Welcome back to the Crushing It In Construction Podcast!

Today I’m joined by Adam Cooper, the President of Ascent Consulting. 

Adam started out in the industry as an electrician. He then worked his way up through project management and eventually stepped away from the job site to help contractors run better businesses behind the scenes.

Over the past decade, he’s worked with hundreds of construction companies across the US, helping them put structure around things most businesses just “figure out as they go.”

We got into private equity rolling into construction, why it works in some parts of the industry and completely falls apart in others, and what actually makes a construction business valuable enough to sell in the first place.

We spoke about systems, why most businesses are far more owner-dependent than they think, and what needs to be in place if you ever want to step away without everything slowing down.

Adam also shared how he nearly became a chemical engineer… which probably would’ve led a very different life.

Connect with Adam Cooper:
Website: https://ascentconsults.com/
Podcast: https://ascentconsults.com/construction-hot-takes-podcast/

Connect with Jordan Skinner:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanaskinner/
Website: https://moonshotmedia.com.au/

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Welcome back to the Crushing It In Construction Podcast!

Today I sat down to have a chat with Eric Anderton. He is the man behind the Construction Genius Podcast and has spent the last two decades helping contractors figure out something most of them were never trained to do: lead people.

Since 2004, he’s worked closely with construction leaders across the US, helping technically skilled builders make the shift from building projects to building teams.

We talked about the difference between hard bid environments and negotiated work, why many contractors believe price is everything, and how mindset often plays a bigger role in winning better projects than strategy alone.

Towards the end, we also dug into where the industry is heading, the next generation entering construction, and why Eric believes the combination of skilled trades and emerging technology is going to create enormous opportunities over the next decade.

If you’re trying to build better leaders inside your company, this is one worth listening to.

Connect with Eric Anderton:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andertoneric/
Website: https://www.constructiongenius.com
Podcast: Construction Genius

Connect with Jordan Skinner:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanaskinner/
Website: https://moonshotmedia.com.au/

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Joining us today is Nate Carlisle, the founder who turned a $7,500 bet into a multi-million dollar framing empire. But to understand how he built his business, you first need to understand what he had to leave behind.

Nate grew up in a controlled, fundamentalist cult where entrepreneurship was discouraged and the outside world was off-limits. His story isn't just about business growth; it's a profound lesson in building personal and professional freedom from the ground up.

He isn't afraid to get real about the hard stuff: how cash desperation creates a race to the bottom, why the right partners are everything, and what it's actually like on the other side of high-profile, high-cost business coaching.

Sharing how Tecton Framing broke every mold, this episode digs into the raw realities of overcoming your circumstances—whether they're financial, cultural, or self-imposed.

For Nate, it all comes down to resilience, smart cash management, and trusting your own gut over the hype. Sounds like the kind of truth we all need to hear, right?

Let's get started.

Connect with Nate Carlisle:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nate-carlisle-7bb66b14a/

Website: https://www.tectonco.com/

Connect with Jordan Skinner:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanaskinner/

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

Ever wonder if you're being paid what you're worth? Or if you're paying your team fairly? Martin from Built & Byron's recruitment surveys 500+ actually employed construction pros (not just job-seekers) to reveal real Melbourne salary benchmarks.

👉 Grab the free Salary Insights Report:www.buildingenvironsrecruitment.short.gy/Salaryinsightsreport

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Hello everybody and welcome back to the Crushing It In Construction podcast. My name is Jordan Skinner, I am your host,  and this week I'm chatting with Jason Zafiriadis, the Chief Commercial Officer of Earth Friendly Concrete. 

And in this episode, Jason and I dive into sustainability within construction and how companies can help reduce the carbon footprint of our industry. We also talk about Earth Friendly Concrete, which is a product that has been developed by the Wagner Group in Queensland and how that is also helping contribute to reducing the carbon footprint and sustainability as a whole. 

Jason's really knowledgeable on the sustainability subject and I wanted to try and learn as much as I can personally about it because it's an area that I really don't know a lot about. 

So yeah lets get into the show. 

CONTACT DETAILS:

Jason Zafiriadis
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonzaf/
Website: https://www.wagner.com.au/main/what-we-do/earth-friendly-concrete/efc-home/

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

Hello everybody,  and welcome to this week's episode of the Crushing It In Construction podcast. My name is Jordan Skinner, I am your host,  and this week I'm chatting with John Fusco from Fusco Constructions in South Australia.

Fusco Constructions has been around for a very long time and they are a well-respected family-run company here in South Australia.

And in this episode, I talk with John about how they are very selective with the tendering that they do and why turning clients away can be a really good thing for businesses.

