204. Brett Settles: Tech-Driven Change in Construction

Dissecting Popular IT Nerds

Technology

5 • 49 Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2023

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Brett Settles Industry expert Brett Settles, serving as CTO and key advisor at PENTA ENGINEERING CORPORATION, wields a 20-year career marked by tech innovation. Brett’s focus on emerging tech and data utilization bolsters the performance across design, fabrication, and construction spheres. His resume includes the successful introduction of 3D BIM and reality capture tech at companies such as Revizto and Hagerman & Company. With a broad array of software certifications, Brett exhibits deep skills in BIM, managerial roles, and construction technology. Brett Settles: Tech-Driven Change in Construction Brett Settles leads us from his early days in drafting to his current position spearheading the BIM industry. Brett offers a unique perspective on the ever-changing landscape of construction, emphasizing the crucial role of 3D designs and BIM. He confronts the complex task of integrating technology in construction, underlining the necessity of communication and data. Additionally, Brett shares his take on emerging tech developments and the subtle human elements in technology implementation.

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0:00.0	Today on the show, we've got Brett Settles joining us on Dissecting Popular IT Nirts today with your co-host, Mike Kelly.
0:18.2	So, hey, Brett, why don't you introduce yourself and tell us a little about
0:22.2	yourself and your history and you had told me he fell into IT. So let's find out a little bit more
0:28.9	about that. Yeah, well, first of all, Mike, thank you very much for having me on. I really appreciate
0:34.5	it and was definitely flattered when you guys reached out. I was like,
0:39.1	do I belong on this show? And whether I do or not, it doesn't matter. We'll still have this
0:44.6	hour long conversation. But yeah, it's interesting because as you and I talked, so my background,
0:52.3	I'll start from just being a young kid. I grew up in the Midwest, you know, very
0:58.8	middle class type life. Dad was a, you know, labor turned carpenter, turned superintendent in construction.
1:07.0	Mom was a nurse. So very good upbringing, nothing extravagant, but definitely not struggling. And
1:14.0	that kind of led to my personality and what I do. And I remember being interested in what my dad
1:20.9	did for a living, but I also wasn't interested in beating my body down every day. So what happened was,
1:29.4	is I really took to drafting class in high school
1:32.3	and had a really,
1:33.7	really great drafting teacher.
1:35.8	And if he's listening,
1:37.4	which I doubt he is,
1:38.8	it wasn't so much so he was great at drafting.
1:40.9	He was just a great person and a mentor.
1:50.0	And that mixture led me to sort of deciding that I wanted to get into drafting, like CAD drafting. And the year was 2003,
1:56.7	so I, you know, go off to school and I feel like it's a great balance of education and in sort of workmanship, right?
2:05.8	It's like, I don't see myself getting a huge degree.
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