Crushing It In Construction

Hello everybody and welcome back to the Crushing It In Construction podcast.

I'm your host Jordan Skinner, and this week I'm speaking to Philip Byrum from Orion Consulting. Phillip is the director of Orion consulting and,  he only started the business in 2015 and they are already at over 80 people and they are buying businesses as well.

In this episode, Philip and I talk about some of the growing pains that the business had in the early stages of getting the business off the ground. He's also going to talk to us about why he chose to invest in leadership coaching for each one of his leadership staff and why he feels that it was such a good investment.

CONTACT DETAILS:

Philip Byrum
Website: https://orionconsulting.com.au/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/orion-consulting-engineers/

Jordan Skinner
Website: https://moonshotmedia.com.au/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-skinner-685439178/

Hello Everybody and welcome back to the Crushing It In Construction Podcast.

This week I'm speaking with Michael Hatton. Michael is the founder and managing director of Total Surveying Solutions based in Sydney. Michael is a really interesting guy and in this episode we talk about his career.

We also talk about some of the struggles that he faced in the beginning, trying to get the business off the ground and how he  managed to get buy-in from his employees in those early stages and then eventually how he transitioned to getting those employees to buy into the bigger picture of the company so that he could eventually get more of a management structure in place and eventually become a director and sort of step back from the day-to-day running of the business.

CONTACT DETAILS:

MICHAEL HATTON:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-hatton-a5314013/
Website: https://www.totalsurveying.com.au/

JORDAN SKINNER:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-skinner-685439178/
Website: https://moonshotmedia.com.au/

Hello everybody, and welcome back to the crushing it in construction podcast.

In this weeks episode, I'm talking to Kari Armitage. Kari is the managing director of Quarry Mining. Based out of New South Wales. Kari has a very interesting story. She started off in civil engineering as a cadet, working for a civil engineering consulting firm. She then was asked by her father to come back and help run the family business. And I think she has some really unique insight into some of the challenges that taking over a family business presents.

And she's going to talk about them with us today.

CONTACT DETAILS:

KARI ARMITAGE
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kari-armitage-908ab59b/
Website: https://quarrymining.com/

JORDAN SKINNER
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-skinner-685439178/
Website: https://moonshotmedia.com.au/

Hello everybody and welcome to the Crushing It In Construction Podcast!

This week I am speaking with Jeremy Palmer from Quattro Project Engineering and I talk to him about his journey and some of the challenges he went through growing the business.

He touches on some of the various stages the company went through while growing and tells us why the desire to truly help and empower your employees is so important if you want them to produce successful outcomes.

CONTACT DETAILS:

JEREMY PALMER:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremypalmer2/
Website: https://www.quattrope.com/

JORDAN SKINNER:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-skinner-685439178/
Website: https://moonshotmedia.com.au/

Hello everybody and welcome to the “Crushing It In Construction” podcast.

In this weeks episode we are chatting with Tony Guidera, the director of Guidera O'Connor, a company that specializes in delivering water treatment, wastewater treatment and pump station projects for councils and the government sector.

In this episode he shares how he grew the business to nearly 200 people and shares some of the stuggles he faced along the way. He also shares his views on why companies in contracting should stick to what they know, do it really well and not get too distracted by other projects that arent within your core skill set.

Its a really great episode and i think you will get some useful information and learn a lot from this episode.

CONTACT INFO:

TONY GUIDERA:
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tony-guidera-3b754413/

Company Website: https://goc.net.au/

JORDAN SKINNER
 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-skinner-685439178/

Moonshot Media Website: https://moonshotmedia.com.au/

Hello and welcome to “Crushing it in Construction” podcast

In today’s episode, we have the pleasure of talking to Kate Burrows. She is the founder and Managing Director of the Tender Training College and is passionate about helping people to improve their tendering skills and to secure their futures. Kate has more than 15 years of experience in tendering, and has helped clients win more than $25 billion in new business.

In this interview, Kate explains why people don't need to be good at writing, in order to create good tenders. She also analyses the consequences of overthinking writing tenders and why people get stuck in a wrong mindset, where they think they need to be professional writers to win tenders.