Let's get on with the show!

CONTACT DETAILS:

John Fusco:
LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-fusco-93662a65/?originalSubdomain=au
Website: https://www.fusco.com.au/

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

Hello everybody and welcome to this week's episode of the Crushing It In Construction podcast,  I'm Jordan Skinner,  I'm your host, and this week I'm chatting with Peter Wilkinson from SamWilko Advisory. Peter's been in and around the construction game for over 30 years and today he helps business leaders and senior managers by building business capability In  bid management and project development. 

Now I wanted to have Peter on the show today because, he has a new book coming out and it's launching in September. It's called The Steel Ceiling, Achieving Sustainable Growth in Engineering and Construction. 

And in this book, he tackles all sorts of different issues like culture, organizational structures, leadership and something that he calls the four pillars that are key to a thriving and sustainable business.  In this episode we talk about these things in more depth. 

There's a lot of valuable information in this podcast so let's get into the show!

CONTACT DETAILS:

Peter Wilkinson
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samwilkoadvisory/
Website: https://samwilkoadvisory.com/
Book Pre-Order: https://samwilkoadvisory.com/the-book/

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

Hello everybody and welcome to this week's episode of the Crushing It In Construction podcast, my name's Jordan Skinner, I'm your host. And this week I'm chatting with Lisa Kinross, CEO of the Civil Contractors Federation in Victoria.

In this episode, Lisa and I talk about all sorts of different stuff, including how companies can better transfer knowledge between generations within their companies. I think this is a really important issue because a large portion of our workforce is made up of people that are rapidly approaching retirement age.

And when they do eventually retire, they're taking huge amounts of knowledge and experience with them. So, companies figuring out a way to transfer this knowledge from their older generation, the people that are leaving the industry to younger people in their companies is a really important issue to find a solution for financially.

I really enjoyed having this conversation with Lisa let's get into the show


CONTACT DETAILS:

Lisa Kinross
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-kinross-50aa9320/
Website: https://www.ccfvic.com.au/

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

Hello everybody and welcome to episode 24 of the Crushing It In Construction podcast. My name is Jordan Skinner, I'm your host, and this week I'm chatting with Simon Gorman from Reeves Envico.  

And in this episode we're talking about taking on international work, something Simon and his team pretty much did straight out of the gate when they started the company. Now, in my head, I mean, taking on international projects sounds like a mammoth task. Running a business is hard enough, let alone throwing into the mix things like different languages, different times zones and different currencies.   

So I wanted to get Simon on the show to firstly talk  about his experiences with building the company, but he also shares his insights into where most companies go wrong when expanding internationally.  

Simon's a really interesting guy, I really enjoyed having this chat with him. 

So let's get into the show.  

CONTACT DETAILS:

Simon Gorman
LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/company/reeves-envico/
Website: https://www.reevesenvico.com/

Jordan Skinner
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-skinner-68543917
Website: https://moonshotmedia.com.au/

Hello everybody and welcome to this week's episode of the Crushing It In Construction podcast. My name's Jordan Skinner, I'm your host,  and this week I'm chatting with Adrian Panozzo from the Civil Contractors Federation in Victoria.

Now, all of us understand that mental health within the construction industry is a massive issue. You can't walk down the street in the world of construction without hearing somebody parrot broad phrases like we need to fight mental health within construction.

And while nobody would disagree with these statements, the annoying part is that nobody actually tells us HOW we can fight mental illness within construction. And this is why I wanted to get Adrian on the show because Adrian and his team at CCF Victoria are not only saying that we need to help fight mental health, but they are the only people that I've spoken to that are actually offering up a solution.

In this episode Adrian explains what a mental health action plan is and how it can be implemented within businesses.

Let's get on with the show. 


CONTACT DETAILS:

Adrian Panozzo
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/civil-contractors-federations-victoria/
Website: https://www.ccfvic.com.au/

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

Hello everybody and welcome to this week's episode of the Crushing It In Construction podcast. My name's Jordan Skinner, I'm your host  and this week I'm chatting with Matthew Glascott from Glasscott Landscape and Civil.

Matt has an extremely interesting story because while he was building a hugely successful landscaping company he was also venturing out into other businesses like development, labor hire, and even e-commerce.

But even though he really enjoyed these other ventures and learnt a lot, ultimately, they were just distractions from the work that he was most passionate about, which was landscape construction.

Once he was aware that these other things were just distractions he focused his attention back on the landscaping industry and has since grown Glascott Civil to over 200 people across multiple locations.

