BUILDTank BUILDCast Podcast
1) #18-2025 - Sam Rashkin Reflections on Construction
Sam Rashkin was my first guest on the buildCAST and he graciously agreed to speak with me again. If you don’t know Sam personally, you probably know of Sam as he has presented hundreds, if not thousan...Show More
2) #17-2025 Brad Smith – City of Fort Collings Carbon Neutrality by 2030
Brad Smith has now been with the City of Fort Collins Colorado for 9 years working with the building department, the municipal utility, and directly with builders and trade partners to ensure that hom...Show More
3) #16-2025 Passive House with Baseline Design, Kim and Juta Cinco
Kim and Juta Cinco are Baseline Design named after Baseline Road, a landmark road in Boulder County that marks the Earth's 40th parallel north. They took inspiration from this line of latitude for how...Show More
4) #15 Aron Jones Big Dog Construction
Aron Jones is the Co-founder of Big Dog Construction in Grand Manan, New Brunswick, Canada.He started his career in the military which led him to become a construction technician and then ultimately a...Show More
5) #14 -2025 Brent Davidson and the US Heat Pump Summit
I spoke with Brent Davidson, the Creator of the US heat Pump Summit which will be held in Worcester Massachusetts on November 18th and 19th of 2025 and again in September of 2026. Brent saw an opportu...Show More
6) #13 Fernando Pages Ruiz is a builder and author of “Building an affordable house”.
Over a 30-year career in construction, Fernando Ruiz has become a dedicated proponent of building innovations and their relationship with affordable housing. He is the author of Building an affordable...Show More
7) #12-2025 Beau Brown C&H Inspections & business marketing with social media
Beau Brown is the founder of C & H inspection, a family owned and operated home inspection company located in Salt Lake City Utah. Beau started his career in the construction industry with his father ...Show More
8) #11-2025 Brian Shanks - Beezer Homes the 11th largest homebuilder in the United States
Brian Shanks is the Manager of National Accounts and Governmental Affairs for Beazer Homes. Beazer is a production home building company based in Atlanta, Georgia. The company is the 11th largest hom...Show More
9) #10-2025 Lisa Morey – Colorado Earth and Nova Terra
Lisa Morey is a professional engineer and architectural designer who starting building with adobe bricks while living and working in New Zealand in the early 2000’s. While there she worked with a desi...Show More
10) #9-2025 Sam Myers Building Scientist at Retrotec
How did Sam Myers become the building scientist at Retrotec? Find out in this episode of the BUILDTank / buildCAST. Like most of us, the industry found Sam and a passion for building science blossomed...Show More