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Hosted by Cian Brennan · 🇺🇸 US · EN-AU · 431 episodes
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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.
Cian Brennan hosts Construction Secrets, a business show with 431 episodes published.
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. Leading a team is more lik
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 May 2023. A construction dispute is a race
Work With Me - Click Here Get The Subcontractor's Edge Book - Click Here (Book comes with the free audiobook and a full video masterclass) - 0:00 Why your construction profit margins are really this low - 1:05 Kille
Work With Me - Click Here Get The Subcontractor's Edge Book - Click Here (Book comes with the free audiobook and a full video masterclass) - 0:00 The biggest cost with no line item - 0:24 The patterns that quietly k
Work With Me - Click Here Get The Subcontractor's Edge Book - Click Here (Book comes with the free audiobook and a full video masterclass) This episode is a re-run. It was originally published in May 2023. What happe
Work With Me - Click Here Get The Subcontractor's Edge Book - Click Here (Book comes with the free audiobook and a full video masterclass) - 0:00 The lie killing your construction profit margin - 1:25 What every losing s
This episode is a re-run. It was originally published in May 2023. If you've ever held back on a notice or a variation because you didn't want to "rock the boat," read this. The subs who get taken advantage of are the qu
This episode is a re-run. It was originally published in May 2023. You can sit at the table having spent 500 grand. Or you can sit at the table having spent a tenner. Same argument. Very different leverage. That's the wh
This episode is a re-run. It was originally published in May 2023. The truck driver on the mining site who heard about self-driving trucks had two choices. Do nothing and get made redundant. Or learn the tech and end up
This episode is a re-run. It was originally published in May 2023. Three things the longest-lasting subs all do: They negotiate hard, every single time. They walk away from risky contracts, even good ones. They protect t
This episode is a re-run. It was originally published in April 2023. Most subs think the money is made on site. It's not. It's made in the terms. I've seen tier ones win projects at a loss because they know they can claw
This episode is a re-run. It was originally published in April 2023. Two electrical subs. Same project. Same scope. One made a killing. The other nearly went under. And here's the thing, right? The one that nearly collap
This episode is a re-run. It was originally published in April 2023. Most construction companies don’t go broke because they can’t build. They go broke because of the contracts they sign. Risk gets pushed down the chain,
This episode is a re-run. It was originally published in April 2023. Great builders still go broke when they ignore the contract. This episode explains how cash flow, risk, and payment terms decide whether you make profi
This episode is a re-run. It was originally published in March 2023. Most projects don’t hurt you early. They hurt you at closeout. In this episode, find out what “squeaky bum time” is and why the final quarter is when n
This episode is a re-run. It was originally published in March 2023. You are not just building the project, you are playing a contract game whether you realise it or not. In this episode, you'll learn why so many subcont
This episode is a re-run. It was originally published in March 2023. You can deliver a flawless job and still lose money if you lose the contract game. In this episode, we unpack how the biggest construction companies ac
This episode is a re-run. It was originally published in March 2023. Most contractors don’t go broke from bad work, they go broke from the downside risk they never saw coming. In this episode, Cian sits down with Kieran
This episode is a re-run. It was originally published in Feb 2023. Tier 1s are playing the contracts game whether you join in or not. Part 2 with lawyer Michelle Cirson gets real about why subbies get gaslit for “being c
This episode is a re-run. It was originally published in Feb 2023. If you “get contractual” in the last quarter, you’ve already lost the relationship. In this episode, Cian sits down with Michelle Cirson and breaks down
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