In this episode, Matt and I talk about how he actually started the company, some of the hurdles that he faced along the way and why he actually got distracted by all of these other business ventures only to return to the landscaping industry and really just settle in and focus in on that. 

Let's get into the show. 

CONTACT DETAILS:

Matthew Glascott
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewglascott/
Website: https://theglascottgroup.com.au/

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

Hello everybody and welcome to this week's episode of the Crushing It In Construction podcast. My name is Jordan Skinner,  I'm your host, and this week I'm chatting with Caytlyn  Mead, the CEO of the Robinson Civil Group.

The Robinson Civil Group is a family business that's experienced a huge amount of growth over the last few years, and now they have roughly 80 full-time staff and 200 pieces of plant. Throughout all of that growth, the company has placed a massive priority on training and developing their staff and as a result in 2021, they were named Medium Employer of the year.

In this episode, Caitlin and I talk about the company's commitment to training and how that has helped them stand out in a extremely competitive labor market and get them seen as an employer of choice.

I'm really excited to have Caytlyn on the podcast. She's very open and honest with how they're going about their training and shares a lot of great information in this episode.

Let's get into the show. 

CONTACT DETAILS:

Caytlyn Mead
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caytlyn-mead-59002578/
Website: https://www.robinsoncivil.com.au/

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

Hello everybody and welcome to episode number 20 of the Crushing It In Construction podcast. My name is Jordan Skinner, I'm your host,  and this week I am chatting to Scott Clements from Inertia Engineering. 

In this episode, Scott and I talk about how companies can more effectively communicate their value. This is a really important topic because the companies that do a really great job of communicating their value and fully understand the value that they can bring to any given project give themselves a massive competitive advantage. 

It allows them to build better relationships, build more trust and most importantly, it allows them to be positioned as a trusted advisor and in some cases affords them the luxury of commanding higher fees. 

CONTACT DETAILS:

Scott Clements
LinkedIn: https://inertiaeng.com.au/
Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-clements-a0093915/

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

Hello everybody and welcome to this week's episode of the Crushing It In Construction podcast. My name is Jordan Skinner, I'm your host and this week I am chatting with Phil Chapman, Managing Director of CMW Geosciences. 

Now, CMW  is spread across Australia and New Zealand with over 200 people and I thought it would be good to chat with Phil because they've recently added a people and culture person to their staff and they're seeing some really great results. 

On this episode, Phil and I talk about why they decided to hire a people and culture person, some of the things that they've been implementing and we also talk about whether hiring for this people and culture position actually makes sense for everybody or just some businesses 

Let's get into the show.

CONTACT DETAILS:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-chapman-a7782213/
Website: https://www.cmwgeosciences.com/

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

Welcome back to the Crushing It In Construction Podcast!

Joining us to unpack this bold idea is Anna Verghese, Founding Director of client-side consultancy Cerulean.

Anna has a radically different view on stability, and she's built her entire career on it: true security isn't given to you by a company, it's built by you through calculated risks, global experience, and betting on yourself.

Sharing how her journey from massive projects in Dubai to landing in Australia with no job offer led to a thriving business, this episode dives into the post-COVID realities of work - proving just how fragile the traditional career path really is.

For Anna, it's all about self-reliance, transferable skills, and entrepreneurial courage - that's how we build a truly secure future. Sounds pretty necessary, right?

Let's get started.

Connect with Anna Verghese:

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-verghese-au/

Website:https://www.ceruleanppl.com/team/anna-verghese

Connect with Jordan Skinner:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanaskinner/

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

Ever wonder if you're being paid what you're worth? Or if you're paying your team fairly? Martin from Built & Byron's recruitment surveys 500+ actually employed construction pros (not just job-seekers) to reveal real Melbourne salary benchmarks.

👉 Grab the free Salary Insights Report:www.buildingenvironsrecruitment.short.gy/Salaryinsightsreport

Do you have an influential personal brand? 

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Hello everybody and welcome to this week's episode of the Crushing It In Construction podcast. My name is Jordan Skinner, I'm your host, and this week I'm chatting with Shivendra Kumar. Shiv is a business advisor and he specializes in helping small - medium sized construction companies maximize their growth potential. 

He is also the host of the Competitive Contractor podcast. 

Now because we are rapidly approaching the new financial year Shiv and I thought it'd be appropriate to dive into the topic of business strategy. We talk about why companies should develop a strong strategy, how to actually do it and what success should look like coming out the other side, if it's done well. 

There's a lot of great stuff in this episode Shiv shares some really good information, so let's get into the episode.

