{"id":417247,"date":"2026-07-29T23:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T23:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/417247\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T23:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T23:41:08","slug":"the-indispensables-2026-chris-araujo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/417247\/","title":{"rendered":"The Indispensables 2026: Chris Araujo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium aligncenter\" style=\"max-height: 400px; max-width: 300px; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Chris Araujo\" width=\"90%\" height=\"auto\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1785368468_25_w=9999.jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium aligncenter\" style=\"max-height: 400px; max-width: 300px; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1785368468_25_w=9999.jpeg\" alt=\"Chris Araujo\" width=\"90%\" height=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Innovation Executive<br \/>BNBuilders<\/p>\n<p>As leader of BNBuilders\u2019 Los Angeles and Orange County innovation team, Chris Araujo oversees the integration of emerging technologies, including building information modeling, artificial intelligence and robotics. In his role as Innovation Executive, he has strategically implemented these tools, strengthening project delivery and operational efficiency. By bridging technical advancements and practical construction applications, Araujo ensures the firm remains competitive in the evolving technological landscape.<\/p>\n<p>Words To Describe Them: Collaborative, innovative, strategic, forward-thinking, influential, trustworthy<\/p>\n<p>From the Indispensable: \u201cConstruction is a demanding industry, and I\u2019ve always believed innovation should feel practical, useful, and even exciting \u2014 not just technical for the sake of it. I\u2019m motivated by bringing people together, connecting expertise to need, and creating trust across teams. (At its core), I care about being someone others can rely on. Whether it\u2019s introducing new technology, improving efficiency, or supporting the people around me, I take pride in helping move both the work and the industry forward in meaningful ways.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Innovation ExecutiveBNBuilders As leader of BNBuilders\u2019 Los Angeles and Orange County innovation team, Chris Araujo oversees the integration&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417248,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[166883,166884,48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-417247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-bnbuilders","tag-chris-araujo","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}