Brian Potter
Structural engineer; senior infrastructure fellow at IFP and author of Construction Physics.
At a glance
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- Brian Potter writes Construction Physics, a newsletter on the technology and economics of building construction.
- Potter is a senior infrastructure fellow at the Institute for Progress, which supports the newsletter.
- Potter has 15 years of experience as a structural engineer and managed an engineering team at Katerra, a SoftBank-backed construction startup.
Key facts
- Current role
- Senior Infrastructure Fellow, Institute for Progress1
- Earlier
- Managed an engineering team at Katerra; 15 years as a structural engineer1
- Education
- Bachelor's in civil engineering, Georgia Tech; master's in systems engineering, University of Central Florida1
- Construction Physics
- Newsletter on why construction productivity has fallen over 50 years and how to cut costs2
- IFP reports
- Include How to Build an AI Data Center (June 2024), Will We Ever Get Fusion Power? (July 2024) and Eliminate Redundant Subway Cross-Passages (June 2026)1
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