CONTACT DETAILS:

Shivendra Kumar
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shivendra-kumar/
Website: https://shivendra.com/

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

Hello everybody and welcome back to this week's episode of Crushing It In Construction. My name is Jordan Skinner, I am your host, and this week I am chatting with Michelle Blicavs from the Association Of Consulting Surveyors.

Michelle is the CEO of the association and in this episode we talk about how effectively telling your company's story can really help to attract and retain more high quality talent.

This is a topic I'm very passionate about, which isn't surprising considering what my company does. But I truly love this industry and at the minute we have people leaving in droves.  I believe we need to do a lot more to attract people to our companies, we need to do a lot more to retain people at our companies and the natural byproduct of being able to do this will just be an overall boost in interest in our industry.

I really enjoyed chatting with Michelle,  she's a really interesting woman she shared a lot of value and wisdom in this episode, I think you're going to get a lot out of it so let's get into the show.

CONTACT DETAILS:

Michelle Blicavs
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelleblicavs/
Website: https://www.acsnsw.com.au/

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

Welcome to this week's episode of Crushing It In Construction. My name's Jordan Skinner, I am your host, and this week I am chatting to Jarrad Clift from Lucid Consulting. Jarrad is the CEO of Lucid and in this episode, we talk about his journey and how he actually became the CEO. 

Lucid started off as a relatively small operation based out of Adelaide, but today they have over 250 people and they are scattered all over the country. I really enjoyed this conversation, Jarrad is a really insightful and interesting bloke. 

Let's get into the show.  

CONTACT DETAILS:

Jarrad Clift
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jarrad-clift-13662755/
Website: https://lucidconsulting.com.au/

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

Hello everybody and welcome to this week's episode of the Crushing It In Construction podcast. I'm your host, Jordan Skinner, and this week I am chatting to Grant Hailes of Beveridge Williams.

Grant is the managing director of Beveridge Williams and he has worked at the company for pretty much his entire career. In that time, he's obviously seen all of the company's up's and downs and no doubt, he has witnessed all of the wins that the companies had along the way.

But in todays episode Grant speaks with us about why Beveridge Williams became employee owned, the benefits of it and how other companies can do it as well.

CONTACT DETAILS:
Grant Hailes
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grant-hailes-309a9939/
Website: https://beveridgewilliams.com.au/

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

Hello everybody and welcome back to this week's episode of the Crushing It In Construction podcast. I'm your host Jordan Skinner, and this week I'm chatting with Gerry Doyle from Tonkin Engineering. 

Now, right out of the gate, I'd just like to thank Gerry for his patience when recording this episode, because we had to actually record the entire thing twice due to some technical issues.

I'm really glad we did manage to get this episode recorded because we speak about an extremely important topic, which is mental health within the construction industry. Gerry was open and honest enough to talk about his own battles with depression and he also shared with us his views on how dealing with depression himself has actually shaped the way that he runs Tonkin as a company today.

So I think there's something for everybody to learn within this episode. Let's get into the show. 

CONTACT DETAILS:

Gerry Doyle
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerry-doyle/
Website: https://tonkin.com.au/

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

Hello everybody and welcome back to this week's episode of the Crushing It In Construction podcast. I'm your host Jordan Skinner, and this week I am chatting to Dion Killiby from Western Project Services.

Dion has a really interesting story, he comes from a family of writers and academics and he said that he was kind of the black sheep in the family and that doing things like starting a business and running a business was just not something that you did in his family.

He did it anyway, and he actually went on to build the business to a point where it was a saleable asset, and late last year he sold the company.

In this episode, Dion shares with us his journey, how he went about selling the company and he shares with us what things businesses should be doing to try and prepare for a successful sale as well.

CONTACT DETAILS:
Dion Killiby
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dionkilliby/
Website: https://www.westernprojectservices.com.au/

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

Hello everybody and welcome back to this week's episode of Crushing It In Construction. My name's Jordan Skinner,  I am your host and this week I'm speaking with the CEO of the Australian Constructors Association, John Davies.

John and I had a really cool conversation and I enjoyed our time together. We touched on a range of topics, including things like, why are we seeing so many insolvencies at the minute, we spoke about their FAIR Program which is an initiative to bring forward a national consistent approach to implementing broad industry reforms.

We also touched on why we're not seeing enough women entering the construction industry and the labor shortages in general. All in all, basically what we tried to do was solve the world's problems in a 30 minute podcast.

I hope you enjoy listening to the conversation let's get into the show.

CONTACT DETAILS:
Jon Davies
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ceoofaca/
Website: https://www.constructors.com.au/

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

Hello everybody and welcome to this week's episode of the Crushing It In Construction podcast. My name is Jordan Skinner, I am your host, and this week I'm speaking with Dawn Watt.

