From Iran to Australia - Reinventing a Career with Ati Hezarian

How I Built Gamma AR for the Construction Site with Caner Dolas

Rework eats 5 to 10 percent of every construction budget. On a 100-million-dollar project, that is 5 to 10 million dollars of waste no one planned for, and most of it is not a modelling failure, it is a translation failure between the BIM model and the people building from it. This conversation looks at what fills that gap. Caner Dolas, CEO and co-founder of Gamma AR, has spent the last six years building the augmented reality layer that sits between the model and the foreman, and his framing of the problem cuts past the usual demo-reel pitch around AR in construction. Website: https://www.digitalconstructionpodcast.com [https://www.digitalconstructionpodcast.com] Episodes: https://www.digitalconstructionpodcast.com/episodes [https://www.digitalconstructionpodcast.com/episodes] Episode notes: https://www.digitalconstructionpodcast.com/episode/hy-ar-sells-itself-the-first-time-you-use-it-on-site-with-caner-dolas [https://www.digitalconstructionpodcast.com/episode/hy-ar-sells-itself-the-first-time-you-use-it-on-site-with-caner-dolas] Host: Andrea Ciaffi https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-ciaffi/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-ciaffi/] Guest: Caner Dolas https://www.linkedin.com/in/caner-dolas/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/caner-dolas/] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Inside Australia's First Accredited Digital Engineering Diploma with Bryan Tay From Pivodel

In this conversation, Bryan Tay, Director at Pivodel, and Dean Sherwell, Manager Commercial Sales and Partnerships at TAFE Queensland, discuss how they spent the last twelve months building Australia's first nationally accredited Advanced Diploma of Digital Engineering. The episode looks at why a recognised pathway has been missing, and what changes when one finally exists. The discussion covers the hidden cost of fragmented learning across projects, the pillars of a competent digital engineer, and why vendor badges fall short of what organisations actually need. Bryan and Dean explain why vocational education sits closer to industry than most engineering graduates assume, and how AI shifts the importance of digital engineering fundamentals rather than reducing them. Website: https://www.digitalconstructionpodcast.com [https://www.digitalconstructionpodcast.com] Episodes: https://www.digitalconstructionpodcast.com/episodes [https://www.digitalconstructionpodcast.com/episodes] Episode notes: https://www.digitalconstructionpodcast.com/episode/inside-australias-first-accredited-digital-engineering-diploma-with-bryan-tay-from-pivodel [https://www.digitalconstructionpodcast.com/episode/inside-australias-first-accredited-digital-engineering-diploma-with-bryan-tay-from-pivodel] Host: Andrea Ciaffi https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-ciaffi/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-ciaffi/] Guest: Bryan Tay https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-tay-02097b88/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-tay-02097b88/] Guest: Dean Sherwell https://www.linkedin.com/in/deansherwell/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/deansherwell/] Pivodel Home page https://www.pivodel.com/ [https://www.pivodel.com/] Course Page https://www.pivodel.com/pivodel-advanced-diploma-of-digital-engineering [https://www.pivodel.com/pivodel-advanced-diploma-of-digital-engineering] Course: Tafe QLD Course Page https://tafeqld.edu.au/course/19/19466/advanced-diploma-of-digital-engineering#ways-to-study-section [https://tafeqld.edu.au/course/19/19466/advanced-diploma-of-digital-engineering#ways-to-study-section] EOI Page https://tafeqld.edu.au/employers/partnerships/pivodel [https://tafeqld.edu.au/employers/partnerships/pivodel] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

How I Lead a Global Digital Team with Sophie Montenot

Sophie Montenot, Global Digital Delivery Lead at Surbana Jurong, on BIM coordination, JV harmonisation, and digital engineering on Changi T5. Website: https://www.digitalconstructionpodcast.com [https://www.digitalconstructionpodcast.com] Episodes: https://www.digitalconstructionpodcast.com/episodes [https://www.digitalconstructionpodcast.com/episodes] Episode notes: https://www.digitalconstructionpodcast.com/episode/how-i-lead-a-global-digital-team-at-surbana-jurong-with-sophie-montenot [https://www.digitalconstructionpodcast.com/episode/how-i-lead-a-global-digital-team-at-surbana-jurong-with-sophie-montenot] Host: Andrea Ciaffi https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-ciaffi/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-ciaffi/] Guest: Sophie Montenot https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophie-montenot-0879639/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophie-montenot-0879639/] The hardest problems on a mega-project are rarely the ones the strategy slides anticipated. They show up in the gap between a digital plan and what a hundred engineers actually do at 9am on a Tuesday. Sophie Montenot, Global Digital Delivery Lead at Surbana Jurong (SJ Group), has spent twenty years closing that gap. From the Singapore Sports Hub to Changi Airport Terminal 5, her career maps to the moments when digital construction stopped being theory and started being delivered. This conversation traces what she learned about deploying BIM at scale, harmonising joint ventures, and translating engineering problems into digital solutions that engineers actually use. Sophie also reflects on what changes when you move from project delivery into a global digital role across an acquired group of firms, and on her work mentoring women into aviation and construction. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

