Latest Subcontractors Podcast Episodes
A Review of Mitigation Obligations in Construction Contracts (EP 173)
Own The Build - June 24, 2024 04:00 - 45 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode, Paul reunites with Richard Brackstone, a former Quantity Surveyor turned Consultant renowned for his innovative approach to providing executive-level support to construction companies, specialising in Risk Management and Commercial Best Practices. Returning after his insightful...
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Spreadsheets: Why Data Visualisation Matters in Construction Claims. (EP 172)
Own The Build - June 17, 2024 04:00 - 46 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode, Paul is joined by Justin Fellows, the Founder of 53 Quantum, an Independent Quantity Surveying consultancy specialising in Expert Analysis for Construction Lawyers and Commercial Directors navigating complex claims and disputes. Justin, a skilled Data Analyst, takes centre sta...
Why Carbon is the New Currency for Quantity Surveyors. (EP 171)
Own The Build - June 10, 2024 04:00 - 39 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode, Paul is joined by Jonah Balmford, Associate Director at Henry Riley, Head of Carbon Advisory, Head of APC, and an RICS Matrics Committee Member. In today’s conversation, Paul and Jonah discuss the transition from QS to Project Manager that Jonah made, the differences and why Jo...
How can AI help Main Contractors Reimagine the Construction Supply Chain? (EP 170)
Own The Build - June 03, 2024 04:00 - 33 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingThis episode features Paul and Chris Barber, the Chief Visionary Officer (CVO) at C-Link and Prosper. Together, they delve into the current state of supply chain management in the construction industry. For many main contractors, supply chain management often boils down to an outdated Excel ...
Construction Productivity is Broken - How Technology Can Fix It. (EP 169)
Own The Build - May 27, 2024 04:00 - 38 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode, Paul is joined by William Doyle, CEO at Gather. William is an RICS chartered quantity surveyor who founded Gather in 2017 to capture and analyse site data. Gather aims to do what currently takes hours, days, and weeks in seconds. In today’s conversation, Paul and Wiiliam discu...
Strategies for Improving Procurement: Strategic Procurement vs. General Buying. (EP 168)
Own The Build - May 20, 2024 04:00 - 47 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingThis week, Paul is joined by Jon Watts, the Procurement and Supply Chain Director at Hayfield Homes. In this follow-up to Episode 147, where they laid the groundwork on the disparities between Buying and Subcontract Procurement, Paul and Jon take their discussion to new heights. Jon discusses ...
Navigating Today's Market: 3 Critical Contract Clauses Contractors Must Master. (EP 167)
Own The Build - May 13, 2024 04:00 - 41 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode, Paul is joined by Rob Hubbard, a QS and fellow of the RICS, an expert witness, adjudicator, arbitrator, and mediator. In today’s conversation, Paul and Rob delve into a treasure test of dispute experience, whether mediation, adjudication, or arbitration. Rob shares three contra...
The Death of the Quill - and the Birth of the eSignature (EP 166)
Own The Build - May 06, 2024 04:00 - 38 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingThis week, Paul is joined by his close friend and QS, Chris Barber. Chris is a Chief Visionary Officer (CVO) at C-Link. Any main contractor knows the importance of getting subcontracts signed ASAP. Yet, many rely on condition precedents around payment to get contracts signed or just accept the...
Final Account Meetings: How an FBI hostage negotiator’s tactics impact my approach. (EP 165)
Own The Build - April 29, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode, Paul is joined by Ray Mellor-Pike, a QS and Managing Director of his own Consultant QS practice. In today’s conversation, Paul and Ray discuss the final account process and share experiences of how they have both approached the meetings in the past and how Ray now approaches al...
How to resolve construction contract disputes quickly and cheaply. (EP 164)
Own The Build - April 22, 2024 04:00 - 41 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode, Paul is joined by Martin Burns, Head of ADR Research and Development at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Martin’s role is to develop tailored dispute avoidance and resolution strategies for governments and businesses in the UK and globally. In today’s conver...