Dawn has a really interesting journey, she is originally from Canada and she moved to Newcastle just over 20 years ago and she is now the CEO of Coffey Testing. But she never actually intended on becoming a CEO until a friend told her that all of her attributes, all of the things that make her her would really be suited to completing an MBA.

It was during this time that she discovered her passion for people and for management. Coffey Testing has a really good track record for promoting its employees through the ranks and in this episode, Dawn shares with us how they've been able to make that so successful and what you can do within your company to help the people that you promote be as successful as possible in their new role.

I really think you're going to get some valuable information out of this episode, let's get into the show

CONTACT DETAILS:

Dawn Watt
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawn-watt/
Website: https://coffeytesting.com.au/

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

Hello everybody and welcome back to episode number 10 of the Crushing It In Construction podcast. My name is Jordan Skinner, I am your host and this week I had the pleasure of speaking with Susie Pascoe. Susie is the group managing director of Sterling Infrastructure, and Sterling is a leading provider of asset management services to the transport infrastructure sector.

 Susie and her husband purchased the company when it only had six employees and started officially running the company in 2010. Since then they've managed to grow the company to over 250 people and take it Australia wide.

In this episode she shares her journey, how she got into the industry and some of the challenges that they had to overcome along the way.

One of the great things about Susie is she has an undeniable passion for the rail sector.
And after listening to her speak on this podcast, I think you'll actually start falling in love with rail as well. I know I did.

I think you're really going to love this episode and enjoy what she has to say so let's get into the show

CONTACT DETAILS:

Susie Pascoe
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susiepascoe/
Website: https://www.sterling.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.

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/

Welcome back to the Crushing It In Construction Podcast!

This week, we're sitting down with Sean Rice from Proterra Group - an accidental founder who never set out to run an 80-person business.

Starting with a single 6-month contract and a personal credit card used to cover his first payroll, Sean has navigated market crashes, painful downsizing, and the complexities of bringing in - and later buying out - business partners.

Sharing how he built a business serving 45+ local councils without a master plan, this episode is a deep dive into resilient leadership, strategic pivots, and why sometimes the best businesses are built by accident.

For anyone who’s ever bootstrapped, bet on themselves, or wondered how to lead a team through tough times - this one’s for you.

Let's get started.                                                                                    

Connect with Sean Rice:

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/s-rice/

Website:https://www.proterragroup.com.au/

Connect with Jordan Skinner:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanaskinner/

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

Ever wonder if you're being paid what you're worth? Or if you're paying your team fairly? Martin from Built & Byron's recruitment surveys 500+ actually employed construction pros (not just job-seekers) to reveal real Melbourne salary benchmarks.

👉 Grab the free Salary Insights Report:www.buildingenvironsrecruitment.short.gy/Salaryinsightsreport

Do you have an influential personal brand? 

Take the quiz to find out:

http://www.constructingaleader.com/quiz

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: kate@tendertrainingcollege.com.au 

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

Welcome back to the Crushing It In Construction Podcast!

This week, Jordan sits down with Nic Parish - a man who went from designing chairs in college to co-owning and running his family's heavy civil, trucking, and dumpster businesses in Mississippi.

But this isn't your typical "third-generation success story." Nic's grandfather famously sat him down and begged him: "Please don't do this. Go do anything but this. You do not want this life."

He ignored the advice, bought in, and quickly learned why he got the warning. The pressure of the business led him to a dark place where the only way out felt like suicide -a story he shares with shocking honesty.

We dive into how that moment became a catalyst for change, forcing him to take 10 days off (the "best career decision he ever made") and ultimately leading him to implement the EOS system that transformed everything.

Let’s get it started!

Connect with Nic Parish:

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicparish/

Website:https://www.burnsdirt.com/

Connect with Jordan Skinner:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanaskinner/

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

Ever wonder if you're being paid what you're worth? Or if you're paying your team fairly? Martin from Built & Byron's recruitment surveys 500+ actually employed construction pros (not just job-seekers) to reveal real Melbourne salary benchmarks.

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Welcome back to the Crushing It In Construction podcast!

After a chaotic few weeks of scheduling nightmares (thanks, end-of-financial-year madness), we’re finally back with a banger of an episode. I sat down with Kyra Naylor - CEO of Naylor Commercial Interiors and third-generation leader of her family’s Dallas-based architectural finishes biz.

