In this episode, Jimmy sits down with Alastair, former partner of Doherty's Gym, now owner of Victims of Ink, and a welder, to unpack his journey through business and the construction world, navigating some troublesome situations and crowds, including running from the police, dealing with the underworld, and his two-cents on Derrimut gym's.

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📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rookiewelder/

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🌐 Website: https://starbuckgroup.com.au

📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JimmyTalksConstruction

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💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-starbuck-13336546/

In this episode, Jimmy sits down with Cameron Bongers, co-director of Civelite and LandUrban, to unpack his journey through the civil construction world. Cameron dives into scaling Civelite, the lessons learned building high-performing teams, and the mindset behind growing sustainable businesses in the civil and track building spaces.

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🌐 Website: https://www.civelite.com.au/

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civelite/?hl=en

📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/civelite/

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameron-bongers-900656188/

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/civelite/?originalSubdomain=au

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🌐 Website: https://starbuckgroup.com.au

📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JimmyTalksConstruction

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/starbuckexcavation

📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/starbuckexcavation

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-starbuck-13336546/

In this episode, Jimmy talks to Nouri about his journey in concreting, building the successful concrete city construction. He also discusses his latest venture into developing an app CreteMate, where subbies can find work, and also get reviewed by their employers.

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📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/concretecityconstruction/?hl=en

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crete.mate/

📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/concretecityconstruction/

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🌐 Website: https://starbuckgroup.com.au

📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JimmyTalksConstruction

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/starbuckexcavation

📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/starbuckexcavation

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-starbuck-13336546/

In this episode, Jimmy talks to Chris AI Safety and the innovative features HSE pacific is bringing to Australia. They also go deeper into the relationship of onsite safety, and how it can severely impact productivity, and thus, profit.

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🌐 Website: https://hsepacific.com.au/

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hse_pacific/

📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hsepacific/

📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HSEPacific

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hsepacific/

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-newton-1649b816/

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🌐 Website: https://starbuckgroup.com.au

📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JimmyTalksConstruction

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/starbuckexcavation

📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/starbuckexcavation

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-starbuck-13336546/

In this episode, Jimmy talks to Ryan about his journey in civil construction, as well as some deep conversations about lessons learnt, and when ego’s got the best of them. They also skim the surface of Australian and New Zealand politics and their impacts on the current state of the construction industry as a whole.

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🌐 Website: https://www.nextlevelcivil.co.nz/

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nextlevelcivil/?hl=en

📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nextlevelcivil/

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/next-level-civil/?originalSubdomain=nz

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-ruthe-a94027144/

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🌐 Website: https://starbuckgroup.com.au

📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JimmyTalksConstruction

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/starbuckexcavation

📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/starbuckexcavation

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-starbuck-13336546/

In this episode, Jimmy talks to Joshua, who's just started his own engineering group. Despite being a young buck in business ownership, Josh has been everywhere and his experience is nothing to be sniffed at.

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🌐 Website: https://beardengineeringgroup.com/

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beardengineeringgroup/

📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/beardengineeringgroup/

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-beard-3a103aa9/

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🌐 Website: https://starbuckgroup.com.au

📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JimmyTalksConstruction

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/starbuckexcavation

📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/starbuckexcavation

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-starbuck-13336546/

In this episode, Jimmy talks to Brad about how he got started in the fine art of building skate parks. From illegally riding his BMX on unfinished parks, to building them Australia wide, Brad is one of the best at what he does.

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🌐 Website: https://www.droverprojects.com.au/

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/droverprojects/?hl=en

📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/droverprojects/

💼 LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/brad-kasch-74878aa8

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🌐 Website: https://starbuckgroup.com.au

📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JimmyTalksConstruction

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/starbuckexcavation

📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/starbuckexcavation

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-starbuck-13336546/

In this episode, Jimmy talks to Joe about all things heavy haulage, transport, and his journey from truck driver, to general manager at Patlin, a family ran business. He also discusses the biggest challenges and mistakes made in his time...

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Connect with Joe:

🌐 Website: https://www.patlintransport.com.au/

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/patlinheavyhaulage_/?hl=en

📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PatlinTransportHeavyHaulage/

💼 LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/company/patlin-transport

📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PatlinHH

Connect with Jimmy:

🌐 Website: https://starbuckgroup.com.au

📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JimmyTalksConstruction

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/starbuckexcavation

📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/starbuckexcavation

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-starbuck-13336546/

In this episode, Jimmy talks to Ivan about all things construction, trucking, agencies, and of course... social media in the construction space. Ivan has done it all from trucking, to running his own earthmoving business, and now most recently, growing Earthworks Hub as a podcast and community resource. If you enjoyed this chat, don't forget to like, subscribe, and share the podcast.

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Connect with Ivan:

🌐 Website: https://earthworkshub.com.au/

📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@earthworkshub

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/earthworkshub/

🎶 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@earthworks.hub

📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/258891050628784

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivan-orlovic-481a02a0/

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🌐 Website: https://starbuckgroup.com.au

📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JimmyTalksConstruction

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/starbuckexcavation

📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/starbuckexcavation

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-starbuck-13336546/

In this episode, Jimmy talks to William Clennett, CEO of Clennett Hire. They discuss the beginnings of his career running Mitre 10 stores in Tasmania, and the journey of growing Clennett Hire in Melbourne over the years.

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Connect with Will:

🌐 Website: https://clennetthire.com.au/

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clennett_hire/

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-clennett-8b539714/

💼 LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/company/clennett-hireofficial

Connect with Jimmy:

🌐 Website: https://starbuckgroup.com.au

📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JimmyTalksConstruction

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/starbuckexcavation

📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/starbuckexcavation

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-starbuck-13336546/