What happens when artificial intelligence moves beyond words and images and starts understanding the physical world we actually build?

Kipp Ivey from Augmenta joins The Construction Life to talk about how spatial AI is changing the way buildings are designed, coordinated and constructed—and what that could mean for contractors and tradespeople.

Augmenta is pushing AI into the physical world, using spatial intelligence to help make construction faster, more efficient, less expensive and more sustainable. Its technology has already been used across nearly 100 buildings, including critical facilities such as data centers, schools and healthcare projects.

But Kipp brings a perspective that goes far beyond technology.

A third-generation sheet metal worker, Kipp studied computer science before entering his family trade and eventually moving into operations leadership. Today, he combines that technical background with real-world construction experience to help contractors understand, implement and actually use AI in their businesses.

We get into the big question facing the industry: Is AI here to replace construction workers, or can it make the people already doing the work better?

We discuss the gap between technology companies developing AI and the contractors who have to trust it enough to put it into practice. We talk about adoption, education, implementation and why understanding the jobsite is just as important as understanding the technology.

From sheet metal and field experience to spatial AI and the rapidly changing world of construction technology, Kipp gives us a look at where the industry could be headed—and why contractors need to start paying attention now.

Connect with Augmenta

Website: augmenta.ai LinkedIn: Augmenta AI on LinkedIn X: @augmentaAI YouTube: @AugmentaAI

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Daniella Devine joins The Construction Life to talk about what it really means to grow up in the trades, inherit a family legacy and then decide that maintaining what previous generations built simply isn't enough.

Daniella is a third-generation flooring contractor and President & CEO of Peacock Floors, a 45-year-old family business based in San Francisco. Her construction life started at five years old sweeping warehouse floors, but in 2025 she took the biggest step of her career: retiring her father and purchasing the company from him.

Now the business is hers—and she wants to scale it 10X.

We get into the realities of growing up inside a family construction business, working with your parents, earning your place instead of simply inheriting a title, and eventually navigating the difficult transition from one generation to the next.

What happens when Dad is no longer the boss? How do you respect 45 years of history while changing the company for its next chapter? And how do you separate being a daughter from being the person responsible for making the decisions?

Daniella shares the lessons that came from watching her family build Peacock Floors, why she refuses to settle for “good enough,” and what she's learning now that the responsibility for the company's future sits on her shoulders.

We talk flooring, family, succession, leadership, growth, ambition, taking risks and why carrying on a legacy doesn't mean doing things exactly the way they've always been done.

Another conversation about the realities behind building a construction business and the generations of people who make the trades what they are.

Connect with Daniella Devine & Peacock Floors

Instagram: @thedanielladevine Peacock Floors – San Francisco, California

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Jaisa from The Final Clean joins us to talk about one of the most overlooked trades on a construction project: post-construction cleaning.

With more than 15 years of experience, Jaisa explains why post-construction cleaning is completely different from residential house cleaning—and why the growing number of everyday cleaning companies jumping into construction without understanding the job is creating problems for builders.

A construction clean isn't just vacuuming floors and wiping down countertops. It requires understanding construction materials, finishes, sequencing, deficiencies, site conditions and exactly what needs to happen before a builder hands those keys over to the client.

We discuss why cleaners shouldn't be the afterthought at the end of a build or the company you start scrambling to find three days before occupancy. The final clean should be treated like every other important trade on the project—planned, scheduled and trusted to professionals who understand construction.

Because after months or years of work from the plumbers, electricians, HVAC techs, painters, carpenters and every other trade, the final clean is the last impression of the entire build.

Jaisa also shares her journey from working in home building to rebranding The Final Clean and going all-in over the last three years, how the industry has changed over 15 years, and why builders need to understand the difference between a cleaner and a true post-construction cleaning specialist.

Connect with The Final Clean

Website: www.thefinalclean.ca Instagram: @the_final_clean Email: info@thefinalclean.ca Phone: 905-906-5858

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