Kyra’s story isn’t your typical "grew up in the trades" tale. She was the kid in cowboy boots translating for supers on job sites, detoured through law school, then got yanked back into construction when COVID hit. Now? She’s running the show with a mix of old-school grit and next-gen strategy like slashing 500 weekly bid requests to focus on clients who actually pay.

We cover Texas's boom-or-bust construction market, why election years bring projects to a standstill, and when "being nice" at work goes too far. Plus: the raw truth about inheriting a family business - from tough firings to construction-style networking.

Let’s get started!

Connect with Kyra Nylor:

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyra-naylor

Website:https://naylorcommercial.com/

Connect with Jordan Skinner:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanaskinner/

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

Ever wonder if you're being paid what you're worth? Or if you're paying your team fairly? Martin from Built & Byron's recruitment surveys 500+ actually employed construction pros (not just job-seekers) to reveal real Melbourne salary benchmarks.

👉 Grab the free Salary Insights Report:www.buildingenvironsrecruitment.short.gy/Salaryinsightsreport

Do you have an influential personal brand? 

Take the quiz to find out:

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Welcome back to the Crushing It In Construction Podcast!

At 14, Kazan Hadden was training with Liverpool FC's youth squad. By 18? Injured, broke, and living in a caravan. Today, he's the founder of Nickaz Australia - a construction business that's thrived for three decades without ever chasing tenders.

We're digging into how getting cut from football taught him more than any business degree, why he keeps 15 full-time trades when everyone else subcontracts, how childhood trauma became his unfair business advantage and the $200,000 mistake that changed how he hires forever.

Real stories from a builder who's been through the fire. Hit play.

Connect with Kazan Hadden:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kazan-hadden-nickaz/

Website: https://nickaz.com.au/

Connect with Jordan Skinner:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanaskinner/

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

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This week we're sitting down with Todd Bacon, Managing Director of Central Coast-based Collaborative Construction Solutions. Todd's got some strong opinions about our industry, and he's not holding back: from tradespeople who've never seen standard installation guides to clients accepting mediocre work, we're facing a quality crisis that starts with training and ends with expectations.

Sharing how CCS operates differently, this episode takes us inside the challenging world of live-site construction - schools, hospitals and shopping centers where the public never stops moving around your work. Todd proves why this niche might just be the ultimate test of a builder's skill and patience.

For Todd, it's about balancing growth with sanity, investing in proper planning, and remembering to step away occasionally (even if that means battling boredom on a bike trainer). That's how we build better businesses - and a better industry.

Sounds refreshingly honest, doesn't it?

Let's get started.

Connect with Todd Bacon:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/todd-bacon-639b67b/

Website: https://collaborative.com.au/

Connect with Jordan Skinner:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanaskinner/

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

Do you have an influential personal brand? Take the quiz to find out:

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Welcome back to the Crushing It In Construction Podcast!

For Episode 112, we’re sitting down with Kane Keefe, the visionary Managing Director behind Alliance Building Construction.

Based in Toowoomba but operating across Queensland, Kane took the unconventional path - launching during COVID’s toughest months, then systematically purchasing complementary businesses like a 30-year-old earthworks company rather than chasing traditional tenders.

He reflects on this bold journey, sharing how buying competitors became his secret to unlocking 8 figure scale, why vertical integration beats the race-to-the-bottom tender cycle, and how everything changes when you transition from employee to owner with real skin in the game.

Let’s dive in.

Connect with Kane Keefe:

Instagram: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kane-keefe-3ba53368/

Website: https://alliancebc.com.au/

Connect with Jordan Skinner:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanaskinner/

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

Do you have an influential personal brand? Take the quiz to find out:

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Welcome back to the Crushing It In Construction Podcast!

This week, we’re sitting down with Brodie Haughton, Managing Director of Solidity, a company that’s redefining foundation engineering with screw piling.

Now, screw piling might sound like a niche dark art (because it is), but Brodie’s taken this overlooked corner of construction and turned it into a multi-million-dollar business. And he did it by creating demand, not just fighting for scraps in an existing market.

This is a masterclass for business owners who want to spot and dominate a niche, bootstrap like a madman, survive cash flow nightmares, and use vertical integration to lock out competitors.

If you’ve ever thought, "There’s no room left to innovate in construction," this episode will prove you wrong. Let’s dive in!

Connect with Brodie Haughton:

Instagram: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brodie-houghton-86909984/

Website: https://www.solidity.com.au/

Connect with Jordan Skinner:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanaskinner/

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

Do you have an influential personal brand? Take the quiz to find out:

http://www.constructingaleader.com/quiz

Welcome Back to the Crushing It In Construction Podcast.

