Mack Rush

A construction nerd helping founders and builders learn from each other. I write about the intersection of technology and the AEC industry.

[Mack Rush @Mack_Rush]

I was curious about the origins of the incentive crisis in construction. Turns out this is a very old problem. In 1754 BCE, ancient Babylon, they'd just kill the engineer if the building collapsed. I think we all got off on the wrong foot in this industry...

[Mack Rush @Mack_Rush]

@Polymarket @ParkerMundt @ryanocc really interesting implications for job site connectivity.

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@resetbasis @ParkerMundt @ryanocc

[Suffolk Construction @SuffolkBuilds]

Offsite manufacturing can improve labor efficiency and schedules, but how do those gains balance production, logistics and shipping costs?

Our new research with @MIT explores OSM across the delivery chain and where AI can help connect it all.

Read more: https://t.co/RJBFcTnY0J

[Mack Rush @Mack_Rush]

The cost of renderings is declining while the value of the medium is increasing. The context that visualization provides when decisions must be recorded and propagated is wildly under-captured today.

Invest in Decisions, Not Just Renderings:
https://t.co/TMD02c66PY

[Mack Rush @Mack_Rush]

@Jason @Jason check out Suffolk Technologies BOOST program! Would love you to take a look at the founders focused on changing the built environment alongside America’s Contractor @SuffolkBuilds https://t.co/YS5nYoraWT

[Mack Rush @Mack_Rush]

@konstantinsaifo Construction sites need this

[Konstantin Saifoulline @konstantinsaifo]

Every warehouse manager will run their floor like this in five years.

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@Polymarket @ryanocc

[Mack Rush @Mack_Rush]

@Polymarket @ParkerMundt @ryanocc 👀

[Christian Reed @chrisitianrreed]

in 5-7 years, everyone in construction will have some kind of audio/video enabled glasses

[Suffolk Construction @SuffolkBuilds]

Congratulations to Suffolk Chairman and CEO John Fish, ranked #53 on Forbes’ list of 250 “America’s Most Successful Living Builders.” We’re proud to celebrate John and grateful to the colleagues and partners who help bring his vision to life every day.
https://t.co/tJnZOxoXxx

[Mack Rush @Mack_Rush]

AI let's the inexperienced produce work that imitates deep understanding. That's not the same as understanding.

A good harness develops user judgment before delivering an output. A mountain of AI text isn’t proof of understanding.

Thinking Is Required:

https://t.co/vr9OrdgLYx

[Emma Camp @emmma_camp_]

These NYC apartments are standing empty, not because the owners don't want to rent them, but because rent stabilization laws prohibit them from charging enough to earn back the costs of necessary repairs.

My latest for @WSJFreeEx

[Suffolk Construction @SuffolkBuilds]

Geothermal energy has huge potential, but high drilling costs can hold it back. Dig Energy is working to change that. See how the startup teamed up with Suffolk Design and Suffolk Technologies to test its compact drilling rig at 100MAG, our new innovation hub.

[Nicholas Charriere @nichochar]

100% agree

Working on this.

[Mack Rush @Mack_Rush]

Construction’s quick-and-dirty workarounds deserve more respect.

A sketch on drywall, blue tape, or ripped cardboard may tell us more about field adoption than another dashboard.

If adoption is flagging, study the workaround before you eliminate it.

https://t.co/NfvLQKdGcw

[Mack Rush @Mack_Rush]

@guilleflorvs @cyantist Time to build with the OG builders in construction

[Dilum Sanjaya @DilumSanjaya]

Industrial software doesn’t have to feel like industrial software

Manage warehouses like you’re playing a strategy game

Built with Opus 5.5

[Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳 @chefjoseandres]

Increíble de ver a los “expertos” en solventar la emergencia de vivienda que vive España! En cada televisión! @telediario_tve @A3Noticias @tele5_noticias @noticias_cuatro La realidad es que tenemos a políticos que intentan crear decretos y soluciones cuando no tienen la preparación ni el conocimiento para idear una solución real al problema que vivimos.

España no tiene un problema de falta de decretos. Tiene un problema de falta de viviendas.

Y mientras el Gobierno siga confundiendo anunciar medidas con resolver problemas, seguiremos pagando las consecuencias de su inacción.

Subvencionar la demanda sin aumentar la oferta presiona los precios. Regular cada vez más un mercado sin construir vivienda nueva no elimina la escasez: la administra. Castigar fiscalmente una modalidad de alquiler puede cambiar incentivos, pero tampoco pone un solo ladrillo.

El Gobierno puede aprobar todas las medidas que quiera y venderlas como grandes soluciones. Puede encadenar decretos, anuncios y campañas de propaganda. Pero hay una pregunta que desmonta cualquier discurso:

¿Cuántas viviendas nuevas crea todo esto?

Porque la vivienda no se abarata repartiendo la escasez. Se abarata acabando con ella.

España necesita construir. Mucho.

Más suelo disponible. Licencias en meses, no en años. Más densidad donde sea posible. Seguridad jurídica. Muchísima más vivienda pública y también privada.

Pero el Gobierno no está haciendo lo necesario. Prefiere intervenir sobre las pocas viviendas que existen antes que crear las condiciones para que haya muchas más. Prefiere presentar parches como soluciones y cargar sobre propietarios, promotores y ciudadanos el coste de su fracaso.

Lo demás puede servir para redistribuir, proteger a determinados colectivos o cambiar incentivos. Pero no confundamos eso con solucionar el problema de fondo.

No se arregla una falta de vivienda repartiendo mejor las pocas casas que existen. Se arregla haciendo que existan muchas más.

Menos propaganda. Menos parches. Menos obsesión por intervenir sobre el mismo piso.

Más oferta. Más construcción. Más casas.

[Cyan Banister @cyantist]

Yup, vibe manufacturing is coming in hot. In an Industrial Revolution, what happens when the revolution is a collection of all of our earned intelligence over time? What happens when the cost of that becomes a utility? What IS the next bottleneck?

Software is just about to be over.

Entrepreneurs - think accordingly. In order to rush in this new age, what do we need to build? I am looking for you. I know what's on that path. We will meet on it.