Construction Champions Podcast
Real conversations with construction industry leaders building the future.
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How Personal Branding Can Grow Your Construction Business (opens the original)
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Can building a personal brand actually help grow your construction business? For Pat Miller, the answer has been yes. Pat is the owner of Blue Diamond Construction, a 30+ year construction industry veteran, author, podcast host, and returning Construction Champions guest. Since her first appearance on the show, a lot has changed.Pat launched her own podcast, wrote a bestselling memoir, built a growing online presence, expanded her network, earned industry recognition, and says telling her story
30 Years in Construction 5 Lessons Every Contractor Should Know (opens the original)
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What does 30 years in construction teach you about running a successful contracting business? A lot of lessons learned the hard way. In this episode of Construction Champions, Ron Nussbaum sits down with contractor Robert "Bob" Leon to break down five areas he believes every contractor needs to get right: Leads. Estimating. Closing. Project management. Profitability. Bob shares what he's learned from more than three decades of successes, failures, building homes, managing subcontractors, estimat
AI Is Fixing Construction's Biggest Supply Chain Problem (opens the original)
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Idle time on job sites is the silent killer nobody talks about and it's costing construction companies millions. In this episode, Eshan Jayamanne, CEO and founder of Krane, breaks down why procurement is quietly driving your schedule, your cost, and your design and why most GCs don't see it coming until it's too late. We cover: Why supply chain is the #1 leading indicator of how a project actually performs • How the data center construction boom is reshaping lead times for every other trade (Kra
Construction Estimates Why You're Losing More Jobs Than You Think (opens the original)
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Contractors love talking about leads. Facebook ads. SEO. Marketing. But none of that matters if you can't answer the phone. In this solo episode, Ron Nussbaum shares a recent experience hiring contractors for a project at his own home and why the biggest problem wasn't price. It was everything that happened before the estimate. From unanswered phone calls to text-message "quotes" and zero follow-up, this episode breaks down the simple things that separate winning contractors from everyone else.
How to Scale a Construction Business Without Losing Money (opens the original)
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Every contractor wants to grow. More revenue. More crews. More jobs. But what if growth is actually making your problems worse? In this episode, Ron Nussbaum sits down with Robert Hall and Jesse Carnicom, founders of RoofAid USA, to discuss why so many construction businesses struggle when they try to scale. From leadership and systems to profitability and business structure, they explain why the best companies don't chase growth. They earn it. If you're trying to grow your construction business
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