This week, we chatted with James Rutledge, the gritty founder of Rutledge Drilling -  a family owned and operated geotechnical drilling and stabilisation company.

From dodging cyclones to rebuilding after floods, James knows what it takes to stabilize both crumbling hillsides and a growing business. He shares his unorthodox journey from Army vet to underground miner to high-risk license trainer and why he finally decided to stop making money for someone else.

Ever wondered how to turn a niche trade into an industry contender? Curious what happens when you mix family dynamics with heavy machinery? Or just want to hear why “some people have to piss on the electric fence to learn”?  Strap in! This one’s packed with hard-won wisdom.

Connect with James Rutledge:

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

Website: https://www.rutledgedrilling.au/

Connect with Jordan Skinner:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanaskinner/

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

Do you have an influential personal brand? Take the quiz to find out:

http://www.constructingaleader.com/quiz

Welcome back to the Crushing It In Construction Podcast!

This week, I’m joined by Alastair McDonald from EDG Projects: a building design, architecture, and project management firm based in Echuca.

Growing up in a farming family in regional Australia, Alastair learned early what it means to take ownership of your work, especially when the risk is real and the consequences can land directly at your feet. 

Now, as CEO and Director of EDG, that same mindset continues to influence his leadership.

We talked about EDG’s humble beginnings in Alastair’s parents’ spare room, what it took to build a serious business outside the major capitals, and how EDG stays involved from the designing process to construction on site.

Alastair also shared his perspective on post-COVID quality in the industry and how he approaches developing people without creating bottlenecks in the business.

This one is about patience, accountability, and building something that lasts.

Connect with Alastair McDonald:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alastairmcdonald/
Website: https://edgprojects.com.au/

Connect with Jordan Skinner:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanaskinner/
Website: https://moonshotmedia.com.au/

Do you have an influential personal brand?

Take the quiz to find out:
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Welcome back to the Crushing It In Construction Podcast.

This week, we’re sitting down with James Elliott, owner of Red Dog Group and a UK-born builder who traded drizzle for Queensland downpours (and somehow still came out on top).

James has strong opinions about our industry, and he’s not sugar coating them: Builders are tired of being the scapegoat for every delay and price hike, overregulation is choking growth, and if we don’t start making trades appealing again, we’re in serious trouble.

From battling another year of biblical rain to flipping the script on sales (hint: stop selling services, start selling products), this episode digs into why 2025 might be the toughest year yet for builders.

And if you thought post-COVID chaos was behind us? Think again. James breaks down why the ripple effects,material costs, labor shortages, and red tape are still hitting hard.

Ready for some straight talk? Let’s go!

Connect with James Elliott:

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

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-elliott-99252334/

Connect with Jordan Skinner:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanaskinner/

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

Do you have an influential personal brand? Take the quiz to find out:

http://www.constructingaleader.com/quiz

Welcome back to the Crushing It In Construction Podcast.

This week’s guest is Brendan Nielsen, the founder of JC Engineers.

Brendan’s not your typical engineer. He’s spent years getting his boots dirty on site and knows firsthand that there’s a big difference between what’s drawn on paper and what actually works in the real world. In this episode, he shares how he went from working in the industry to backing himself and starting JC Engineers, a business built on solving real problems with the right people around him.

We get into how studying engineering didn’t exactly prepare him for what came next, what finally pushed him to take the leap, and why he’s more focused on building something solid than chasing wild growth. Brendan also gets real about what it’s like to run a business, the early frustrations, and why a degree doesn’t always mean you’ve got it sorted on site.

If you’ve ever felt like experience beats theory or you're someone who wants to hear the honest side of building something from scratch, this one’s worth a listen.

Let’s get into it with Brendan!

Connect with Brendan Nielsen:

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendan-nielsen-59013a46/

Website: https://www.jcengineers.com.au/

Connect with Jordan Skinner:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanaskinner/

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

Do you have an influential personal brand? Take the quiz to find out:

http://www.constructingaleader.com/quiz

Welcome back to the Crushing It In Construction Podcast.

Joining us today is Joseph Wainwright, the founder of Wainwright Facades, a successful cladding company based in Canberra. Joseph’s journey is one of hustle, persistence, and overcoming challenges that many in the industry can relate to.

From leaving school at 16 and working odd jobs in the UK, to navigating the ups and downs of starting a business from scratch, Joseph opens up about the reality of building a company in today’s market. He talks about the tough moments: chasing leads that never panned out, dealing with slow-moving jobs, and the challenges of the tendering process.

Joseph also shares a game-changing moment when he lost nearly $864,000 overnight, but instead of giving up, he kept going, proving that grit and perseverance are at the core of success in the construction world.

