BUILD SMART with Patrick MacLeamy, FAIA

Season 2 Wrap-up

Thank you for joining us for this season of Build Smart! In this bonus wrap-up episode, Mark and Patrick have a candid conversation discussing this season, additional ins

10: Design Takes Center Stage | Liberating the Architect

In this season, Patrick has, in great detail, analyzed each aspect of the building industry – design, construction, operation, maintenance, and collaboration – discussing

Richard Petrie Tribute

Richard Petrie 1959-2022 | CEO, buildingSMART International Richard’s substantial career focused on performance improvement challenges for clients or contractors involve

09: The UK Challenge | buildingSMART Grows UP

At this point in the story of buildingSMART International, the group that started as a private consortium in 1994 – behind the support of Autodesk – has become an indepen

08: The True Value of Design | BIM BAM BOOM

If you’ve been following along with Patrick, you know his Effort Curve presentation, which came to be known as the “MacLeamy Curve.” But, have you heard of his BIM BAM BO

07: Our Shared BIM Future | Like Our Mothers Taught Us

In this episode, Patrick discusses today's processes and typical use of BIM. He highlights the limitations of these processes, proposes a new way to think about BIM, and

06: My Contractor Friend | Shared Risk and Shared Reward

In this episode, Patrick highlights the addition of Kajima Corporation, one of the oldest and largest construction companies in Japan, to buildingSMART's chapters, their

05: The IFC Standard | Coordination Solution

In this episode, Patrick details the nuances of their coordination solution and its development. If you recall, the 12-company consortium was left with audacious goals, b

04: Coordination Solution | buildingSMART and openBIM

So far this season, Patrick has outlined the challenges that we are facing in the building industry. In this episode, the conversation turns to solutions, and Patrick sha

03: From Drawings to BIM | The Communication Challenge

One key revelation from the previous episode is that complexity and conflict have overwhelmed communication in the building industry. In this episode, Patrick MacLeamy, F

02: The Three C's | How We Lost Our Way

In this episode, Patrick MacLeamy, FAIA, shares the three major issues - complexity, conflict, and communication - that he sees plague the building industry. He provides

01: Introduction | Big Problems, Bold Solutions

Hosts, Mark R. LePage, AIA, NCARB and Patrick MacLeamy, FAIA, return for season two of BUILD SMART! Patrick, former CEO of the International architecture firm, HOK, has b

00: Build Smart. Season 2 Trailer

BUILD SMART is a narrative podcast that features Patrick MacLeamy, FAIA, architect, and former CEO of global firm HOK. With host Mark R. LePage, AIA, NCARB, MacLeamy shar

14: Dreams

This is it!...the culmination of season one of Build Smart, where Patrick has shared his story and the lessons he has learned over his 50-year career with HOK, from junio

13: Buying Our Freedom

Under Patrick’s leadership, HOK is the process of turning around the business of the firm. In today’s episode, HOK is now in a position to buy back their freedom. Patrick

12: Reclaiming Company Culture

After revitalizing upper management and improving operations, Patrick set his sights on reclaiming the company culture that HOK once had. In this episode, he discusses im

11: The Effort Curve

In the midst of executing his strategy for recovery, Patrick is summoned away to answer a critical question about the profession, which leads him to a great discovery abo

10: Turning Strategy into Reality

We are now on the heels of what was probably the pinnacle of danger for HOK as a business. Patrick was able to buy some time to develop a strategy to solve the problem, b

09: Triple Crises

After taking on a firmwide role, Patrick begins to shoulder more and more of the leadership load. In this episode, earlier seeds of trouble have blossomed into a full cri

08: A Firmwide Role

In this episode, we pick up with Patrick’s story as he is promoted to a firmwide role, he shares his simple financial metrics, and discusses the adoption of new technolog