How Mace are seriously addressing Collaboration with their Supply Chain through its Business School. (EP 163)
Own The Build - April 15, 2024 04:00 - 44 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode, Paul is joined by Brian Moone FCIOB MRICS, the Director of Mace Business School. Brian is a former Project Manager and Director of Supply Chain Management at Mace. In today’s conversation, Paul and Brian discuss the importance of an integrated Supply Chain, how Mace tries to ta...
Dragging the dreaded Tender Analysis process into the 21st Century with AI (EP 162)
Own The Build - April 08, 2024 04:00 - 36 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingThis week, Paul is joined by his close friend and QS, Chris Barber. Chris is a Chief Visionary Officer (CVO) at C-Link and Prosper and a passionate advocate for subcontractors on his YouTube channel, School of Sub. For any Quantity Surveyor out there, whether you are a Trainee or now a Commerc...
Data and designing an equitable built environment in the ‘post-growth’ era. (EP 161)
Own The Build - April 01, 2024 04:00 - 41 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode, Paul is joined by two colleagues from Arup, Ian Gordon, a former QS who describes himself as “Doing some data stuff for the built & natural environment”, and Ola Gwozdz, who describes herself as a Data Philosopher. In today’s conversation, Ola and Ian explain the importance of ...
How learning a language makes me a better Project Manager! (EP 160)
Own The Build - March 25, 2024 05:00 - 36 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode, Paul is joined by Ellie Carswell, Award Winning Construction Project Manager | Founder and Chair of G4C Kent Club | Constructing Excellence Kent Vice Chair. In this conversation, we discuss how Ellie sees the relationship between Project Managers and Quantity Surveyors and how ...
How to Best Manage the Design Process - a focus on M & E and Services. (EP 159)
Own The Build - March 18, 2024 05:00 - 46 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode, Paul is joined by Doug Johnson, founder and director at Mesh Energy, an independent and trusted services consultant focusing on providing innovative sustainable energy services to clients, architects, and the construction industry. In today’s conversation, we discussed the desi...
The death of D & B and Traditional Contracting: a new procurement route for the 21st Century (EP 158)
Own The Build - March 11, 2024 05:00 - 41 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingThis week, Paul is joined by his close friend and QS, Chris Barber. Chris is the Chief Visionary Officer (CVO) at C-Link and Prosper and a passionate advocate for subcontractors on his YouTube channel, School of Sub. This week's conversation centres on an article about construction procurement...
How to Write Simple and Effective Subcontracts that are Back to Back with the Main Contract. (EP 157)
Own The Build - March 04, 2024 05:00 - 46 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode, Paul is joined by Sarah Fox, a construction contract expert and Director at 500 Words, who delivers simple digital trust-enhancing contracts to put construction companies in control. In today’s conversation, we discussed Sarah’s book - “How to Write Simple and Effective Subcont...
Lessons from Rugby: How Contractors can build a world-class Company Culture and improve employee retention using Rugby principles. (EP 156)
Own The Build - February 26, 2024 05:00 - 33 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingThis week, Paul is joined by William Temperley, Managing Director at Fortis Foundations, Civil Engineering and Piling Specialists serving the Rail, Civils, Energy, Residential and Water sectors. Will is a fascinating individual who set up his own Specialist Contractor some years ago and has a f...
QS’s as data scientists: will this improve margins in the construction industry? (EP 155)
Own The Build - February 19, 2024 00:00 - 47 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingThis week, Paul is joined by Tom Haley, Director and Founder at Quantik. Tom is a Construction Claims Specialist and Quantum Expert Witness Tom is a Commercial and procurement specialist with experience leading business units and significant projects in the UK, Australia and Hong Kong within m...
A reflection on construction costs in 2023 and a look ahead to 2024 and Beyond (EP 154)
Own The Build - February 12, 2024 05:00 - 35 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingThis week, Paul is joined by his close friend and QS, Chris Barber. Chris is a Chief Visionary Officer (CVO) at C-Link and Prosper and a passionate advocate for subcontractors on his YouTube channel, School of Sub. Today’s conversation centres on a piece of research and writing that Paul under...
