
Bhragan talks about the construction technology landscape around the world. The discussion also covers topics about startups, government regulations, insurance technology, space construction, and its possibility in the near future. Bhragan is an innovative civil engineer at AECOM, currently embedded as an Innovation Advisor for Hive, Australia's first innovation incubator within a major construction program—the Level Crossing Removal Project. His latest project, Last Week in ConTech, is a newsletter dedicated to advancing the awareness and adoption of new solutions in the construction industry. This newsletter provides executives with high-quality, actionable information on macroeconomic and technology trends shaping the future of the industry. In our conversation, we discuss about: 1) Startups and the importance of accelerators 2) Government regulations pertaining to ConTech 3) Importance of energy with the increase in AI demand 4) Insurance Tech as the next big opportunity in ConTech 5) Construction Tech landscape around different continents 6) Is Space Construction possible in the near future Where to find Bhragan Paramanantham: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhraganparamanantham/ Where to find Siddhant Mehta: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sidhant-mehta/ Time Stamps: 0:00 Trailer 1:14 Bhragan's Introduction 2:00 Last Week in ConTech 4:44 Are there a lot of solutions? 7:07 Common Pain points 11:12 Government Regulation Impacts 13:37 Life Cycle of Startups 15:43 Formwork Labs 18:29 Next Opportunity in Construction Tech 25:22 Construction Landscape in US, EU, India, LatAM, Aus 28:34 Prediction in next 5-10 years 32:57 Tips when starting something new 34:53 Outro Link to Bhragan's Newsletter - https://contechroundup.substack.com/ Subscribe, and Drop a like and comment below with your thoughts. Reach out to me on LinkedIn if you want to be a part of the podcast and have insights that you'd like to share #constructiontechnology #construction #startups #india #usa #europianunion #australia #insurance #technlogy