Builders, Budgets, and Beers
Stop Guessing Your Margin with Jeremy Sloane
Feb 10, 2026
Adaptive
Reece sits down with Jeremy Sloane of Sloane Construction Company to talk about job costing, cost codes, and why clean data is the difference between protecting margin and getting blindsided. They get into hiring lessons and the simple systems that keep projects on track. You’ll walk away with practical ways to tighten up billing, align your cost code “language,” and price future work with confidence. If this helps, subscribe and share it with a builder friend who’s tired of guessing.
https://www.sloaneconstruction.com
Show Notes:
00:00 Intro and why job costing matters
01:12 Jeremy and Sloane Construction
06:12 Luxury costs explained
09:04 What scale takes
13:13 Hiring burn story
17:36 Builders helping builders
21:31 Daily logs system
24:31 Remote coordinator shift
35:41 Growth without chaos
44:34 Rebuilding pay apps
50:31 One cost code
55:07 Burden rate reality
56:54 Wrap and takeaway
Find Our Hosts:
Reece Barnes
Matt Calvano
Podcast Produced By:
Motif Media