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Why Preconstruction Agents Are the Startup Wedge for Vertical AI in Construction
When I first wrote this article in May 2025, what I described was directionally accurate but abstract.
May 27, 2025
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Victor Muchiri
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Construction's Shenzhen in Middle America
What China's Industrial Transformation Teaches Us About Saving the Construction Industry
Feb 17
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Victor Muchiri
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The New Critical Path: Why Data Center Contractors Need to Control Power, Not Just Build Buildings
Behind-the-meter generation, nuclear buildout, and coal-to-compute redevelopment converge in the Midwest—changing who wins construction work
Feb 11
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Victor Muchiri
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The Captive Arbitrage
The carrier doesn't know what your prequal team knows. That information gap is money on the table.
Feb 10
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Victor Muchiri
MEP Services Opportunity
Turner can bid 0% fee and still be more profitable than you at 2%. Here's the math on how ancillary services are reshaping GC economics.
Jan 25
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Victor Muchiri
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Working Theory on Fragmentation and Consolidation
fragmentation creates commodity dynamics.
Jan 5
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Victor Muchiri
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The Floor or The Ceiling
The Cost of Avoiding Outcome Alignment
Dec 30, 2025
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Victor Muchiri
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Construction’s Phase Shift
The practices that built scale now amplify risk in a world where uncertainty is expensive.
Dec 22, 2025
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Victor Muchiri
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