CFI Start-up Spotlight Video | Join

We are excited to share Center for Innovation (CFI)’s first “Start-up Spotlight” video, featuring the real-life experience of GCs, architects, trade partners, and clients who are successfully using Join.

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Video Overview

The video highlights Join, a collaborative project delivery platform designed to improve decision-making and transparency in construction projects. Industry leaders discuss how Join enhances collaboration, tracks project decisions, and streamlines processes for better project outcomes.

Key Points Covered:

1. Transforming Construction Project Decision-making:
   • Join moves preconstruction from a linear process to an iterative, collaborative approach, increasing certainty, predictability, and value.
   • Acts as the central hub connecting owners, design teams, and contractors with real-time project data.
2. Join Capabilities:
   • Project timeline management: Collaborative, transparent milestone tracking.
   • Live reporting & financial tracking: Filters live data and trends detailed soft costs.
   • Historical tracking: Logs decisions, stakeholders, and reasoning.
   • Enterprise-level standardization: Leverages data across multiple projects.
3. Case Studies:
   • Google YouTube Headquarters Expansion (400,000 sq. ft. project):
     • Used Join as a single source of truth, aligning cost, sustainability, and schedule.
     • Enabled transparency across all stakeholders, ensuring decisions were data-driven.
     • Delivered under budget and on time.
   • UCSF Health Helen Diller Hospital ($4.3B project):
     • Live financial tracking for forecasting and risk mitigation.
     • Historical tracking over 10 years to maintain continuity despite team turnover.
     • Integrated design and construction phases, reducing meeting times by half.
4. Industry-wide Impact:
   • Encourages transparency and trust, leading to faster, risk-reducing decisions.
   • Improves report quality, prompting better-informed questions from owners.
   • Enhances team dynamics, making projects more enjoyable and collaborative.

People in the Video (in order of appearance):

• Discussing YouTube HQ project:
  • Derek Fitzgerald: McCarthy Building Companies Sr. Vice President, San Francisco Business Unit Leader
• Introduction & brief demo of Join:
  • Andrew Zukoski: CEO & Co-Founder of Join
• Discussing UCSF Health Helen Diller Hospital project:
  • Fred Whitney: UCSF Health Helen Diller Hospital, Director, Project Delivery
  • Brian Cheng: HDR, Strategic Project Delivery Manager & Associate
  • Sue Bhattacharjee: [former] Herrero|Boldt|Webcor, Director, Preconstruction
• Trends in Collaborative Project Delivery & Closing Remarks:
  • Jason Brenner: Join Head of Industry Strategy – in conversation with Andrew Zukoski