Alexei, Anthony Jones
## Key Points
- 30 years in construction. Survived the 2009 financial crisis. Worked as a digital consultant in Santa Clara, leading 3 major subs (structural). Cofounded Mosaic around the idea of moving construction content faster (inspired by advertising/digital magazines).
- Tried to sell to Autodesk. Now working with insurance companies and firms like Deloitte on drawing confidence/assurance.
- Meeting #2 focused on VDC: Mosaic has a Director of VDC responsible for production and budgeting. VDC is about getting the site ready for building, not really about BIM models.
- Asked about multi-residential support. Their use case is budgeting and expenditure tracking -- currently not at granular item level. Want to go to item-level tracking for progress monitoring.
- Biggest use case: door coordination. Walls get sealed, then they discover a fire damper requiring electrical or fire signals. Leads to big change orders opening walls back up.
## Pain Points Mentioned
- Door coordination failures: installing doors, sealing walls, then discovering fire damper requirements that need electrical/fire signals -- major change orders
- Need item-level extraction from drawings for progress tracking (currently only do high-level budgeting)
- Drawing confidence/assurance is a growing concern for insurance companies and owners
## Product Feedback
- If Gink can spot/highlight doors that need fire dampers (should be on door schedule + electrical schedule symbol), that would directly address their biggest coordination pain
- Interested in using item extraction for progress tracking, not just estimating
- Mentioned Inertia Systems as a company that extracts some data -- believes in partnering
## Next Steps
- Friendly and helpful relationship. Can intro to other folks and teach.
- Key nuggets to explore: insurance use case and Home Depot (already doing takeoffs for generators)
- Potential for H.J. Russell design partnership