In order to better explain our how and why and get our people better connected to the “why” behind our work, Rick asked Seth to identify some high-potential associates who could collaborate with us. We met with them for the first time a few weeks ago and we are really excited to have this group to lean on and learn from.

Establish a TSW and create clear guidelines with realistic lead time expectations and protocols.

Weekend Update has 3 additional voices: Ryan Wathen, Tyler Kelley and Suzanne McCoy. In hopes to increase visibility into different areas of the business.

All regions will leverage a consistent template tied to strategic plan messaging.

Leadership wants more casual, behind-the-scenes content from field teams. LinkedIn evolving toward short-form “influencer” style content. Identify and recruit willing team members for authentic content creation.

Adjusting to Effort Based vs Initiative Based groups to better align with Design-Build Process / Workflow.

Created itemized task list and in-effort of prioritizing for the most urgent demands of Samet team members.

— Focus of initial effort will be on Phase 1: Preconstruction and include process (TSW), templating, and trainings.

Design-Build BBB regional training wrapping up with RDU on Friday (2/27).

— In process of scheduling grand finale in GSO that will have virtual option and offered to all regions.
— This presentation is just the tip of the iceberg and by EOY will have several more specific topic based ones offered on SametU.

AI is being adopted across the entire enterprise — use cases are active in Preconstruction (bid leveling, scope writing, RFP analysis), Operations, Safety, Marketing, and more.

More training is being developed for SametU — additional Claude and AI-focused learning content will be built out on the SametU platform to help teams across the company get up to speed.

Leadership asked teams to share their field use cases globally — there’s a push to collect and distribute real-world examples of how AI is being used on jobsites so other regions and departments can adopt what’s working.

“Claude Corner” is coming soon — soon we will highlight real stories from people using Claude in the field, along with a specific use case breakdown. The goal is to share wins and practical applications company-wide.

Claude is our enterprise AI solution — leadership reiterated that all AI solutions should go through the AI OLT team, and that project teams are responsible for validating AI output.

Requested a few minutes at every Regional Town Hall to showcase AI testimonials and success stories from the field.

Town Hall presentations across all regions covering Inspections & Observations, RFI Management, Submittals, and Writing Scopes.

Launching the BBB OLT Pre-Installation Checklist live in Procore, building a repetitive deficiencies tool using Procore Observations, and piloting a Lessons Learned database in Procore across projects.

Six bi-monthly training topics planned for all regions, including Tilt Wall Construction, BIM Coordination, Site Work, Project Planning, Exterior Envelope, and Ground Stabilization.