The EBFC Show

The EBFC Show

🏗️🌟 Welcome to The Easier, Better, for Construction Show – your podcast for transforming design and construction! 🚀

Each episode unravels the magic of making building easier, better, and faster. It's not just about the methods; it's about the people and the passion that shapes our industry. 🛠️ Published monthly, our podcasts showcase design and construction topics that genuinely uplift and empower the building community. 📚✨❤️

Join me, Felipe Engineer-Manriquez, as we dig into conversations filled with learning, laughter, and a bit of construction magic. 🎩😄 Stay connected at 🔗 https://felipe.engineer/ and join the family of #changemakers. Let's build a brighter future together!

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June 28, 2026

Why Respect for People Is Construction's Best Metric with Adam Hoots

In this episode of The EBFC Show, Adam Hoots shares why respect for people is the foundation of Lean Construction, field leadership, psychological safety, trust, construction metrics, and continuous improvement. Felipe and Adam explore how construction leaders can move beyond traditional dashboards to create environments where people perform at their best and projects become safer, more predictable, and more enjoyable.
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118
May 17, 2026

Using Lean Construction to Takt with Ines Verdun

In this episode of The EBFC Show, Ines Verdun shares her experiences about takt planning, Integrated Project Delivery, Lean Construction, production engineering, and how contracts shape production flow in construction. Ines Verdun is a civil engineer with expertise in construction management and project delivery. She holds a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from UC Berkeley College of Engineering, where she was an active member of the IPD Team at Cal Construction, focusing on Integrated P
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117
March 26, 2026

Your Project Is Late Because You Believe These 10 Lies | Victor Ortiz Part 5

Most construction projects run on beliefs nobody questions. Victor Ortiz breaks down 10 misconceptions that keep teams late, over budget, and stuck in blame. From treating projects as anything other than production systems to relying on schedules that only report failure, this episode challenges how construction actually operates. If you lead projects or work in the field, this conversation will change how you see control, planning, and team performance.
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116
Feb. 23, 2026

No Estimates, Maximum Results with Vasco Duarte

What if the estimates we fight so hard to defend are actually the very thing slowing us down? In this episode, Felipe sits down with Vasco Duarte --- Agile coach, author of #NoEstimates, and host of the Scrum Master Toolbox podcast --- for a candid conversation about why traditional estimation may be creating more illusion than clarity... and what to do instead. Vasco brings serious field credibility. He led initiatives at Nokia involving 500 people, 100 teams, across four continents. And he s
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115
Jan. 24, 2026

AI in Construction: How to Apply AI to Real Projects with Tom Feliz

In this episode filmed live at LCI Congress 2025, Tom Feliz, DataGrid’s Head of Growth, delivers a compelling case for how construction professionals can practically harness AI to eliminate waste, boost productivity, and reclaim their evenings—not by replacing workers, but by automating energy-draining administrative tasks that keep them from focusing on creative problem-solving and getting home by 5 PM. Feliz demystifies AI adoption in construction by walking through actionable applications lik
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114
Dec. 3, 2025

AI in Construction: Adalia Zhao on BuildTrace - Change Orders & Innovation

Construction veteran and AI startup founder Adalia Zhao joins Felipe on the final 2025 episode of The EBFC Show to share her bold vision: eliminate inefficiency and guesswork in construction change management. Discover how her company BuildTrace uses AI to save months of tedious work, reduce costly mistakes, and bring real-time clarity to plans, pricing, and scope. From humble beginnings to big breakthroughs, Adalia’s story is one of hustle, humility, and high-tech impact.
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Recent Blog Posts

March 28, 2026

PPC - The Number on the Whiteboard

Every week, teams write down their PPC number. It goes on the whiteboard. It lands in a spreadsheet. Someone circles it, maybe comments on it, and then the meeting moves on. That has been the pattern for a long time. The metric exists. The follow-t…
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Feb. 26, 2026

I Built a Team of AI Agents. Here's What They Taught Me About Construction.

Yesterday I showed my friend Marcus something I’ve been building. Not a building — though that’s still my day job. I showed him my Mission Control. He stared at the screen for a minute and said,“Wait… this is all running on your computers?” Y…
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Feb. 26, 2026

Ten Misconceptions in Traditional Construction Changed by Lean

By Victor Ortiz I have always been interested in Psychology – the study of the human mind. Early in my career, I learned this important truism: Success and failure in life are the result of the solutions we choose to deploy. Life's challenges com…
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About the Hosts

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Felipe Engineer-Manriquez

CEO & Host 🎙

An international keynote speaker, Felipe is a proven business leader guiding individuals, teams, and organizations in easier, better, and faster value delivery across the construction industry. Felipe works to engineer proven strategies in short timeframes for projects constantly firefighting or looking to become agile.

Felipe Engineer-Manriquez is a Registered Scrum Trainer™ (RST), Registered Scrum Master™ (RSM), Registered Product Owner™ (RPO), and Registered Scrum@Scale Practitioner™ (RS@SP). The Lean Construction Institute awarded him the Chairman’s Award (2019) for contributions to the Institute and the design and construction industry as a whole.

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Victor Ortiz