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Welcome to the Construction Secrets podcast where we talk about signing better construction contracts, getting better project cash flow and making more profit per project, and the many mistakes and failures we have learned along the way. Powered by Quantum Contracts.
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Stop Being the Easy Subcontractor [#ThrowbackThursday] | Ep. 438 (opens the original)
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Join the Subcontractors Boardroom - Here Need help with your contracts? - Here Get The Subcontractor's Edge Book - Here This episode is a re-run. It was originally published in June 2023. Nobody wants to be the "difficult" subcontractor. So here's my challenge: think of the biggest player in your sector. Are they commercial and contractual? 100% they are. Most people stay easy. Agree to everything, submit nothing. Then a problem hits, they suddenly get contractual, and th
Why You Lose Construction Disputes Even When You Win [#ThrowbackThursday] | Ep. 437 (opens the original)
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Join the Subcontractors Boardroom - Here Need help with your contracts? - Here Get The Subcontractor's Edge Book - Here This episode is a re-run. It was originally published in June 2023. Picture this: you're stopped at a red light. Someone rear-ends you. They get out and say, "100% my fault, I'll pay for everything." Sounds like a win, right? You've still got to get quotes. Chase the repair. Sort a rental. Lose the hours. And your car's now worth less because it's been c
Why Good Subcontractors Go Out of Business (It's Not the Work) [#ThrowbackThursday] | Ep. 436 (opens the original)
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Join the Subcontractors Boardroom - Here Need help with your contracts? - Here Get The Subcontractor's Edge Book - Here This episode is a re-run. It was originally published in June 2023. Good subbies go out of business every day. Not because they can't build. Because they didn't understand how much the contract mattered. They figure if they do great work, the contract stuff sorts itself out. It doesn't. Paid late. Paid less. Change orders rejected. Made to look late on j
How To Avoid Disastrous Consequences of Faulty Contracts Management ft. Sean Carroll [#ThrowbackThursday] | Ep. 435 (opens the original)
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Join the Subcontractors Boardroom - Here Need help with your contracts? - Here Get The Subcontractor's Edge Book - Here This episode is a re-run. It was originally published in June 2023. If you've ever told yourself "I can't negotiate this contract, I just have to sign it," read this. That belief is the single most expensive thing in your business. The biggest subs in your trade negotiate every contract. Not because they're difficult. Because they know the margin lives in post
How To Win Construction Projects with Higher Margins ft. Mat Wilk Pt. 2 [#ThrowbackThursday] | Ep. 434 (opens the original)
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Join the Subcontractors Boardroom - Here Need help with your contracts? - Here Get The Subcontractor's Edge Book - Here This episode is a re-run. It was originally published in June 2023. I'll be honest with you. Most of the subs we work with come to us already inside the vicious cycle. Margins getting thinner. Bidding harder. Hiring whoever they can get instead of who they want. Reputation quietly slipping. And the worst part is they don't see it. They think it's just the market. Or
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