Inventing Construction cover art

Inventing Construction

Inventing Construction

By: KOSMOS
Listen for free

Construction is changning. This podcast will help you change with it.

Detailed conversations about a rapidly changing Construction Industry. Discussions about the future of Construction: BIM, digitization, sustainability, industry collaboration, the power of data, digitalization and much more.

Topics that all need to be considered, if you want to secure your place in the Construction Industry of tomorrow.

Come take part in the discussions, alongside us and our guests.

New episode every two weeks.

Hosted by Elia González Salas and Ross Griffin from KOSMOS.Copyright KOSMOS Career Success Economics Personal Finance
Episodes
  • Episode 75 - From Spreadsheets to Smart Sites: LCA Data Collection feat. Oline Stærke

    Episode 75 - From Spreadsheets to Smart Sites: LCA Data Collection feat. Oline Stærke
    May 15 2026
    Walk onto almost any construction site today and you’ll find the same paradox.
    Projects worth tens or hundreds of millions are being delivered with cutting-edge design tools, advanced materials, and increasingly strict sustainability targets. Yet when it comes to documenting what actually happens on site, many teams still fall back on the same tools they’ve used for decades.

    Spreadsheets. Emails. Folders full of PDFs. And hours upon hours of manual data entry.

    This isn’t just inefficient. It’s becoming a serious problem.Because across Europe, construction companies are now being asked to document something they’ve rarely tracked before in detail: the carbon impact of the construction phase itself.

    And that changes everything.

    In today's episode, we spoke with Oline Stærke, founder and CEO of the SaaS platform acembee, about one of the most underestimated challenges emerging on construction sites: collecting and managing LCA data during execution – LCA A4 and A5.

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

    - How we collect on-site LCA data today
    - Why you should involve all stakeholders in digital solutions
    - acembee: Visual tracking of project carbon targets
    - What data is realistically possible to track today?
    - Advice for contractors facing carbon documentation requirements

    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

    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/
    Oline: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oline-staerke/
    KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dk

    Thanks for listening!
    Show More Show Less
    39 mins
  • Episode 74 - Aligning Cost and Carbon: A Data-Driven Approach to Better Decisions feat. Anders Honoré Agerlin

    Episode 74 - Aligning Cost and Carbon: A Data-Driven Approach to Better Decisions feat. Anders Honoré Agerlin
    May 1 2026
    Cost and carbon are measured in two different worlds. Clients want lower carbon. But decisions are based on cost.
    Not because they don’t care. Not because they lack ambition. But because the information rarely arrives aligned.

    In many construction projects, cost consultants work in one silo. Sustainability consultants work in another. They use different assumptions. Different structures. Different timing. And always brought into the process too late.

    The result?

    Two reports. Two numbers. Two conversations. And one client trying to make a high-stakes decision without a shared factual foundation.

    At KOSMOS, we align cost and carbon. This leads to confident, fast, and fact-based decision-making on our projects. In today’s episode Elia and Anders (from KOSMOS) discuss how you can align cost and carbon on your projects – using an integrated digital quantity surveying approach.

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

    - Why having strong ICT requirements changes the game
    - Working with data before a 3D model exists
    - Why communication over blame culture is vital
    - How to assess carbon at business case stage
    - Why embedding cost & carbon in design is unconventional
    - How it all leads to better decision-making

    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

    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/
    Anders: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andershonorepedersen/
    KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dk

    Thanks for listening!
    Show More Show Less
    46 mins
  • Episode 73 - Planetary Boundaries: The New Building Code of Earth feat. Karl-Martin

    Episode 73 - Planetary Boundaries: The New Building Code of Earth feat. Karl-Martin
    Apr 15 2026
    7 out of 9 planetary boundaries have already been crossed. That’s seven critical global processes that regulate the stability and resilience of the Earth.

    For years, sustainability in construction has focused primarily on carbon. But planetary boundaries introduce something far more systemic. They redefine the limits within which humanity, and therefore our industry can safely operate.

    In today's episode of Inventing Construction, we sit down with Karl-Martin, senior advisor in architecture, strategic planning and innovation, to explore a difficult but necessary idea:

    What if planetary boundaries are not just an environmental framework, but the new building code of Earth?

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

    - What are Planetary Boundaries?
    - The current blind spots of sustainable construction
    - What would Planetary Construction look like?
    - Introducing "Planetary Pathways"
    - A case study: Calculating a building’s full planetary footprint

    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

    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/
    Karl-Martin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karl-martin-buch-frederiksen-22b64853/
    KOSMOS: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kosmos-dk

    Thanks for listening!
    Show More Show Less
    56 mins
adbl_web_anon_alc_button_suppression_c
No reviews yet