The Nexus Channel

We’ve curated the videos and presentations below to showcase innovative insights related to the AEC industry, Affordable Housing, and Workforce Development. Enjoy!

Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Perspectives

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The Future of Making Buildings | Phil Bernstein | TEDxYale
Design & Construction Solutions
The Future of Making Buildings | Phil Bernstein | TEDxYale
Design & Construction Solutions

Humans have used drawings to design and construct buildings since before the Pyramids, often with unexpected results. This talk examines how digital technology might finally change that two thousand year-old tradition and radically improve the way builds are created, built and used.

Humans have used drawings to design and construct buildings since before the Pyramids, often with unexpected results. This talk examines how digital technology might finally change that two thousand year-old tradition and radically improve the way builds are created, built and used.
Design & Construction Solutions
The Best Kept Secret in Construction | Michael Johnson | TEDxDavenport
Design & Construction Solutions
The Best Kept Secret in Construction | Michael Johnson | TEDxDavenport
Design & Construction Solutions

The construction industry is much more than just "swinging a hammer". Technology adoption is rapidly changing the way we deliver the built environment. Through the story of one architect-turned-contractor, this talk will introduce you to the underlying technology impacting this change; leaving you with a new framework of what a contractor can be.

The construction industry is much more than just "swinging a hammer". Technology adoption is rapidly changing the way we deliver the built environment. Through the story of one architect-turned-contractor, this talk will introduce you to the underlying technology impacting this change; leaving you with a new framework of what a contractor can be.
Design & Construction Solutions

Affordable Housing Insights

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Rethinking affordable housing | Adam Walls | TEDxGrantPark
Affordable Housing Videos
Rethinking affordable housing | Adam Walls | TEDxGrantPark
Affordable Housing Videos

Adam Walls is founder and CEO of the 5812 Group, a Chicago-based real estate investment company that specializes in affordable housing. This video explores his journey into the history of housing discrimination, and his innovative vision for investing in affordable housing solutions in urban areas.

Why are underinvested communities underinvested? Adam Walls shares the history of laws preventing investment in certain neighborhoods of Chicago and his idea of how we can invest in underinvested communities. Adam Walls is founder and CEO of the 5812 Group, a Chicago-based real estate investment company that specializes in affordable housing.
Affordable Housing Videos
Creating access to housing in America | Tyrone Poole | TEDxPortland
Affordable Housing Videos
Creating access to housing in America | Tyrone Poole | TEDxPortland
Affordable Housing Videos

Tyrone is revolutionizing the houseless problem in America through innovative technology. Ten years ago, Poole was sleeping on a broken cot in a shelter in Portland, OR. He lost everything in a firefighting training accident. He has lived the problem he is trying to fix. His transformative idea is changing the way all renters find homes at the touch of button regardless of their background. His team is scaling to provide solutions in this country and soon - the world! Visit: Oneapporegon.com

Tyrone is revolutionizing the houseless problem in America through innovative technology. Ten years ago, Poole was sleeping on a broken cot in a shelter in Portland, OR. He lost everything in a firefighting training accident. He has lived the problem he is trying to fix. His transformative idea is changing the way all renters find homes at the touch of button regardless of their background. His team is scaling to provide solutions in this country and soon - the world! Visit: Oneapporegon.com

With special thanks to core the TEDxPortland organizing team, 70+ volunteers and cherished partners - without you this experience would not be possible. Our event history can be found TEDxPortland.com

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.

Before becoming an entrepreneur, Tyrone sought to be a firefighter and earned his credentials in 2005. A catastrophic fall during training swiftly ended his career and left him with medical debt and no place to live. Through his experience he invented OneAppOregon.com, a new platform to connect people in need with qualified housing. He is fundamentally changing the way cities will evolve and can meet the needs of their citizens. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Affordable Housing Videos

Workforce Development Insights

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Women In Construction | Julie Kuklinski | TEDxJacksonWomen
Vocational Vision & Workforce Development
Women In Construction | Julie Kuklinski | TEDxJacksonWomen
Vocational Vision & Workforce Development

Skilled trades offer tremendous opportunity for women that have been trained for traditionally female jobs or outside with workforce altogether. The Hurricane Katrina recovery effort was so massive, it began to change cultural attitudes about construction and manufacturing jobs and who should be doing them.

Skilled trades offer tremendous opportunity for women that have been trained for traditionally female jobs or outside with workforce altogether. The Hurricane Katrina recovery effort was so massive, it began to change cultural attitudes about construction and manufacturing jobs and who should be doing them.

Julie Kuklinski is the Program Director for the Moore Community House Women in Construction Program. Julie came to the Gulf Coast in May of 2006 as a hurricane relief volunteer rebuilding homes affected by Hurricane Katrina. During this time, she led all-female crews in mold remediation work, demolition work, and all other types of residential construction. Julie’s experiences working in east Biloxi led her to the Women in Construction Program in 2008. She was recognized by the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 2010 and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Women’s Fund of Mississippi and the Faith in Women Coalition. Additionally, she serves on the DOL Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs Mega Project EEO Committee, DOL Office of Apprenticeship Secretary of Labor’s Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship ad hoc committee for women in apprenticeship, and the Mississippi Apprenticeship Program planning council.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Vocational Vision & Workforce Development
A sixth sense for project management | Tres Roeder | TEDxCWRU
Vocational Vision & Workforce Development
A sixth sense for project management | Tres Roeder | TEDxCWRU
Vocational Vision & Workforce Development

Tres Roeder is a change agent. As both founder and president of Roeder Consulting and as a Shaker Heights City Councilman, he drives positive change in business, communities, and governments. Since graduating from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management with a Master's degree in Business Administration, he has authored two Amazon best-sellers, A Sixth Sense for Project Management and Managing Project Stakeholders.

Tres Roeder is a change agent. As both founder and president of Roeder Consulting and as a Shaker Heights City Councilman, he drives positive change in business, communities, and governments. Since graduating from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management with a Master's degree in Business Administration, he has authored two Amazon best-sellers, A Sixth Sense for Project Management and Managing Project Stakeholders.
Vocational Vision & Workforce Development
Rainer Strack: The surprising workforce crisis of 2030 - and how to start solving it now
Vocational Vision & Workforce Development
Rainer Strack: The surprising workforce crisis of 2030 - and how to start solving it now
Vocational Vision & Workforce Development

It sounds counterintuitive, but by 2030, many of the world's largest economies will have more jobs than adult citizens to do those jobs. In this data-filled - and quite charming - talk, human resources expert Rainer Strack suggests that countries ought to look across borders for mobile and willing job seekers.

It sounds counterintuitive, but by 2030, many of the world's largest economies will have more jobs than adult citizens to do those jobs. In this data-filled - and quite charming - talk, human resources expert Rainer Strack suggests that countries ought to look across borders for mobile and willing job seekers.
Vocational Vision & Workforce Development