The Hammer is your deep dive into the issues and information that drive Canada’s renovation and custom homebuilding contractors. Join Canadian Contractor editor Patrick Flannery as he talks to top experts from inside and outside the industry to generate new insights and ideas for your business. Find new and past episodes online at canadiancontractor.ca or subscribe through your favourite podcasting service.
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe Hammer is your deep dive into the issues and information that drive Canada’s renovation and custom homebuilding contractors. Join Canadian Contractor editor Patrick Flannery as he talks to top experts from inside and outside the industry to generate new insights and ideas for your business.
Recent episodes include "Episode #82: The New World of Digital Contracting - Josh Noble and Erik Sommerfeld, Meinhaus" (29 October 2026, 75 minutes), "Episode #81: Not Your Grandfather's Heat Pump - David Rames, Midea" (27 October 2026, 30 minutes), and "Special Renovation Month Episode: AI Can Do A Lot - Chris Smith, Woodsmith Construction" (16 October 2026, 52 minutes).
The Hammer publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 49 minutes.
Booking probability for The Hammer is 40%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Hammer requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Hammer's contact route on record: public web form.
The strongest fits for The Hammer are Home Building. The Hammer has a business audience.
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Episode #109
Josh Noble and Erik Sommerfeld run Meinhaus , an online contracting business that books over 100 projects per year without either of them meeting a client in person. Creative use of AI is part of the way they have been...
David Rames, director of technical sales for Midea, joins The Hammer to explain advances in heat pump technology that make them work much better in cold climates than perhaps many of us thought. Crucially, he outlines a...
If you haven't taken a deep dive into the potential for AI in helping your renovation business, this conversation with Chris Smith from Woodsmith Construction will leave your mouth hanging open. Smith has turned...
Episode #106
RenoMark has declared October Renovation Month and is celebrating with a firestorm of outreach to homeowners educating them about home renovation contracting and showcasing great work by their members. The Hammer wanted...
In 2021, Ontario's Home Construction Regulatory Authority took over licensing and regulation of new home sellers in the province, leaving Tarion to adjudicate warranty disputes only between buyers and sellers. As the...
Calculating the embodied carbon of a building is a process of adding up all the inputs. So it follows that the more inputs there are, the more opportunities there are to increase a project's global warming potential and...
With Mickel Maalouf, building science manager at Huntsman Building Solutions Builders and contractors: as energy codes evolve, smarter wall assemblies can help improve thermal performance, airtightness, jobsite...
When you talk to equipment rental people, you quickly learn there is no group more dedicated to helping you and your projects. As evidence, we present the Get More From Your Rental Store panel, featuring Canadian Rental...
Jobsites are changing, technology is changing and Canadian rental stores are changing along with them. Equipment rental operations are no longer just dingy garages where you pick up whatever is there - today's...
Episode #101
A long-time contractor in his native Australia, Dan Morton became frustrated with using multiple software tools from multiple vendors, none of which could communicate with each other to generate a holistic picture of...
CHBA is doing more than ever to serve, assist and represent its renovation sector members. Renovation Services director, Sarah Caron, joins The Hammer to talk about the special nature of renovation contracting as a...
The effort to get our industry to fully embrace the latest technology tools grinds on. Amy Vilis is the director of housing growth innovation at DIGITAL , a Vancouver-based non-profit working on bringing technology and...
After decades in the commercial facade business building whole sections of skyscrapers in factories before shipping them to jobsites, Antonio Manchisi of Sapphire Balconies knows a thing or two about prefabricating...
Paul Amato of Tallinn Advisory brings 20 years' of professional experience advising construction companies to the question of how to get the different parts of your organization working better together. He joins The...
Contractors work in a high-stress jobs for sure, where frustration, time pressure, conflict and long hours can grind us down. We view workplace stress as part of the lifestyle, but Sandra Primiano from online mental...
Skylights are a feature that transform an interior space when done right and risk a lifetime of headaches when done wrong. Modern designs have come a long way from the old plexiglass domes and now offer great energy...
Amanda Spann is the author of I Have an App Idea - The Essential Guide to Building an App Without Tech Skills and she has good news for all of us. You don't need to spend in the five figures or burn hundreds of hours of...
Embodied carbon and an increased focus on building resiliency are coming soon to a building code near you. When they do, we're going to need a lot of information about the amount of greenhouse gasses embodied in our...
Building resiliency is the hot focus for sustainable building regulators developing the next wave of codes and standards we will all have to follow. Resiliency impacts our designs two ways: making buildings last longer...
Bryan Reid, president of Kindred Construction and Kindred Custom Homes, joins The Hammer to discuss B.C.’s latest attempts to make it easier to build homes. He covers the recent prompt payment legislation and a large...
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Former Candidate, Lieutenant Governor & Host, Reid Revolution Podcast, 30something Movie Podcast
2023-2024 President, American Accounting Association, Director of the Lynn Pippenger School of Accountancy, National Association for Primary Education
President, Kindred Construction
Executive Director of Community Impact Real Estate Society, Disability Access and Compliance
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