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Breaking Ground - A CheckProof Podcast

Breaking Ground - A CheckProof Podcast

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Breaking Ground is a podcast by CheckProof featuring expert voices and frontline insights from the aggregates and construction materials industry. Through engaging conversations with leaders, from CEOs to site managers and senior leaders, we explore digitalization, operational excellence, sustainability, and the future of the industry.

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  • 5. The Engineering Mindset: Driving Safety & Reliability
    Dec 17 2025

    Tom O'Boyle, Project and Engineering Manager at Heidelberg Materials, shares insights on using data to find hidden downtime, fostering team collaboration, and the importance of design in reliability.


    ⏱ CHAPTERS:

    01:49 - Reliable Plant Is Safe

    04:18 - Reliability Starts at Design

    08:28 - Balancing Production and Maintenance

    20:42 - Fundamentals of Maintenance Engineering

    32:05 - Avoid Project Scope Drift

    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4lELHDWupmmPCUDhRBuUpT?si=ZcFCiFvbQm6wau8xabyqhA&nd=1&dlsi=76a3723e36a148ad

    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/breaking-ground-a-checkproof-podcast/id1822236486


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    34 mins
  • 4. A Futurist's view on Heavy Industry's Evolution
    Nov 26 2025

    Futurist Ant Morse discusses the fundamental change driven by Generative AI. The major near-term prediction is AI assistants. These systems, using glass technology, will boost safety, accessibility, and predictive maintenance in heavy industry.


    ⏱ CHAPTERS:

    01:00 - Intro: From Art History to Mining

    02:52 - People Over Compliance

    04:05 - OSHA/MSHA: The Training Scope

    05:43 - The Danger of Complacency

    08:25 - Cultivating Team Vulnerability

    10:00 - Lessons from a Catastrophic Crane Failure

    12:10 - New Crane Policy: Third-Party Checks

    14:43 - Using Cameras and Sensors (AI)

    17:16 - Data Analytics: The Wednesday Spike

    20:56 - Real-Time Photo Documentation

    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4lELHDWupmmPCUDhRBuUpT?si=ZcFCiFvbQm6wau8xabyqhA&nd=1&dlsi=76a3723e36a148ad

    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/breaking-ground-a-checkproof-podcast/id1822236486


    Visit our website: checkproof.com

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    28 mins
  • 3. Safety Leadership in Practice
    Oct 22 2025

    In this episode of Breaking Ground, Katie Woodhall, Safety Director at The Beaver Companies, shares how real-world experience and leadership on the ground shape stronger safety cultures. She reflects on how an older company incident redefined the organization’s approach to safety and offers practical insights on keeping teams accountable, aware, and engaged every day. She also shares one of her most practical tips on getting to the root cause of an incident.

    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4lELHDWupmmPCUDhRBuUpT?si=ZcFCiFvbQm6wau8xabyqhA&nd=1&dlsi=76a3723e36a148ad

    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/breaking-ground-a-checkproof-podcast/id1822236486


    Visit our website: checkproof.com

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    30 mins
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