35 Years in Digital Construction with John Benstead

Website: https://www.digitalconstructionpodcast.com [about:blank] Episodes: https://www.digitalconstructionpodcast.com/episodes [https://www.digitalconstructionpodcast.com/episodes] Episode notes: https://www.digitalconstructionpodcast.com/episode/35-years-in-digital-construction-with-john-benstead [https://www.digitalconstructionpodcast.com/episode/35-years-in-digital-construction-with-john-benstead] Host: Andrea Ciaffi https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-ciaffi/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-ciaffi/] Guest: John Benstead https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnbenstead/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnbenstead/] John Benstead is the Digital Engineering Manager at School Infrastructure New South Wales, the government agency responsible for planning, delivering, and maintaining over 2,200 public schools serving more than 800,000 students. With a career spanning toolmaking in the UK, large-scale GIS implementation across nine European countries, BIM leadership on major Australian projects, and now five years on the client side of public infrastructure, John brings a perspective that is rare: someone who has seen digital engineering from every angle. If you work in digital construction, public infrastructure, or are thinking about moving from the private to the public sector, this one is worth your time. 00:00:00 – Intro 00:01:50 – Best career advice: understand the problem first 00:04:45 – Career journey: toolmaking to digital engineering 00:08:35 – What working across 9 countries taught about standards 00:10:55 – The real lesson from the CAD to BIM transition 00:15:55 – School Infrastructure NSW: scale, mission, and complexity 00:24:10 – Public vs private sector: what actually changes 00:32:30 – Innovation agenda: standardisation, automation, integration 00:36:55 – How MMC and DFMA are reshaping school delivery 00:40:40 – AI, digital twins, and the future of digital delivery 00:49:05 – Career advice for professionals entering digital construction ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

PDF is Not Dead with Shanoc Halliday

Website: https://www.digitalconstructionpodcast.com [https://www.digitalconstructionpodcast.com] Episodes: https://www.digitalconstructionpodcast.com/episodes [https://www.digitalconstructionpodcast.com/episodes] Episode notes: https://www.digitalconstructionpodcast.com/episode/pdf-is-not-dead-the-data-foundation-your-construction-AI-strategy-needs-with-shanoc-halliday [https://www.digitalconstructionpodcast.com/episode/pdf-is-not-dead-the-data-foundation-your-construction-AI-strategy-needs-with-shanoc-halliday] Host: Andrea Ciaffi  https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-ciaffi/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-ciaffi/] Guest: Shanoc Halliday  https://www.linkedin.com/in/captainbimcad/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/captainbimcad/] Most construction firms have tools they are not fully using. Not because people are resistant to change, but because the software is deployed without a process built around it. The result is the same pattern everywhere: a few teams doing excellent work, and everyone else operating well below the tool's potential. Shanoc Halliday is a Senior Enterprise Customer Success Manager at Bluebeam, working with large-scale engineering and construction organisations across the globe. His role sits at the intersection of technology and business outcomes, helping firms understand not just how to use their software, but how to align it to what they are actually trying to achieve. In this conversation, Shanoc shares what he sees across hundreds of client engagements: where adoption breaks down, what separates high-performing teams from the rest, and why foundations matter more than features. If your team's digital tool adoption has plateaued, or you are wondering how to build the kind of clean data foundation that makes future AI integration possible, this is a conversation worth your time. 00:00:00 – Best career advice received 00:02:30 – What does a Customer Success Manager actually do? 00:07:25 – From BIM practitioner to CSM: the career transition 00:12:45 – Most common workflow challenges across clients 00:15:40 – How to help clients prioritise digital improvements 00:18:40 – Why Bluebeam remains relevant in a BIM-first world 00:23:40 – Using Bluebeam across the full project lifecycle 00:27:25 – Standardisation, culture, and driving digital adoption 00:32:40 – AI, clean data, and what's next for Bluebeam ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.