Construction Secrets

This episode is a re-run. It was originally published in September 2022.

Avoid the headache of late projects by listening to this podcast and taking control of your timelines! Listen now!

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Timestamps:

(1:24) - They award the contract typically to one large construction company

(2:34) - What happens in the situation where your subcontractor is late

(3:30) - A lot of times they'll blame their clients for not paying you

(5:12) - There's a relationship side of things and there's the contractual side of things

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Did you know that training your leaders is key to your business success? Listen in and discover how to train like a pro for unbeatable construction leadership! 💪 Here’s Part 2 of my interview with Ryan Castle.

For management training that sticks not only to your leaders but also to your business, visit thebreakthrough.co or connect with Ryan Castle directly on Linkedin.

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Timestamps:

(2:50) - How do we attract, hire and retain top talent?

(3:04) - Why do you think people are leaving your organization and moving to other organizations?

(6:23) - To be part of a high-performance organization, you need high-performance people at every level

(12:19) - Develop people continuously over time

(13:13) - Who in the organization is the best bang for buck to start training?

(14:39) - When you are trying to create a high performance, you really are trying to instill a cult – what we refer to as a culture of contribution

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Scale smarter, not harder, with this essential podcast on construction company growth! Get all the valuable insights in this episode with Ryan Castle, CEO of The Breakthrough.Co. Tune in!

For management training that sticks not only to your leaders but also to your business, visit thebreakthrough.co or connect with Ryan Castle directly on Linkedin.

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Timestamps:

(7:05) - Once you start scaling beyond that, you actually have to move away from being a doer into being a leader

(8:33) - What are the biggest mistakes that you see construction company leaders make?

(9:15) - How do I figure out whether I'm working in my business or on my business?

(10:09) - How might we expand our business into another state or another city or another country

(15:16) - How do you go about developing your people leaders, like helping them transition from being a great tradesperson into a good leader

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Contractual disputes can be stressful, but you don't have to tolerate being pushed around. Stop contractual bullying! 🛑 Tune in!

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Timestamps:

(1:18) - When you're on the client side, one of the things that you have to deal with all of the time is you have to take whatever the contractor gives you and turn it around

(2:19) - Sometimes you're overclaiming

(3:35) - Build up that body of evidence

(4:52) - How about we just go to a different contractor to recoup our money?

(5:08) - The only way you can get revenge is by being successful

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This episode is a re-run. It was originally published in September 2022.

Before you ink that deal, think twice! This tip could save your construction project from becoming a nightmare. Listen up! 🔊

Construction Companies doing $5M+, watch this FREE Case Study on how Quantum has helped 8 Construction Companies sign lower risk contracts and boost cashflow & margin: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://quantumcs.co/casestudy-podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Timestamps:

(00:45) - What is nominated subcontractor

(1:39) - What can happen though is you sign a contract and it says very briefly nothing. You know nothing about it

(3:02) - What do you need to do to get around this?

(3:54) - You need the information before you sign the contract because it could cost you an absolute ton of money

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Want to know the secret to earning trust in your construction business? Listen to this podcast with Allan Dib! 🔊

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Timestamps:

(1:38) - Give some proof along with claims that you make, and that will give them a lot more credence as well

(2:29) - There's this, it's what I call an awesomeness gap

(3:22) - People only buy based on your marketing. They don't buy based on using your product or service because by that time they've purchased already

(4:19) - How can we procedurize into our day to day work, getting reviews, getting testimonials from clients?

(6:19) - Have a few prompts where you can prompt them. So for example, why did you choose us over our competitors?

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Join the discussion and discover the TRUTH about the challenges contractors face in the construction world! Listen up!👂

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Timestamps:

(2:29) - It's a bit of an epidemic of construction companies going out of business

(3:51) - There's two things has been scarce

(5:48) - What the GCs and main contractors tend to do is they squeeze people's cashflow in order to make a deal

(6:07) - How do we keep our cashflow alive? How do we make sure that we get paid?

(8:01) - Basically, you want to kill them with paperwork

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Construction Project Managers! Want to upskill and get promoted? Tune in!

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Timestamps:

(1:48) - We have to realize that there are two parts to construction

(2:47) - You might want to be doing something much better, but the goal is to make a profit and to make money ultimately because it is a business

(3:24) - You need to be the type of person that can deliver onsite, deliver everything from a construction point of view, but also deliver contractually and commercially

(5:31) - The people who can bring in the money are who get promoted

(6:22) - If you want to move up in the construction industry, you got to get good at the contract things because that's what brings the money in the door

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This episode is a re-run. It was originally published on August 2022.

Need to fast-track your construction project? Start by understanding these 3 critical items!📢

Construction Companies doing $5M+, watch this FREE Case Study on how Quantum has helped 8 Construction Companies sign lower risk contracts and boost cashflow & margin: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://quantumcs.co/casestudy-podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Timestamps:

(1:20) - Always remember these guys, the project manager that you're going to deal with, or whoever it is on their side are always going to look after their own behinds

(3:03) - Very simply don't sign a contract that says you'd accelerate for free

(3:27) - Are you asking me to accelerate because you're late? Or are you asking me to accelerate because the client wants to speed up the whole thing?

(4:45) - Understand who is paying for the acceleration before you start accelerating the works whatsoever

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Make your construction business stand out without putting that extra work! Listen to this podcast as Allan Dib reveals the secret sauce to marketing. Don’t miss out!

Construction Companies doing $5M+, watch this FREE Case Study on how Quantum has helped 8 Construction Companies sign lower risk contracts and boost cashflow & margin: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://quantumcs.co/casestudy-podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Timestamps:

(00:59) - Another way I think of marketing is amplification, right? So how do we amplify our message?

(1:54) - Let's figure out a message that can really cut through within your target market that really resonates with your target market

(2:29) - Talk to us on volume and what that means and the difference between a single activity and daily activities

(4:04) - I work on high-impact marketing activities

(5:25) - You don't get strong by doing a thousand different movements

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