When we talk about the future of construction, we often focus on carbon goals, modular design, or project delivery speed. But there’s a quieter crisis growing behind the scenes: we lack the people who both understand construction and speak the language of data, programming, automation, or AI.

It’s not just a skills gap. It’s a profile gap. And if we don’t start building bridges between domains, we risk holding back the digital transformation that construction desperately needs.

In today's episode, Elia sits down with Aske Strandberg, a professional whose career spans hospitality, construction, and IT. His story is less about job titles and more about mindset, curiosity, creativity, and the courage to shift. Him, and many others, are also behind the AEC Hackathons - now, what is a hackathon, and why is it relevant to this industry challenge? That is today's topic.

What you'll learn from today's episode of Inventing Construction:

- Why we have to get more construction people into data science
- What is a hackathon?
- How you can use AI for MEP & BOQs

You can also listen to Inventing Construction on these platforms:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2aAxc0iqOe2JJly3jCh9jV?si=8db208888a9a4e4c
Apple podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inventing-construction/id1629403210
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmFqJlVzEa6Lc_7LOTjvac2oTbRRk9HdK

You can find the next AEC hackathon at BLOXHUB here: https://billetto.dk/en/e/aec-hackathon-13-copenhagen-billetter-1667093

We would love for you to continue the conversation with us on LinkedIn:
Ross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-griffin-kosmos/
Elia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaarquitectatecnica/
Aske: https://www.linkedin.com/in/askestrandberg/
KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dk

Thanks for listening!