks, Bucks & Bytes episode:
🏗️ Data centers keep ripping, but manufacturing has hit a weird plateau.
📉 Condos are collapsing while purpose-built rentals quietly take over.
🤖 Robotics exits are here, JLG acquires Canvas, and physical AI finds its first real buyers.
💸 Tariffs + uncertainty are still poisoning bids and breaking price certainty.
🌱 Green mandates slow down as grids, geopolitics, and data centers take priority.
🎙️ Special guest:
Steve Dell'Orto, Founder of Concentric, joins us fresh off a $10M Series A to talk real pre-construction workflows, not slideware.
But that’s not all:
Patric drops a hot take: “We’ll see $3B construction tech exits in 2026.”
Dustin calls out “AI-native” theatre and why most startup messaging is built for VCs, not customers.
Off-site manufacturing gets a reality check (less hype, more grind).
Pre-construction myths get dismantled, no, you can’t compress it to “minutes”.
🎧 Listen now for:
Why robotics buyers won’t look like SaaS buyers
How LinkedIn content incentives are breaking industry discourse
The real reason big incumbents will start acquiring niche tools
Why it’s never been easier to start a company and never harder to build a great one