Let’s dive in!

Connect with Joseph Wainwright:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-wainwright-6b999368/

Website:https://www.wainwrightfacades.com/

Connect with Jordan Skinner:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanaskinner/

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

Do you have an influential personal brand? Take the quiz to find out:

http://www.constructingaleader.com/quiz

Welcome back to the Crushing It In Construction Podcast.

You know that moment in business where everything’s ticking along nicely, and instead of finally relaxing, your brain goes, Cool cool cool… But what now?

In this episode, Jordan catches up with Anthony Braile, the Managing Director of Combined Demolition, and they get real about his wild ride from being a chippy on the tools to running a successful demolition company. They chat about how he spotted a gap in the industry, built something with real heart, and what it feels like when the business doesn’t need you in the day-to-day anymore… but you’re still trying to figure out how to stay fired up and fulfilled.

They also talk about the harsh truths of working as an employee — the lies and broken promises, and the impact of bad bosses. It’s a wake-up call for anyone who’s ever felt stuck in a job or leadership role that just doesn’t align.

It’s honest, a bit gritty, and it’s packed with gems for anyone leading a team, dealing with burnout, or just wondering what the hell the next chapter looks like.

Connect with Anthony Braile:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-braile-85901b140/

Website: https://www.combineddemolition.com/

Connect with Jordan Skinner:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanaskinner/

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

Welcome back to the Crushing It In Construction Podcast.

Starting a construction business at just 21 is no small feat especially in an industry known for its challenges and curveballs.

In this episode, I sit down with Ethan Chittick, Founder of B&E Built and Commercial Carpentry. We chat about what it was really like getting his business off the ground at such a young age and the lessons he's learned along the way.

We dive into the highs and lows of running a construction company, including how Ethan decides which clients are the right fit (spoiler: it’s not just about the money). He shares why aligning values with clients has become such a big focus for him and how that can make or break a project.

So if you're in the trades, thinking about starting your own business, or just curious about how someone makes it work in this industry- this episode is packed with good stuff. Definitely give it a listen!

Connect with Ethan Chittick:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethan-chittick-a22460191/

Website: https://bebuiltpl.com/

Connect with Jordan Skinner:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanaskinner/

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

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Welcome back to the Crushing It In Construction Podcast.

Building something great requires a strong foundation-whether it’s a skyscraper, a business, or even a podcast. Just like in construction, where every beam and bolt serves a purpose, the right tools and insights can shape the industry’s future.

But what happens when the technology meant to help builders becomes more of a hindrance than a solution?

Today, we’re talking with Tyler Campbell, a former steel detailer, co-host of the Construction Brothers Podcast, and the mind behind Field Proof. After seeing firsthand how many construction professionals struggled with technology that wasn’t working for them, Tyler set out to create Field Proof to address these challenges. We’ll dive into the evolving world of construction tech and explore how we can make it work for the people who need it most.

Connect with Tyler Campbell:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerscottcampbell/

Website: https://www.fieldproof.io/

Connect with Jordan Skinner:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanaskinner/

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

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Welcome back to the Crushing It In Construction Podcast.

Are you a subcontractor who's lost in an endless list of manual tasks and processes?

This week sees Daniel Ouliaris step into the chair - he's a former concreter and now Founder/CEO of Neo Intelligence.

Neo came about when Daniel and his brothers chose to reinvest money from their successful concreting business into designing software that solves all of their biggest pain points.

And it turned out they weren't alone - subbies all over Australia are reaping the rewards. He takes us through how the company came to be, what they're solving, and why he believes a broken industry is a chance to rebuild from the ground up.

Let's get started.

CONTACT DETAILS

Daniel Ouliaris
LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/daniel-ouliaris
Website: https://neointelligence.com.au/

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

Are you as influential in the construction industry as you think? Take the quiz to find out:
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Welcome back to the Crushing It In Construction Podcast.

This week's guest is none other than Peter Bottero, Founder/Director of Tensile Design & Construct.

Tensile have a unique niche within the industry. They specialise in structural cables, rods and tensioned mesh - transforming interiors, decorating facades and implementing cutting edge urban green roofing to help cool our cities.

He reflects on how he found his niche, laughing about business mishaps and lessons learnt, and why he's got a thing or two to say about uni grads ending up in management fresh from their degree.

Peter's a great laugh and there's plenty to learn here. Let's get started!

CONTACT DETAILS

Peter Bottero
LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/peter-bottero-88b27550
Website: https://www.tensile.com.au/

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

Are you as influential in the construction industry as you think? Take the quiz to find out:
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