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Matthew Emma — building the whole arc, land to operations

Construction operator turned commercial closer — and I ship the software too.

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🧑‍💻 About Me

I sell construction software to the people I used to be. Fifteen-plus years on jobsites and in the owner's chair — $490M+ in project value delivered, 600+ tradespeople led — plus a Director-of-BD track record and a founder's command of the AEC-tech stack. So buyers trust me, and demos land.

I've built it, sold it, and rolled it out: founder of Massing, an open-source IFC-native AEC platform; Director of BD at BuildingConnected owning the regional go-to-market; and the person who ran the Procore rollout that unlocked $2.5M+/month of work-in-place on a 10-year, $200M program. Today I lead a $142M museum renovation at Balfour Beatty — living daily in the exact workflows con-tech buyers evaluate.

Demo-credible where it counts: Python, SQL, and REST APIs — fluent enough to talk shop with engineers and technical buyers. Based in Phoenix, AZ, with roots in the NY metro.


🏗️ What I'm Building

Three open-source projects, one thesis: a project is one continuous arc — land, design, build, handover, operations — and the tools should hold all of it. One models it, one reasons about it, one watches it.

🧊 Massing — model it

Stars License · massing.build

Open, self-hosted, IFC-native AEC platform — the whole lifecycle on a single model, with no proprietary format and no per-seat license.

  • BIM authoring + viewer — model from a blank IFC (walls, steel, rebar, MEP), generate a permit-ready construction-document set, pre-check IBC code, hand over LOD-500 as-built data
  • GC portal — ~100 config-driven modules: RFIs, submittals, change-order chain, AIA pay apps, CPM, and construction accounting (double-entry GL/WIP → QuickBooks, e-sign)
  • Development & feasibility — zoning envelope → generated IFC building → underwriting (XIRR/NPV, JV waterfall, Monte Carlo), disposition and tri-approach appraisal
  • Standards & ops — ISO 19650 CDE, Discipline Spine, Facility Condition Assessment, Last Planner board, and an MCP server so agents can drive the project

Vite · Three.js · IfcOpenShell on the web · FastAPI · Postgres · MinIO on the API · free offline desktop build

📐 Master Builder — reason about it

Version License

An installable Claude Skill that makes an AI reason like a master builder — one mind holding an entire built-asset project from raw land through design, construction, handover, operations, and disposition, anywhere in the world.

The core rule: there is no generic building. Ground every answer in a real place, derive the constraints from there, and follow the money and the risk to their conclusions. A lean SKILL.md plus seven reference modules — global codes and AHJs, the development lifecycle, real-estate finance, construction delivery, the digital toolkit, a build doctrine distilled from real platforms, and a forensic pro-forma review.

Distilled from 22+ years of practice. Standards verified against current editions — IBC 2024 / ASCE 7-22, Eurocodes, NCC 2025, ISO 19650 + IFC, LEED v5.

🦅 Osprey — watch it

Status Open Source

A free, open-source, cross-platform background agent for the built environment. It runs quietly, connects to the systems a project already lives in, analyzes what's moving, and produces a prioritized hotlist — what actually needs attention today.

  • Connectors — Outlook / O365, Gmail, Procore, Sage, Argus and similar AEC/RE platforms
  • Output — a ranked hotlist, exportable to Excel and PDF
  • Runs everywhere — Windows, macOS, iOS, Android; self-hostable, enterprise-grade security

Born from a simple observation: the signal that a project is in trouble is almost always already sitting in someone's inbox.


🛠️ Languages & Tools

My Skills

Con-tech: Procore · BuildingConnected · Autodesk Navisworks · Primavera P6 Certifications: Procore (Associate · Superintendent · Developer) · OSHA 30 · NYC DOB Construction Superintendent · FDNY Fire Safety Manager Affiliations: NAIOP · REBNY · CCIM

🏛️ Signature Projects

  • Madison Square Garden Transformation — BIM/MEP coordination, 200+ union trades/day
  • Amazon HQ — 850K SF core & shell TCO turnover (WeWork)
  • 830 Brickell — 130K SF six-floor fit-out preconstruction (Miami)
  • NC Museum of History — $142M renovation & expansion (Balfour Beatty JV)
  • eManager — national web system for change orders, daily reports and document control (Turner)

🎓 Education

Georgetown University — M.S., Real Estate Finance (2021) Virginia Tech — B.S., Building Construction (2009)

🌐 Let's Connect


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