The Build Up

CEOs Discuss Why You Should Be Friends With Your Competitors | Atul Apte

Atul Apte, CEO of APSI Construction Management, joins us on this episode of The Build Up. While at the 2023 CMAA National Conference in National Harbor Kyu sat down with Atul to talk about his career path, the conference, and how to tackle recruiting and retention.

This Mom of 4 Wanted Flexibility So She Started Her Own Company | Anne Edwards-Cotter

Anne Edwards-Cotter, President of Cotter Consulting joins us on this episode of The Build Up. While at the 2023 CMAA National Conference in National Harbor Kyu sat down with Anne to talk about why she started her own firm and the freedom she found in doing so.
She shares how forging her own path was her answer to finding the flexibility she needed to juggle the career she loved while raising her four children. Cotter Consulting has set an example for how companies can be accommodating and inclusive for women and working parents, but Anne shares how that was easy to find in the early days of her career.
 
 
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TEAM
Kyu Jung, Host: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyu-jung/
Allison Freed, Producer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allisonfreed/
 

How They Co-Founded A Successful Business and Stayed Friends | Mark Ilich

A lot of companies claim to have a good origin stories, but we gotta say, Procon might have one of the best.
This is inaugural episode recorded from the brand new Procon podcast studio in recently completed HQ space in Tysons Corner, VA. We thought it would be fitting to christen our new space and reflect on how far Procon has come by having The Build Up host Kyu Jung sit down with his Co-Founder Mark Ilich to share the story of how they went from middle school classmates to company co-founders. The share all the ups and downs it took to get there, but *spoiler alert* it's been nearly 25 years and they're still friends. 
 
 
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TEAM
Kyu Jung, Host: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyu-jung/
Allison Freed, Producer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allisonfreed/
 

How to Solve the Construction Labor Shortage | Steve Daves

The construction labor shortage is nothing new, but the need to address is only growing more pressing. Steve Daves, President of RW Murray and Board Member for the Myers-Lawson School of Construction at Virginia Tech share his thoughts with us on what can be done.
 
Big thanks to University Club at Virginia Tech for allowing us to use your space.
 
 
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TEAM
Kyu Jung, Host: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyu-jung/
Allison Freed, Producer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allisonfreed/
 

How to Address Our Industry’s Biggest Challenge | Albert Romano

We're at the Society of American Military Engineers Small Business Conference in Nashville. In this episode first we hear from conference attendees on the exhibition floor to hear about their experiences. Then we talk with Albert Romano about his takeaways.
 
 
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Kyu Jung, Host: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyu-jung/
Allison Freed, Producer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allisonfreed/
 

Our Old School Industry Is About to Change | Ed Pogreba

Kyu and the team are at the Construction Management Association of America national conference in San Diego and glad to be back in person for the first time since covid. This is one of our favorite conferences and we were so excited to hear from our friends and colleagues about their experience. We talk with CMAA Board Member Ed Pogreba about the history of the conference and the value being a CMAA member can have.
 
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Kyu Jung, Host: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyu-jung/
Allison Freed, Producer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allisonfreed/
 

How to Develop the Future of Construction | Akeem Parker

In this episode, we head back to the birthplace of Procon, Virginia Tech. The Procon team is at the Myers-Lawson School of Construction Fall Career Fair. We got to hear from students about what inspired them to go into the construction field and what excites them for their futures. We also sit down with Procon's Head of Recruitment, Akeem Parker to talk about Procon's Recruitment Philosophy.
 
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TEAM
Kyu Jung, Host: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyu-jung/
Allison Freed, Producer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allisonfreed/
 

Why 360 Virtual Progress Monitoring Is A Gamechanger | Stephen DeVito

Welcome to The Build Up. In our first episode, The Build Up Host and Procon's President & Co-Founder, Kyu Jung, sits down with our very own Director of Technology Steve DeVito. They're talking 360 progress monitoring, a method of capturing construction progress by taking immersive 360 photos. What started as a 10 site pilot project for The General Services Administration of US Federal Government proved so effective they've now rolled it out to their entire portfolio of projects.
 
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/proconconsulting/
 
TEAM
Kyu Jung, Host: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyu-jung/
Allison Freed, Producer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allisonfreed/
 

The Build Up | Trailer

The Build Up is a brand new podcast from Procon Consulting, specializing in construction management and program management services based out of Arlington, VA. On The Build Up we’ll be talking all things construction from cutting-edge technology to getting started in the field, all hosted by our Co-Founder and President Kyu Jung.