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What a great Lean Coffee to end the year, at the Calgary Construction Association Abraham Lincoln (some say it was Dominic Desmarais) reinforced the core underlying sciences and principles for productivity: Respect for People. Dom delivered a masterclass in examining the history and science, and made it fun and humorous. Definitely check out any of his upcoming workshops. A motivated worker is 2x more productive. Treating people like humans directly motivates and translates into productivity. 2025 resolution for all: Less “show/talk” about respect, just do/act respect. Great to see everyone, have a happy holidays. Lisa Gibson, BFA, P.GSC, LEED®Green Associate™, CM-Lean Anna Z. Lahiru Silva PhD, PMP, P.Eng Gwen Myatt GSC, NCSO, CM-LEAN Geoff Lobley John Wiehler Lisa McGrath HSA WRT CPM Adam Knight

🚀 Let's go, Edmonton! Did you know there are over 60 startups in the Prairies offering technology solutions real property? 🏢 🏘️ Prairies Proptech Association was created to fill gaps in the ecosystem. Our goal is to bring together a diverse network of changemakers, and accelerate innovation and technology adoption in property-related industries. On November 28th at 4:30pm - 6pm Join us at Startup TNT's offices at: 10177 104 St NW Edmonton AB T5J 0Z9 RSVP link in comments Find out more about what we’ve been up to in our first year, and what we have planned for 2025. 💭 Learn more about what your membership will get you, and how you can get involved. 🤩 Get details of the AI Adoption Proof of Value initiative 💥 Meet other members, including PropTech companies, construction industry, and strategic partners.

Thanks for everyone who attended the packed #BuildexAlberta session “Accelerating AI Adoption through Demystification and Collaboration” Great to see innovators from Westcor Construction Ltd. , Clark Builders , Falkbuilt Ltd. , City of Calgary , Nialli Inc. , Quickly , National Research Council Canada / Conseil national de recherches Canada , and KGC Consulting Services Ltd. ICYMI: BIM, PIMS, and Dashboards are mainstream, expensive, only serve a few stakeholders (but enable data-driven solutions) AR, pre-fab, and robotics are fastest emerging, driving most value and serve the most stakeholder (but often require BIM & PIMs, and often leverage AI functionality… AI is not new!) Over 40%, big and small, are exploring AI today (mostly trying CO Pilot or Chat GPT, but the real value is in AI to improve field productivity and lower costs) Today think of AI as “Automation” and “Integration” Applications for AI can be brought into every aspect of a construction business today Over 60 emerging technology firms exist in Western Canada (use them or lose them) Fastest path to value, adoption, and ROI: Start by automating field operators tasks so they can have time to mentor, coordinate, and avoid rework. There is a proven framework for adopting technology with less risk, time, and cost. Prairies Proptech Association AI Adoption Initiative provides subsidized access to the resources with skills to implement that framework. Results requires action. Start now! Q&A revolved around topics of data security, and applications for estimating. Security: - turn open source sharing off. Yes it’s that simple. - Use construction/business specific algorithms - Email phishing is your biggest cyber threat, not AI Estimating: - be happy if it supports 20% of your work, you don’t want it to do 100% - improve project productivity and profitability before considering predictive estimates - use GPTs as a sanity check

Thanks to everyone who attended Prairies Proptech Association innagural members night last night. We know there’s lots going on in YYC this week, so your attendance was appreciated. 🥳 Consistent with our “Why”, we brought together stakeholders from private, public, tech, academia, construction, and real estate; to connect, collaborate, learn, build relationships, and problem solve. Do more with less silos! Big shout out to Quickly for hosting, and Jarrett Nixon for the behind the scenes heavy lifting. You know you’re onto something when you see representation from: City of Calgary, National Research Council Canada / Conseil national de recherches Canada , The Opportunity Calgary Investment Fund , AND Capital Ventures ICYMI: 2024 - Listen, Learn, Lead-from-side… 📈Results: 60+ tech firms identified (supercluster) 4 strategic collaboration events executed Interfaced with 250+ industry professionals Led to $1M+ in tech business Led to direct business efficiencies for industry 2025 - Action, Adoption, Advocacy… Continue/More: Construction Association collaboration events, CIC Forum, Proptech Showcase Need: Sponsorships, real estate initiative chairs, event coordinators, and volunteers. Announcements & Upcoming Opportunities: (1) BuildexBC Dragons Den: 5 spots available. Contact me directly. (2) AI Adoption Initiative: De-risk and remove barriers. Mass produce case studies. Catalyze adoption. Everyone wins. 🧐Why this is critical: (1) We need houses and infrastructure built. (2) Those businesses need your solutions. (3) Fear, budget, time, and support gaps is stalling adoption and productivity. 🫣 🔥 Calls to Action: (1) Membership, sponsorships, partnerships, and enrollment make this accessible. (2) Nominate a business you know to enroll. Follow and Contact us: www.prairiesproptech.com [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Mark Greffen Jarrett Nixon Kyle Konsorada, CPA, CA ConstructIQ Advisory Jayel Solutions Network ResVR

On Oct 30th, join the Prairies Proptech Association for its annual membership night, hosted by Quickly RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/gzpd5j9T Find out more about what we’ve been up to in our first year, and what we have planned for 2025. Learn more about what your membership will get you, and how you can get involved. Get details on the AI Adoption Proof of Value initiative. Network with our community of change makers including those from tech, acedemia, realestate, construction, investors, and ecosystem sponsors.

It’s actually… People, Process, AND Technology Not… People, Process, THEN Technology Most seem to follow or preach “THEN”. But then again, over 70% of today’s digital initiatives fail, already over 30% are dissatisfied with their investments, and less than 4% are receiving significant business results from the data. We are all entitled to our own opinions, but not the facts. This is one of those subtle nuances resulting in wasted time, money, and stalling adoption. Take it from someone with over a decade of proven results, who has interfaced with well over 500 construction professionals, businesses of all sizes and segments, and dozens of data-driven initiatives. This nuance matters. Even in an age where over 80% agree technology is critical for productivity and profitability, and well over 50% have already implemented new technology, then why are so many still crafting analog-processes first, then adopting technology? This results in the following realities: (1) You won’t adopt because the technology doesn’t fit your analog-based process. (2) You will spend time and money revising processes and training. (3) You will experience disruption and dissatisfaction by the people, delay results and ROI, and likely see the initiative scrapped when it comes to annual budget reviews. Eg: Using data to predict where issues are most likely to occur, so your people can be at the right place, at the right time, with the right information to successfully proactively mitigate is a technology-enabled process used by people. It literally can’t happen the other way around. So, if “THEN” is the most followed, but most are not receiving results, while those who followed “AND” are, then logic dictates “THEN” is not as effective as “AND”. People are obviously the foundation, but technology must be at the forefront of thinking. There are top-recognized resources available who know these nuances and can get you results faster, with significantly less risk, time, and cost. And thanks to the Prairies Proptech Association AI-Adoption Proof-of-Value Initiative, you can access those supplemental resources for less than you spend on toilet paper. Message me to enroll in the 2025 cohort before we fully subscribe.

#BuildexAlberta is a week away! Seminar “T08 - Accelerating AI Adoption in Construction Through Demystification & Collaboration” is your chance to spend an hour collaborating with people who actually walked the walk on producing significant results from data and AI. Less history lessons, hypotheticals, and mega-corp initiatives. More real world results relatable to small-midsize businesss, with insights on where to start for most ROI, and how to begin with less risk, time, and cost. Maybe a special or guest or two. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gkge_bz3