The Convergence Pointe

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Design and construction is one of the most complex, relationship-driven industries in the world, and one of the least examined. Convergence Pointe goes beyond the finished product to explore what actually happens in between: the decisions, the tradeoffs, and the tension between vision and what gets built. Host Sean Mulholland sits down with owners, designers, contractors, and researchers to walk through the full lifecycle of a project, from pre-planning and procurement through design, construction, and into operations. Every conversation is guided by a single question: how do we make this industry better? Long-form, unscripted, and direct. No product pitches, no echo chambers. Just dialogue with people who have skin in the game.

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Episodes 8

Ep 7: Collaboration, Design, and the Story of Engineers
26d ago · 56:46
Collaboration, Design, and the Story of EngineersEpisode 7: Stacey Root & Gary Hamilton Design is a team sport. Not just between architects and their clients, but between the disciplines that have to turn a vision into a building that actually works. The architect is shaping space. The mechanical engineer is shaping the systems inside that space. And those two things have to fit together, literally, inside the same ceiling, on the same budget, on the same timeline. In this episode, Stacey Root, healthcare architect and practice lead, and Gary Hamilton, mechanical engineer and Senior Vice Presi
Design Waste
1mo ago · 17:52
Design Waste: The Difference Between Exploration and Rework Not all design iteration is waste. But some of it absolutely is. In this solo episode, Sean breaks down the difference between exploratory iteration that generates value and rework driven by decisions that should have been made before design started. Topics covered: Glenn Ballard's positive versus negative iteration framework and why it matters for every capital project The MacLeamy Curve and what it actually implies beyond BIM and IPD Why organizational readiness is a leadership question, not a design question What a structured chart
Ep 6: The Evidence Gap with Kati Peditto and Stacey Root
2mo ago · 54:26
There is a gap between what design teams know about human behavior and what actually ends up in a building. Research exists. Tools exist. The problem is getting evidence into the process before it is too late to act on it. In this episode, design researcher Kati Peditto and architect Stacey Root dig into how that gap closes. GUESTS Kati Peditto is Principal Researcher at Built Experience Lab, where she studies and consults on the intersection of human behavior and the built environment. With a PhD in human behavior and design, Kati has worked across healthcare, K-12, and higher education proje
Ep 5: Filling in the White Space with Stacey Root
2mo ago · 36:26
There is a common assumption that an architect is handed a business plan and disappears for six months before reappearing with a finished set of drawings. The actual process is messier, slower, and far more human than that. In this episode, Stacey Root walks through what design really looks like from the inside: the rework nobody plans for, the gap between a sketch and a finished room, and why the best architects describe themselves as "orchestrators" rather than "designers". GUEST Stacey Root is Health Practice Leader with deep experience in healthcare architecture, IPD, and design-build deli
Ep 4: Before the First Drawing with Stacey Root and Chad Kruse
2mo ago · 51:56
The moment a project moves from conception into design, something shifts. The owner's questions change, the team changes, and the leadership required to hold it all together changes. Most projects never acknowledge that transition out loud. This episode is about what happens when you do. GUESTS Stacey Root is Health Practice Leader for the Denver Office of Canon Design, with deep experience in IPD, design-build, and complex healthcare projects. Stacey brings a practitioner's honesty to what onboarding actually looks like from the design side, and what owners rarely understand about the process
Ep 3: No Perfect Answer with Chad Kruse, James Peace, Howard Ashcroft
2mo ago · 50:31
Every owner eventually has to choose a delivery method. Design-bid-build, CM at risk, design-build, IPD. On paper they all promise something different. In practice, the choice ripples through every decision that follows: the team, the risk, the contingency, the contract, and ultimately whether the project succeeds or fails. In this episode, two of the most experienced practitioners in collaborative project delivery break down what owners get right, what they get wrong, and why the contract is never the solution, only the enabler. GUESTS Howard Ashcraft is a Partner at Hanson Bridgett LLP and o
Ep 2: Front-End Planning and Why It's Failing with Dr. Ed Gibson and Mr. Chad Kruse
3mo ago · 1:01:07
Front-end planning has been studied for decades. The data is clear, the tools exist, and the ROI is documented across more than 1,300 projects and $100 billion in capital work. And yet the industry is getting worse at it, not better. In this episode, we talk to the researcher who helped build the evidence base, and ask why none of it seems to stick. GUESTS Dr. Ed Gibson is President and CEO of the National Academy of Construction and Professor Emeritus at Arizona State University. A civil engineer by training, Ed has spent more than three decades researching front-end planning and capital proj
Ep 1: The Owner's Role with Chad Kruse
3mo ago · 47:58
Nobody wakes up wanting to be an owner. But the owner's seat might be the most consequential seat in design and construction, and it is the least understood. In this first episode, we start where every project starts: with the person who has to hold it all together before anyone else is even in the room. GUEST Chad Kruse is Executive Director and Project Advisor at Nebraska Medicine, where he provides business support for strategic and campus planning across one of the country's major academic medical centers. With 25 years in the industry spanning general contracting, design firms, and owner

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