John Morra from Craft & Clerk is our special guest and we hear how he began with his Uncle in bricklaying in his teenage years to building his own successful Mason and Landscaping business to giving back to the industry with his new renoventure Craft & Clerk.

John shares so many stories that every contractor can relate to on and off site.  He gets right into his teenage years and learning the good and mostly bad details of the construction business and doing what most don't, question it all.  So many of these questions led him on a path to change the industry.

We love having guests on our podcast that want to honestly give back.  Tune into this 88 minute long podcast where John talks how to make your business run better on paper, a lot of paper, the paper side of the business that most contractors are too afraid to discuss.

Thank you so much John for joining us.

Check out his web sites

www.craftandclerk.com

www.stonesthrowconstruction.com

Reach out to John for any construction projects at

[email protected]

Reach out to Kate for any paper building business at

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We have a very special guest on today's show John from McLennos Landscaping get's right into the dirt of things, from starting his own business to dealing with clients, drug use from trades and weather. 

Get a very realistic view on starting your own landscaping business, John talks us through his highschool years to some 20 years later working outside.  The ups and downs of one of the hardest trade in construction.  Dealing with employees, clients and Mother or Father Nature calling the shots on your work hours.

Thank you so much John for being a part of our show and all of the valuable information you shared.  

You can reach John at www.mclennonslandscaping.ca

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Josh from OnHive is here to talk about anything and everything to do with your Custom Smart Home Automation, we dive deep into cyber security, web, entertainment, network and data systems.

Hold on to your carpenter pencils and open you notebooks because on today's show we get very tech heavy.  We talk about 5G, WiFi 6, Cyber Security and cameras, Network set ups, Home Theater / Entertainment Systems, and how DATA will be the most powerful currency in the world 10 years from now.

Listen to this entire show and get some extermely valuable intell to what your home will be like tomorrow and beyond.  As for the trdespeople listening in, listen up because this new kid on the block affects every single trade so you better smarten up and make nice.

Find out more info from Josh at www.onhive.ca 

Thanks Josh so much for an amazing show.

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Let's talk personalities and sales in construction with Sunny from Tubs, one of the founding owners who is determined to take the business to new heights and Frank Cone of Cone Construction, Frank has 50 years in the construction business and has seen his fair share of highs and lows.

We get right into misname calling from the first minute and then we get right into personalities and how to connect with clients, suppliers and your crew. You really need to be a match to make construction work for everyone involved.

Plenty of vauable “sales” talk on this podcast and Sunny gives us great insight into how he operates his business and more importantly, why he runs it that way.

Sit back and have a listen at yet another great podcast from The Construction Life.

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On this episode of The Construction Life we are on location at the new home of Aria Vent, right here in Toronto. We have Paolo and Roberta Mantenuto from Aria Vents and they tell us how this little family business has changed the construction industry.

We get right into the origin of the invention, the family better known as The Board, the many and we mean many "no's" they heard when they first launched the product and how this simple idea has captured all of our construction hearts.

We dive deep into the science behind the vents.

We also get a chance to ask Paolo and Robbie some great questions about construction and how things need to evolve.

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After 3 years Aria Vent is now across Canada at Home Depot, Prosol and many other flooring suppliers, Aria Vents are working their way across the USA and it is also in Australia. They will ship the product anywhere in the world, just contact them at www.ariavent.com

We have the man himself, Mark from Skyluxe Roofing and Metal on the show again and we are talking all kinds of construction, from roofing all types of roofing, metal cladding all types of cladding to millennials and more.

In this episode, we finally had to censor a few things that were expressed about crappy products and brands.  We are not interested in talking about the bad materials, let's focus on the great materials.  Our apologies for the beeps during the podcast.

DM us if you really want to know what was said in those missing sections.  

What an amazing podcast and thank you to everyone for listening, leaving us great feedback and asking us to continue talking The Construction Life.

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Sean a "younger" but very experienced commercial concrete "voodoo doctor' joins the show and we get the inside on big concrete projects, from bridges, skyscrapers and airports.

Sean gives us the load down on how big concrete projects are handled, from the plant, to the trucks, to pouring, to all of the political red tape along the way.

We get into the concrete stereotypes, the mafia, the techniques, the pride and so many things that need changing so we can continue to build a better construction industry.

Please enjoy another real construction podcast where egos are not allowed on the mic when it comes to Manny and Carlito.

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Jorge from DGR Concrete Forming joins the show and in this 84 minute long show we talk about residential concrete and more, lot's more. 

Jorge, with nearly 4 decades of experience walks us through the ups and downs of concrete, clients, trades people and the industry in general.  We even get into radios on site, smoking on site, smoking weed on site and more.

Jorge has some amazing information to share and this show is well worth the longer time especially if you as a construction business owner are intersted in running a better ship and making more profit and having more personal time.

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Gary Mares is our guest and plenty to talk about reagrding Trim Carpentry. In the next hour we go old school and new school and has the construction industry changed for the better or worse?

We also get into the some very cool trim techniques, tools and what a typical day on and off site is with Gary and his Old Man. Dealing with clients, other trades and the industry in general. Once again we don't hold back and niether do our guests, always trying to make our conversaions as real as the work day.

What an amazing time we had with Gary picking his brain about The Construction Life.

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What a great podcast on Windows, Doors and Garage Doors, we get right into what's the norm, how to install and the clients.

We have Joe Fernandes from @Joerf1 as our guest, with decades of experience we get ritght into everything to do with these openings in your home.

Why most go one style over another, what are the good, bad and ugly truths about installing windows.  Why clients always go cheap and learn thigns the hard way.

Are the upgrades worth it?

And so much more as Manny and Carlito and Joe have a blast while educating. 

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