Touchplan's Michael Carr & BOND's Tony Nigro Talk About the AEC Industry
Touchplan's President Michael Carr joined BOND Brothers' VP of Operations, Healthcare, Tony Nigro for a BLDUP Spotlight discussion of how technology is changing the AEC industry and how companies can improve their operations with the Last Planner System. Read their conversation here or down below.
Michael Carr: As a little background between myself and BOND Brothers. I visited with a few people at the company about two years ago, in the early Touchplan days (before we even had a name) to show them what we were doing.
Tony Nigro: I’ve been with BOND Brothers for five months now so that was before my time. However, I will pay you a compliment because whatever conversation you had with them stuck. At that time, they were in the process of building a strategic master plan for the next 25 years at BOND. As part of that plan, they created six pillars that support the company culture of excellence. One pillar began with “lean…”. When I started talking to BOND, at the beginning of this year, their six pillars and the mission statement that was developed around that time were influential in my decision to join the company. I knew I was aligned with their values: integrity, commitment, teamwork, innovation and excellence and their vision to build a better society through enduring relationships.
Michael Carr: I’m glad to hear that. When we visited we had a vision of what we planned to develop and just two iPads with a prototype showing how changes on one device updated in real time on the other. We put up this trial balloon with BOND Brothers, Suffolk, Tocci and a few architects and got such a good reception that knew we were on to something. Our mission from the start has been to fill the technology gap in the construction industry by creating specialized tools that everyone can use to improve efficiency.