Where is the data to decarbonise the built environment? (EP 153)
Own The Build - February 05, 2024 05:00 - 44 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingThis week, Paul is joined by Anil Sawhney, Director of the Infrastructure Sector at the RICS. Anil leads the emerging RICS initiative and strategy on placing and positioning the Institution within the field of excellent commercial management of projects globally with a primary focus on the (ec...
The Future of Construction Payments (EP 152)
Own The Build - January 29, 2024 05:00 - 39 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingThis week, Paul is joined by Louise Stewart, CEO and Founder at ProjectPay, a tech company revolutionising global payments in building and construction. Louise argues that the construction industry’s payment landscape is riddled with inefficiencies, delays, and non-payments, especially for smal...
Financial Forecasting: A Construction Economist reviews 2023 and explains where we are heading in 2024. (EP 151)
Own The Build - January 22, 2024 05:00 - 52 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingThis week, Paul is joined in the studio by Noble Francis, Economics Director at the Construction Products Association, PhD in Applied Econometrics and Honorary Professor at the Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, UCL. Noble has been making waves in the industry with his easily digestib...
How Main Contractors manage subbies today and how they will manage them tomorrow. (EP 150)
Own The Build - January 15, 2024 05:00 - 39 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingThis week, Paul is joined by his close friend and QS, Chris Barber. Chris is a Chief Visionary Officer (CVO) at C-Link and Prosper and a passionate advocate for subcontractors on his YouTube channel, School of Sub. In today’s conversation, Paul shares a recent conversation with a Tier 1 Main C...
From 120-Day Payment Periods to Fair Payment: Rudi Klein's Vision (EP 149)
Own The Build - January 08, 2024 05:00 - 45 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingThis week, Paul is joined by Rudi Klein, the Director at Klein Legal and former chief executive at the Specialist Engineering Contractors (SEC) Group. Rudi was involved in piloting the ‘Construction Act’ through the UK Parliament and originated Section 112 of the Act dealing with the right to su...
Managing Risks in Tendering: What's a World-Class process when receiving a Tender? (EP 148)
Own The Build - December 18, 2023 05:00 - 46 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingThis week, Paul is joined by Mike Wharton, Chief Executive Officer at Complete Roofing Systems, Allied Roofing and Roof Analytics. Mike is passionate about quality and standards in the delivery of construction and has had an exciting journey from Equity Analyst and Fund Manager to CEO at a roofi...
Strategies for Improving Procurement: A Focus on the Relationship between Procurement and Commercial Departments. (EP 147)
Own The Build - December 11, 2023 05:00 - 47 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingThis week, Paul is joined by Jon Watts, the Procurement and Supply Chain Director at Hayfield Homes. In today’s conversation, Paul and Jon discuss the relationship between the Procurement and Commercial Departments, and Jon explains how he manages collaboration between the two at Hayfield Homes...
The Future of Contracting Series: Why QS’s shouldn’t only have margin as their KPI. (EP 146)
Own The Build - December 04, 2023 05:00 - 34 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingThis week, Paul is joined by his close friend and QS, Chris Barber. Chris is a Chief Visionary Officer (CVO) at C-Link and Prosper and a passionate advocate for subcontractors on his YouTube channel, School of Sub. In today’s conversation, Paul hosts the second episode of a new 4-weekly series...
Building Profits: Mastering Sub-contractor Payments, Applications, and Cashflow! (EP 145)
Own The Build - November 27, 2023 05:00 - 36 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingThis week, Paul is joined by Gary Davies from SubPort, an Award-winning Quantity Surveying Consultancy supporting Sub-Contractors to increase profits, improve cash and eliminate risk. In today’s show, Paul and Gary discuss the art of the Application for Payment process, how to ensure you are al...
BIM: Bridging the Gap Between Policy and Project Success. (EP 144)
Own The Build - November 20, 2023 05:00 - 38 minutes ★★★ - 1 ratingThis week, Paul is joined by Michelle du Plessis, Managing Director and Co-founder at Shft, a leading one-stop BIM agency working with SMEs across the country to take the opportunities of BIM and digital technology. In today’s show, Paul and Michelle talk about BIM. Michelle is a genuine expert...
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