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Build Perspectives PodcastAuthor: Tim Seims and Carolina Baffigo
We bridge Wall Street and Job Sites. Real stories, real numbers, real consequences. Hosted by Carolina Baffigo and Tim Seims. https://tinyurl.com/Build-Perspectives Language: en-us Genres: Arts, Business, Careers, Design Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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"There Are Plenty of Platforms for Scheduling Software. We're Looking for People Actually Building Things."
Episode 6
Thursday, 26 March, 2026
What Would It Take to Actually Fix Housing? Tyler Pullen of Terner Labs & UC Berkeley on policy, prefab, and the graveyard of good ideas. Tyler Pullen doesn't traffic in buzzwords. As leader of the Building Innovation Track at Terner Labs, the nonprofit accelerator spun out of UC Berkeley's Terner Center for Housing Innovation, he's spent years separating companies actually building homes from the ones just building pitch decks. Recorded live on the expo floor in Dallas, Tyler gets candid about what it really takes to move the needle on housing affordability: 70 expert interviews in a single month, a dozen California bills already in motion, and the stubborn truth that the biggest barrier to innovation in housing isn't engineering. It's navigating the humans. We cover the forthcoming California building innovation white paper, why hardware is categorically harder than software, and what innovators consistently get wrong when they try to enter the housing market without speaking the language. Download the "Potential Pathways to Scale Innovative Construction Methods in California" white paper here https://ternercenter.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/PathwaystoScaleInnovativeConstruction2026.pdf Apply to the Terner Labs Building Innovation Track: ternerlabs.org Reach Tyler directly: tpullen@berkeley.edu Upcoming Events 🏗️ Advancing Construction Leadership | April 28–29, Dallas TX — Safety as a catalyst, not a checkbox. Use code BUILDPERSPECTIVES10 for 10% off → advancing-construction-safety-leadership.com 🌲 Int'l Mass Timber Conference | March 30–April 1, Portland OR — Use code IMTC26_SEIMS10 for 10% off → masstimberconference.com
