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MOCA Systems Built Software for the Moment the Schedule Lies
The MIT spinout pairs sticky-note-simple planning software with people who step into projects already sliding off the rails. Its advantage is knowing that a schedule is both data and a negotiation.
Franco Giaquinto Bet on Construction's Most Boring Problem - and Kept Building
He began with a failed reputation app, learned construction from the jobsite up, and survived a pandemic pivot across continents. Now Franco Giaquinto is betting that the future of building belongs to software ordinary crews can actually use.
Outbuild
Outbuild is a construction scheduling and planning platform that combines master scheduling, lookahead planning, weekly work plans, and analytics in one integrated, AI-assisted tool. Built to close the gap between the office and the jobsite, it lets general contractors and field teams build and update schedules, track commitments, and remove roadblocks so projects finish on time. Founded in 2021 and led by CEO Franco Giaquinto, the company is fully remote and has raised an $11M Series A led by Sway Ventures.
Rudolph and Sletten
Rudolph and Sletten is a California-based general contractor that has built much of Silicon Valley's physical fabric - from Apple Park and Lucasfilm's Skywalker Ranch to hospitals, research labs and university campuses. Founded in 1959 in a Los Altos garage, the firm pioneered guaranteed-maximum-price, fast-track delivery and grew into one of the West Coast's largest builders of technically complex healthcare, life-sciences and education projects. Now a subsidiary of Tutor Perini, it employs roughly 740 people and reports about $307 million in annual revenue.
Walters & Wolf
Walters & Wolf is an employee-owned (ESOP) building-envelope contractor based in Fremont, California. Founded in 1977 by John Walters and Randy Wolf, the firm designs, engineers, fabricates, and installs curtain wall, architectural glass, metal panels, stone cladding, GFRC and architectural precast concrete, plus interior door/frame/hardware systems. With roughly 600 employees across seven locations in five western states, it is one of North America's largest building-envelope manufacturers and has clad landmark projects for Apple, Google, Adobe, Kaiser, and Sutter Health.