Listen to the entire episode to learn more about the insights that Kate Burrows shares. Rate and review before the next episode.

Contact info

Jordan Skinner

Website: https://moonshotmedia.com.au/  

 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-skinner-685439178/?originalSubdomain=au

Kate Burrows

Website: https://tendertrainingcollege.com.au/ 

Email: [email protected] 

Hello everybody and welcome to the “Crushing It In Construction” podcast.

In today’s episode, we have the pleasure of talking to Damian Ennis. He is a highly motivated, capable, Manager with a demonstrated capability of working in Major Projects, such as Design (Architecture), Construction (in planning & on-site), and Advisory (Super Funds / Hedge Funds)- in Ireland, US, and Australia. Damian is also Experienced in Educational, Commercial, Residential, and Infrastructure (Social, Civil, Tunnels, Buildings, Oil & Gas, etc.)

In this interview, Damian is explaining why we should be focusing more on finding talent from outside the industry, by giving specific examples. He is also analyzing some of the consequences we are seeing from not getting the fresh perspectives and insights that come with other people from other industries and why people get stuck thinking that promoting within is their best and only option.

Listen to the entire episode to learn more about the insights that Damian Ennis is sharing. Rate and review before the next episode.

Contact info

Jordan Skinner

Website https://moonshotmedia.com.au/  

 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-skinner-685439178/?originalSubdomain=au

Damian Ennis

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/damian-ennis/?originalSubdomain=au 

Twitter https://twitter.com/damian_ennis

Website: https://www.conciseinfraconsult.com/

Hello everybody and welcome to the “Crushing It in Construction” podcast.

In today’s episode, we have the pleasure of talking to Rebecca Pickering. Rebecca is the CEO of the Civil Contractors Federation In South Australia. 

She has worked in the commercial building and construction industry for over 20 years. For the last decade, she has held executive roles. Her skills and experience as a business, risk and IT professional in both private and non-profit sectors deliver continuous and solid results. Today, Rebecca is the current CEO of the Civil Contractors Federation in South Australia.

In this interview, Rebecca shares her professional journey and how she managed to hold a number of recognized qualifications in the areas of business, risk management, compliance, auditing, quality management, systems, and information technology. She also explains her transition into the position she is today with CCF and what are some of the main things that CCF helps its members do.

Contact info

Jordan Skinner

Website https://jordanskinner.com/  https://moonshotmedia.com.au/  

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-skinner-685439178/?originalSubdomain=au

Moonshot Media: https://www.linkedin.com/company/moonshot-media1/?viewAsMember=true

Rebecca Pickering

https://www.cacl.com.au/

https://ccfsa.com.au/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-pickering-2a01a2aa/

Hello everybody and welcome to the first episode of “Crushing It In Construction” podcast.

In today’s episode we have the pleasure of talking to Elinor Moshe. She is an ambitious, driven Thought Leader and founder of The Construction Coach. Elinor is also the host of the leading industry podcast “Constructing You” and author of “Constructing Your Career”

In this interview, Elinor shares with us how she got into the construction industry and what made her transition into the thought leadership space. Elinor Moshe is also explaining how someone can be a better leader and talking about her new book coming out next year, which is called Leadership in Construction.

Contact info:

Elinor Moshe

Buy Elinor's book here: https://www.elinormoshe.com/ 

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/elinormoshe_/

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/elinor-moshe/ 

Hello, everybody, and welcome to the very first episode of the Crushing it in Construction podcast. I'm your host, Jordan Skinner. 

In this first episode, I'm just going to explain what this podcast is, who it's for, and what you can expect from this show. So I'm starting this podcast because I want it to be a resource for people within the industry, a resource that I wish I had when I was still working within the industry myself. 

So each week, I'm going to be interviewing business owners, executives and people within middle management.We're going to dive into how they got started within the industry, what they love about it, what mistakes they've made, how they found their success, and what advice they have for others coming up in the industry. 

Stay tuned!

Contact info

Jordan Skinner

Website https://jordanskinner.com/  https://moonshotmedia.com.au/  

 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-skinner-685439178/?originalSubdomain=au