With the delivery of Exchange, a $64.6-million residential project in downtown Detroit, LIFTbuild has demonstrated the viability of its top-down construction approach. LIFTbuild Chief Operating Officer Joe Benvenuto talks with Jeff Yoders and Aileen Cho about strand jacks, the 15 different patents for top-down construction and manufacturing-in-construction processes that LIFTbuild holds and what comes next for this vertical construction delivery innovation.

Arup Senior Geospatial Analyst Samantha Lustado and Associate Principal and Americas East Transportation Decarbonization Leader Kate Fichter discuss the many issues surrounding infrastructure and the transition to electric vehicles such as the various community needs for charging in places as far flung as Los Angeles and Pittsburgh, range anxiety , electrical generation and transmission and even their own experiences driving in Boston, LA and the diverse communities in both, as well as in between them. ENR Senior Transportation Editor Aileen Cho and Associate Technology Editor Jeff Yoders add their own perspectives about growing up in LA and Pittsburgh, respectively, and the daunting opportunity that this once-in-a-generation transportation transition promises.

Embracing robotics, new energy generation and delivery technologies and design innovation is all in a day’s work for Scott Hendrickson, director of construction technology and innovation at Burns & McDonnell in Kansas City.

Senior Transportation Editor Aileen Cho talked to WsDOT secretary Roger Millar and three of his peers at TRB.

The TRC aviation director talks about the intersection with energy, and mentoring other women.

ENR Associate Technology Editor Jeff Yoders talks to Buildots Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer Aviv Leibovici about artificial intelligence in construction, the startup environment in 2023 and even his time in the Israeli Defense Force’s prestigious Talpiot program.

ENR’s Deputy Editor for News & Technology Jeff Rubenstone talks to Bentley System’s CEO Greg Bentley and CTO Keith Bentley about new developments in the software giant’s digital twin platforms.