Time & Materials Podcast

Keith Kelleher is an Accredited Mediator with ADR / Friary Law / CIArb, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor.

In this episode of the Time & Materials Podcast Keith and Ciaran drill down into the impacts of COVID on the construction industry including: what contract lessons can construction companies learn post-COVID; and the advantages and disadvantages of a cost-plus contract as a solution to cost inflation.

And the famous Clause 36 and why now, more than ever, contractors need to know and understand why Clause 36 should not be struck out of their contracts.

Learn more about Kelliher & Associates at their website.

Excluding COVID, in July 2022 we saw the sharpest decline in construction activity in Ireland for 10 years. In this episode of the Time & Materials Podcast we dig in to find out what's going on in the construction industry.

In this episode Ciaran is joined by Director & Head of Research of BNP Paribas Ireland John McCartney.

Ciaran & John drill into the Purchasing Managers Index report for July 2022. The report monitors activity within the construction sector.

Sinead Lew is a Corporate Tax Director at PWC.

Sinead, with her colleagues in PwC and The Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI), were involved in the creation of the recently published Construction Market Monitor Report 2023.

The report tracks responses from various construction and land surveying professionals such as chartered building, quantity, project management, and planning & development surveyors.

The report covers several activity trends related to general construction activity and projects, as well as those trends experienced within surveying firms which provides a useful and valuable insight regarding the current and expected delivery of construction activity and output for the next 12 months.

The report is informed by professionals working in the public and private sector, both from large and smaller firms across Ireland.

But how will this affect general building contractors?

To shine some light on that very question, Sinead & Ciaran dig into some of the key questions that general building contractors will need to know and understand through the next 12 months.

Michael Kirk is an executive, director & founder of many successful businesses. Michael has transitioned through construction and now specialises in optimising process management, digital transformation and change management.

He is passionate about businesses, the people who work in these businesses, and customers who he can help on a daily basis.

Aileen Gallagher specialises in working with Construction-related Businesses - Roofing, Construction, Commercial Landscaping, Heating & Plumbing, Electrical, Suspended Ceilings, Safety Netting etc. Any construction-related business selling high value services.

Aileen works in the short term on solving issues such as reducing working hours, attracting and retaining a skilled reliable team and improving cashflow in the business, and then moves onto the more long term issues of putting the systems and structures in place to ensure the business is less dependent on the constant involvement of the business owners.

With thirty plus years in the KBB industry, including physically installing kitchens and bathrooms for over twenty of them, Mark has the skill set and the expansive knowledge to offer in-depth points of view and conclusion surrounding everything connected to kitchens and bathrooms.

Never to be held back by something as simple as distance, his fearless attitude and determination has allowed Mark to continue to successfully manage his own KBB business in Dundee, Scotland from a mere 7,000km away in Vancouver, Canada, since 2010.

During this time he has taken this little Scottish company from a simple 'one man band' operation to a multi-award winning company with Best Installation Company and Scotland's Best All Trade Company being a prestigious part of the company's highlights.

In this episode, Guy Richardson shares how he has built a people & culture focused office Fit-Out, design & refurbishment company. Ciaran and Guy also dig into a deep construction question, how do we deal with apprentices & subcontractors in today's construction world?

Mike Dunn is the 2021 Finalist - Service Industries Entrepreneur of the Year - GBEA / Founder of Excel Trade Group / Managing Director of Excel TM Group / Founder of Tradesman.co / Managing Director Excel Recruitment Solutions. Mike discusses his journey to date managing a variety of companies in construction.

Join 'Time & Materials' host Ciaran Brennan as he discusses the considerations that need to be made when choosing an accounting software for your construction company.

Ciaran has heard from experts in Xero, Sage and Quickbooks in our last 3 podcasts. He has heard the advantages and disadvantages of these accounting softwares and now asks the necessary questions to determine which one is best suited for your business.

In the final episode of our, 'What is the best accounting software for construction companies' series of podcasts, Ciaran sits down with Nicky Goringe Larkin, Founder of Goringe Accountants to discuss why Quickbooks is the best accounting software for construction companies.

Nicky brings a vast amount of experience working in many industries with many clients and in this episode talks through some of the benefits construction companies gain when selecting Quickbooks for their accounts.

Nicky covers why construction companies are selecting Quickbooks over products like Sage & Xero as well as looking at features, benefits and costs of the top accounting products for construction companies.