#17-2022 Travis Brungardt, Catalyst Construction, and the Midwest Building Science Symposium

August 1, 2022

Travis Brungardt of Catalyst Construction has spent more than two decades working professionally in the remodeling and homebuilding industry. He and his partner Joe Cook have brought building science and systems thinking into their company as a foundational principle for how they approach and execute their work building and remodeling homes. This episode explores Travis’s growth as a builder and how the Kansas City BS and Beers Midwest Building Science Symposium came about.

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Travis Brungardt on LinkedIn

Catalyst Construction

Building Science (BS) and Beer of Kansas City

Midwest Building Science Symposium registration Kansas City – September 14th & 15th, 2022

#KeepCraftAlive

Educational Resources discussed with Travis:

Fine Homebuilding
Journal of Light Construction
Green Building Advisor

Instagram builders and others to follow:

catalystbuilt
buildtankinc
dettmore101
risingerbuild
jake.bruton
stevenbaczekarchitect
buildingsciencefightclub
michaelmaines
mike_guertin

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Our expectations of the performance of houses has changes faster than how we build to achieve that performance. So, at the beginning of a conversation in the construction industry, when I hear, “I have been building for 30 year” I think to myself, there are only two outcomes from this conversation. First, the person is putting up a guard and will not be receptive to an applied building science approach. You know, houses have to breath or your telling me to tighten up the house and then pouch a hole in it for ventilation. On the other hand, the person may have amazing insights and experiences to share.

When I step back, I realize that I’ve almost been working in this industry for 30 years. With an emphasis on sustainable High-performance building I still struggle to integrate what I do into mainstream building, yet I tend to learn something new everyday that takes me one step closer. Having these difficult yet enlightening conversation is often were I learn the most.

At BuildTank, our mission is to use what we learn by applying building science in the field to affect meaningful change in the construction industry. This BUILDcast is the next step. By having broad conversations with the players in the industry we will learn something new from their story that will move us forward toward taking sustainable buildings to mainstream building.