HeyJaredThe Major Project Podcast
Every day, somewhere in the world, a billion-dollar project is underway — reshaping skylines, powering nations, and pushing the limits of what’s possible.
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Bonus Episode: The New Career Moat Is Speed with Hannah Garrett (opens the original)
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In this bonus episode, Hannah Garrett shares practical advice for students, career changers, and professionals hoping to enter the fast-growing data center industry. She explains why emerging leaders should embrace AI, learn by experimenting, and focus on simplifying complex systems. Hannah and Orion also discuss why speed may replace complexity as a competitive advantage, how AI could reshape traditional corporate structures, and why this period of disruption presents an extraordinary opportuni
You Can't Automate Chaos - Hannah Garrett on Structure, AI, and the Data Center Boom (opens the original)
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About half of all US data centers scheduled to open this year are delayed or canceled. Hannah Garrett isn't surprised. She's been watching tech and construction try to figure each other out for a decade, and says the real problem isn't energy, equipment, or even AI. It's that nobody fixed their operational structure before the boom hit. Hannah Garrett has 10 years across both sides of data center delivery - five on the GC side at Hensel Phelps and Clark, and five more on the owner side at Meta,
Bonus Episode: The Curious Engineer: Bruno Caldas on Career Moves, Data, and Getting Into the Room (opens the original)
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Bruno Caldas didn't take a traditional path into the world of billion-dollar projects - he started building computers at 14, earned a mechatronics engineering degree, and landed on a $20 billion iron ore project in the jungles of Guinea within two years of graduating. In this bonus segment, Bruno shares what he'd tell his younger self: get comfortable with discomfort, learn the tools that nobody else wants to learn, and never underestimate the power of a clean dataset. Whether you're a student c
Your AI Strategy IS Your Data Strategy - Bruno Caldas on Building the Intelligent PMO (opens the original)
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Bruno Caldas has built dashboards on a laptop in the African jungle, trained 300 people on SAP, and is now building AI agent teams for one of the world's largest mining companies. The throughline across 18 years in the industry is always the same: the data foundation comes first. Bruno Caldas is a project controls and business intelligence professional at Rio Tinto, sitting at the intersection of capital projects, finance, systems, and AI. With 16 years in mining across Guinea, Brazil, and Canad
Bonus Episode: ”Being Right Isn’t Enough” - Omer Iqbal on What Actually Advances a Career in Major Projects (opens the original)
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Omer Iqbal returns for a bonus episode focused on career advice for project controls professionals - from how to actually get noticed in an organization, to why doing everything by the book might be holding you back. He shares his go-to books, the two habits he says can transform any career, and why staying curious is more than just good advice. If you're early in your career or feeling stuck, this one's for you.
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