Barton Malow launches ‘Said Differently’ podcast about ‘untold stories from the jobsite’

Southfield, Michigan-headquartered development company Barton Malow launched a podcast past 7 days to have interaction its employees, customers and opportunity recruits in “untold stories from the jobsite.” The podcast, “Reported In another way,” is targeted on the tales and answers that arrive out of the design industry, relatively than the nuts and bolts of how initiatives get carried out, in accordance to a press release shared with Construction Dive.

“We preferred it to be some thing that is participating and enjoyment,” said Eric Fish, senior communications expert with Barton Malow. He hosts the present together with fellow Barton Malow personnel Rob Riley. 

The debut episode facts how a group of approximately 50 goats — dubbed the Goat Busters — cleared an invasive plant species from the firm’s The Centre at Belvedere challenge web page in Charlottesville, Virginia, previous year. 

Approaching episodes will involve discussions with ladies ironworkers, how the organization tackled the difficult layout of the Michigan Point out College artwork museum (which was influenced by a crumpled piece of paper) and how significant-tech hardhats can enable safeguard personnel, according to Fish.

“Every project we have worked on has a excellent tale to convey to and numerous do not essentially match into the regular market protection,” said Anna Cangialosi, Barton Malow senior manager of Branding + Communications in the press launch.

“Claimed Otherwise” has been in the works for about a year, and the firm has various targets for the job. It hopes to display its problem-solving capabilities to present and possible consumers, and to elevate manufacturer consciousness outside the house of Michigan exactly where the corporation is not as nicely recognized. It also hopes to use the podcast as a recruiting instrument. 

As the U.S. building workforce ages, the corporation is hoping a selection of techniques to carry in additional youthful staff, like speaking at universities. Podcasts have exploded in attractiveness in the earlier 10 years, and their listeners are inclined to be younger and digitally-linked, in accordance to Forbes.

The design business offers a extended record of podcasts on the lookout at numerous topics from technology and commercial genuine estate to laws and inexperienced building. Barton Malow is hoping “Reported In a different way” will attractiveness to this young audience and get them interested in heading into the trades and design business.

For now, the group expects to release new episodes every single other thirty day period, and the podcast will run indefinitely. 

“There are much more than 2,000 group associates who can share thoughts,” Fish stated. “We’re just heading to build on it and see exactly where it normally takes us.”