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Build America Podcast — 291 episodes · page 1 of 3
S11, EP318 - Business In Hawaii Is The Same, But Totally Different
S11, EP317 - Be Credible. Otherwise, Why Bother?
S11, Episode 316 - Dear Owner, No Change Orders Thank You
S11, Ep315- Parkinson's Law - Hoping to Quantify Pacing
S11, Ep314- Reading Rebar Drawings 101
S11, Ep313- What’s the Difference Between Unit Price and Lump Sum Bids?
S11, Ep312- Trench Talk 07 - Brad Musick, Wastewater Operator
S11, Ep311: A Checklist – Contract Niceties and Nice Niceties
S11, EP 310 - Utility Drawings 101: The Plan and Profile
S11, EP 309 - Drop the Pronouns. Add the Units
S11, EP 308 - Pipeline Trench Talk 01 - Crane Operator Clem Conceicao
S11, EP 307 - Smartsheet™- A Contractor's Dream
S11, EP 306 – How to Start a Professional Construction Company
S11, EP 305 - Excavation Systems Bible
S11, EP 304 - What AI Does for Your Humble Construction Podcaster
S10, EP 303 – Trench Talk, Pat Mullen
S10, EP 302 – Drive the Bus and Do All Three Jobs!
S10,EP 301: Dissertation Derailed! Old Guy PhD Entry No. 2 with Scott Jennings
S10 E300: Leaving Business Puberty, Age Matters with Scott Jennings
S10 E299: No Damage for Delay Holds in Value Engineering Job with Scott Jennings
S10 E298: Sweet Spot for Cost of Failure
What is a Venturi Eductor?
Funny and Scary: ChatGPT Gives a Chuckle
Look up and Beyond 14” and Find a Double Minus 7
The Professor of Practice in Engineering Handles the 2nd
Will you Marry Me? Well, How About we CollaborDate?
Jet Grout and Soil Mixing - The 101
Just Say “No” – You May Get Thanked
What's a Form Ratio?
Don't Get Sick: Post-Topping Out Syndrome
My Old Guy PhD Program Begins – Entry No. 1
What is "Delegated Design"?
What’s that High Track Dozer All About?
Load Path & Building from the Bottom Up
Increase Profit by Rule of 27
Data Collection Without the $100,000 Fancy Toys
Two Negatives of Owning Your Own Construction Business
Red Flags in Bid Day v. Change Order Pricing
How to Make a Submittal – Check, Check, Check!
Common Rebar Inspection Fails
Daily Cost and the What-If
Construction Crossword Challenge
Trench Talk - Kelly Jennings, Small Business CFO
Profitability the Easy Way – Via the Bottom Line
What's a DRB?
ELB v. HDD or Jack and Bore or Microtunnel
Get a Master’s Degree in Engineering? Umm…
Trench Talk: Paul Kennedy, Surety (Bonding) Agent
Selling Your Business – EBITDA is “Bullshit Earnings”
EKnow Your Audience – Legally and Practically
Your Construction Career Path – 90% is Your Drive
Forensic Reporting 101
What’s a Deposition?
Project Specifications – The Basics, in Five Minutes
Concrete Formwork Takeoff 101 – It’s All About SFCA
The Differing Site Condition - Careful!
Kobe’s Gym Rats and Angela’s Grit
Find a Mentor: They’ve Seen What You’re Seeing
Constructive Acceleration: The Bully Owner
Increase Profit By Knowing Design Intent
Internal Divisional Subcontracting: Like Swallowing Hemlock
The Field Sketch: Kiss a Pencil Today
Trench Talk - Paul Hartmann, Rebar Foreman
Larry King and Katt Williams: Now It’s Your Turn
Measured Mile: It’s Not Just for Contractors
Partner, But Not Necessarily Via Partnering
Stroke: You’re Having One Right Now
Contractor Estimating: Drop the Curtain
New Civil Grads: Three Roads, Choose One!
Construction in Thailand: 1st and 3rd World Combined
Your Last Choice: The Total Cost Claim Approach
What is Extended Performance?
Mindset Differences – Major Leaguers v. Minor Leaguers
An Offering of a Contractor’s Standard of Care
Business In Hawaii Is The Same, But Totally Different
Pipeline Trench Talk 01 - Crane Operator Clem Conceicao
How to Start a Professional Construction Company
What’s the Difference Between Unit Price and Lump Sum Bids?
The Low Bid Model – Time to Go?
Utility Drawings 101: The Plan and Profile
Subsurface Disclaimers Don’t Hold – Travelers v. U.S.
Parkinson's Law - Hoping to Quantify Pacing
The Preparatory Meeting: Priceless
Legal Jargon and Process 101
Bonds and Bonding Capacity 101
Construction is Broken - Give me the Onsite EOR
The Importance of As-Builts
University Cooperative Education – the Real Deal!
Water in the Hole! What’s it Mean?
Smartsheet™ - A Contractor's Dream
Pipe Encasement Flotation – Archimedes was the Man!
Owners Loosen Up Your Grip!
Reading Rebar Drawings 101
Great Ways To Die
Don’t Get Your P.E. License - A Ridiculous Statement
I Wrote A Children’s Book Because I Could
Why to Get a Contractor’s License
No Taj Garage
Linear Scheduling: Effective with a Bend of Your Mind
A Kick in the, Well, You Know: “Last Minute” Bid Postponement