About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of collaboration among different roles in a building project and whether any one role is more crucial than the others.

Who really matters most on a building project—and can the team actually work together? In this episode, the crew digs into the five “gears” of the building process: designers, builders, manufacturers, consultants, and building owners or users. The big question is whether any one of those gears is more important than the others—or whether good buildings only happen when they all mesh. Steve cuts straight to the chase, sharing how he really feels about consultants (that would be Pete) and, in p...

People in this episode

Hosts: Steve, Pete

Topics covered

• building projects
• team collaboration
• designers
• builders
• manufacturers
• consultants
• building owners

Keywords

• building process
• teamwork
• designers
• builders
• consultants
• manufacturers
• building owners

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Organizations: UnBuild It Podcast

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