Construction Pals
The official podcast of BlueTape. Join us for the latest in the construction industry and interviews with experts in construction and fintech. Learn more about financing options for construction businesses, growing your businesses, and much more tips and insightful info. For more information, visit BlueTape.com
Episodes
19 episodes
Burning Bright: A Chat with Solar’s Shining Star
After establishing two solar companies, launching two leading solar panel manufacturers, and co-founding the world’s first woman-owned solar panel company, Lexie Lucas is far from finished changing the solar industry. As founder and CEO of Sunl...
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Episode 20
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23:42
Changing the Air: How Healthy Living is Transforming Construction
While many green initiatives have focused on the environment, Andy Pace's focus is a little closer to home. Through the Green Design Center and the Change the Air Foundation, Andy Pace has concentrated on making sure our homes provide healthy e...
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Episode 19
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26:04
Staying Nimble: How to Box the Big-Box LBM Stores
Trying to stay on your feet in the LBM supplier ring while facing off against the big guys? Our guests this week are two marketing experts from Lenker: John Lenker, founder and Chief Vision Officer, and Assaf Arie, partner and Chief Executive O...
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Episode 18
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18:01
Building Your Brand: A Contractor's Guide to Marketing in Construction
If you're a contractor or builder, do you need to worry about having a brand? Rick Butler and Elizabeth Hagale of BlueTape sat down to speak with two marketing experts from Lenker: John Lenker, founder and Chief Vision Officer, and Assaf Arie, ...
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Episode 17
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29:47
Apartment Assembly Line: A Solution for the Affordability Crisis?
After taking over his father’s construction business, Mike Kaeding, CEO of Norhart, is out to solve the housing affordability crisis. His solution? Revolutionizing apartment building construction through an assembly line system with an in-house...
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Episode 16
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Augmenting Intelligence: AI’s Role in Pre-Construction
Artificial intelligence, or AI, seems to be everywhere these days. But Jon Sibley, CEO of TrueBuilt, is bringing AI to the pre-construction phase to augment intelligence, not replace it. TrueBuilt offers pre-construction and takeoff software so...
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Episode 15
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20:38
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The Keys to Success as an Independent Contractor
R.C. Hand retired in style after a successful career as a C-9 contractor in Southern California, spending 38 years plastering, tiling, and installing drywall. The keys to that success? Listen to this episode of Construction Pals to find out!
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Episode 14
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17:45
Building a Strong Foundation: Mental Health for Construction Pros
Tracy Brown of Meta Management Consulting rose from laborer to running multimillion dollar companies over his thirty plus year career in the construction industry. Alarmed by a surprising statistic, he is now focusing on promoting mental health...
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Episode 13
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24:52
An American in Afghanistan: Managing Construction Projects Overseas
Rich Walton, an award-winning, 30-year veteran of the architectural design business, suddenly found himself managing construction projects in Afghanistan. Join BlueTape's Rick Butler as he and Rich discuss how he ended up there and the stark di...
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Episode 12
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33:20
Building Together: Empowering Contractors Through Homeowner Financing
Ben Barrick has come a long way from working out of his 2007 Toyota Prius. As Strategic Partnership Manager of Hearth, he now focuses on allowing construction pros to offer financing to homeowners, thereby helping contractors sell more, have ha...
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Episode 11
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Human-Friendly Construction for a Healthy Home
We've all heard of building green: environmentally-friendly construction with a focus on energy efficiency. But what about human-friendly construction?Andy Pace, owner of the Green Design Center and leading expert in the field of non-to...
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Episode 10
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31:51
Financial Savvy: An Important Tool in Your Tool Belt
On this episode of Construction Pals, we're joined by Matt DiBara, owner of the Contractor Consultants and fourth-generation mason.Matt is joined by
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Episode 9
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32:53
Future-Proofing Your Construction Business
On this episode of Construction Pals, we continue our conversation with Craig Webb, founder of Webb Analytics. If you missed the first episode wi...
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Episode 8
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22:49
Building a Resilient Construction Supply Chain Post-Pandemic
In this episode, we host a conversation with Craig Webb of Webb Analytics. We review some of the trends within the construction market, especially with the increased use of technology in the industry.
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Episode 7
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47:33
Distribution and Supply Chain in Construction: Challenges, Technology, and Future Perspectives
On this episode we talk with our guest today is Brad Rollo, CEO and co-founder of GoFor Delivers. Leveraging high tech background and unique first-hand experience in the industry GoFor aimed at creat...
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Episode 6
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18:57
Tearing Down the Construction Industry's Comfort Zone
On the latest episode of the Construction Pals podcast, we continued our conversation with Mark Mitchell, the wizard of building materials sales and marketing, and Yaser Masoudnia, CEO and co-founder of LinqPal. We discussed the challenges and ...
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Episode 5
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23:03
Small Business, Big Sales! How to Grow Your Building Materials Business
On the fourth episode of the Construction Pals podcast, we hosted a round table with Mark Mitchell, the wizard of building materials sales and marketing, and Yaser Masoudnia, CEO and co-founder of LinqPal. We discussed the sales challenges that...
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Episode 4
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