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I set out to write a book that would be useful to real people, so I asked as many people as I could find. The construction industry is full of down‐to‐earth, smart people who like the idea of sharing their thinking and in the process, molding mine. It is a bigger list than most books, and my debt to the industry is greater than most authors. I am humbled by your insights, and honored to have heard you.

Paul Doherty introduced me to BIM in 2010 and has been a friend and mentor ever since. Damon Hernandez introduced me to Silicon Valley, Virtual and Augmented Reality, and showed me how to run a hackathon – his friendship has been a defining influence for almost a decade. Cody Nowak, also of hackathon fame, took to my writing of this book like a true friend and introduced me to dozens of his colleagues. Mike Zivanovic has been a guide to the trades and the ultimate gut‐check.

These four were instrumental to the success of this book – thank you guys.

Thanks to Al Vaquez, I really understand what a world‐class software engineer can do, and thanks to the Glimpse Group, I've seen what a committed, smart group of technologists can do. Thank you especially to Lyron Bentovim, Maydan Rothblum, and Saul Pena.

To Sasha Reed and Jessie Davidson of Procore.org, thank you for the opportunity to create the “Data in Construction” courses, and for putting up with me while I finished the book.

I was lucky enough to interview dozens of people for this book, all of whom contributed to my understanding, all of whom tried their best to keep me out of trouble. I'm honored all of you would spend the time to share your wisdom. Thank you to:

 Aarni Heiskanen of AEC-Business.com, for telling me about construction technology in Europe

 Abhya Sinha of DPR, for telling me about data and VDC

 Alex Brown of Openspace.ai, for a great intro to capturing jobsite progress

 Amy Marks of Autodesk, for schooling me on Industrialized Construction

 Andy Huh of Fentrend and SCS‐NY, for insights on startups in construction

 Atul Khanzode of DPR, for breakthrough thinking and enduring a “fan‐boy” interview

 Barry LePatner, founder of LePatner & Associates, for clarifying the muddy waters of construction contracts

 Blake Berg, chapter lead of the SCS‐NY, for insight into tech in the field

 Brek Goin of Hammr, for insight into the trades

 Cherise Lakeside of CSI, for amazing insight into the demographics of the industry

 Chris Tisdel of Ruckus Consulting, for telling me about technology in construction

 CJ Best of McKinstry, for some great cases of data and technology in the trades

 Dan Bulley of the MCA Chicago, for amazing perspective

 Dan Nash of Kiewit, for sharing perspective on innovation at GCs

 Danielle Dy Buncio of ViaTechnik, for perspectives on technology in this complex industry

 Darren Young of Hermanson, for perspectives of a construction technologist

 David de Yarza of BuilderBox, for entertaining perspectives on contracts and innovation in construction

 Don Metcalf of Nemmer Electric, for a real‐world view of prefab and offsite construction

 Doug Chambers of Fieldlens and WeWork, for support and perspective on startups in construction

 Hamzah Shanbari of The Haskell Company, for insight into how they do innovation

 Harry Handorf of Holobuilder, for explaining the future of construction site imaging

 Heather Wilshart‐Smith of Jacobs, for insights into data in construction

 Jake Olsen of Dado, for amazing perspective on how to create technology people actually need

 James Benham of JBKnowledge, for great perspectives and putting in the years to tranform the industry

 Jamie Frankel of Schiff Hardin, for guidance as I researched the book

 Jeff Sample of eSub, for perspectives on selling and supporting software in construction

 Jesse Devitte of Borealis and Building Ventures, for a revealing look at the past and present of construction technology startups

 Jonathan Marsh of Steeltoe Consulting, for a brass‐tacks look at technology in the mechanical trades

 Josh Bone of NECA, for being the coolest guy in construction, and generously sharing his time for my various projects

 Karl Sorenson of Blue Collar Capital Partners, for early encouragement and great perspectives

 Kaustubh Pandya of Brick & Mortar, for bringing high‐level VC perspectives

 Kean Walmsley of Autodesk, for the future of design perspective

 Ken Schneider of the United Association, for support and perspective

 Ken Simonson of the Association of General Contractors, for an economist's perspective

 KP Reddy of Shadow Ventures, for perspectives on startups

 Kris Lengieza of Procore, for some great cases of data and technology in construction

 Marc Kinsman of Mortensen, for insight into how VR can help GCs

 Marco Faccini, for an English perspective

 Martyn Day, for a pointed English perspective, especially on design tools

 Matt Carli of Latticrete, for insight into the technology of materials

 Matt Daly of Structionsite, for insights into technology on the jobsite

 Matt Diesner of Autodesk, for a perspective on sales in construction

 Mike Prefling, for sharing stories of innovation in construction

 Mostafa Akbari‐Hochberg of Holobuilder, for explaining the future of construction site imaging

 Nathan Wood of the Construction Progress Coalition, for inspiration and deep insights

 Ned Beatty of IrisVR, for thoughts on virtual reality in construction

 Pat Sharpe of The Digit Group, for being a friend and endless source of insight

 Quinn Murphy of Sandberg Phoenix, for telling me technology brings transparency, which is a good thing

 Ricardo Khan of Mortensen, for pushing the industry forward and showing us what innovation looks like

 Richard Harpham of Katerra, for a blindingly insightful first talk that showed me how big these issues are

 Rob Fischer of CURT, for an owner's perspective and some great cases of how owners can drive everything

 Robert Friedman of TechPrefab, for an excellent deep dive into Prefab

 Sam Spata of Exyte, for a great explanation of Lean Construction

 Shane Scranton of IrisVR, for thoughts on virtual reality in construction

 Stefan Larsson of BIMObject, for a vision of what BIM could be

 Steve Holzer of BIMObject, for specific examples of what BIM should be

 Steve Jones of Dodge Analytics, for a great overview of data in the industry

 Tauhira Ali of Milwaukee Tool, for helping me understand how software is reinventing hardware

 Taylor Cupp of Mortensen, for great perspectives of a construction technologist

 Teemu Lehtinen of KIRA Hub in Finland, for a perspective on Finnish innovation

 Terry Cotton of SAM Floors, for a supply chain perspective

 Tim Etherington of Gensler, for a truly global perspective on architecture, from China to Spain and back

 Tim Hensley of Hensel Phelps, for a patient walkthrough of how a Senior Superintendent uses tech on the jobsite

 Todd Mustard of TUAC, for perspectives on associations as drivers of innovations

 Tony Bruno of Omnibuild, for explaining how he uses construction tech on the jobsite

 Travis Voss, for a vision of what a rockstar technologist can bring to their company

These folks and more have done their best to help me see what's going on – any failure to get it right is my own, not theirs.