The Precon Playbook: How Early Strategy Shapes Project Success

About this episode

This episode discusses how pre-construction strategies influence project success with insights from industry leaders.

In this episode, Greg Dunkle, Chief Operating Officer at STO Building Group, sits down with three pre-construction leaders—James Mezzadri, Estimating Manager at Structure Tone New York, Troy Addis, Senior Vice President at LF Driscoll, and Kurt Thomas, Vice President of Business Development at Layton Construction—to discuss how pre-construction sets the tone for project success. They explore how early collaboration builds client trust, drives schedule and cost certainty across sectors, and how tools like VDC, pull planning, and shared platforms help teams stay aligned from estimating through delivery.

People in this episode

Host: Greg Dunkle

Guests: James Mezzadri, Troy Addis, Kurt Thomas

Topics covered

• pre-construction
• project success
• collaboration
• client trust
• cost certainty
• VDC
• planning

Keywords

• pre-construction
• project success
• collaboration
• VDC
• cost certainty
• estimating
• delivery

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: STO Building Group, Structure Tone New York, LF Driscoll, Layton Construction

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