What really happens behind the build?

This series takes you inside the complex, often unseen world of construction, urban planning, and development - where ideas move from concept to reality through a mix of vision, collaboration, and constant problem-solving. Across these episodes, industry leaders share real stories from the front lines, offering an honest look at the challenges, decisions, and innovations shaping the built environment today.

From the evolving demands of modern construction to the political and community dynamics behind urban planning, to bold new ideas transforming hospitality - this series explores every layer of the process. You’ll hear how buildings today are more complex than ever, why early collaboration is critical, and how navigating approvals and public expectations can make or break a project. At the same time, you’ll discover how innovation, like Canada’s first pod hotel, emerges from identifying gaps and rethinking traditional models.

At its core, Behind the Build is about more than structures - it’s about people. Their stories around relationships, leadership, and lived experience that turn challenges into opportunities and ideas into lasting impact. Whether you’re a developer, architect, planner, in construction or simply curious about how the spaces around you come to life, this series offers a deeper understanding of what it truly takes to build for the future.

Siegrist Architecture is a Vancouver-based firm led by Duane Siegrist and Andrew Martin, two leaders focused on turning complex ideas into real, buildable spaces. Their work spans everything from multi-family apartments and townhomes to high-rise towers, mass timber and concrete builds, senior living environments, and mixed-use communities that bring people, work, and life together. What sets them apart is experience, not just in design, but in delivery. Years of working alongside clients, consultants, and municipalities have shaped a practical, collaborative approach rooted in relationships and trust. They know what it takes to move a project forward, and get it built well. At every stage, the focus is simple: strong partnerships, clear communication, and thoughtful design that holds up in the real world.

The result? Projects that run smoothly, spaces that work beautifully, and communities that last.