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Marc Watters - Construction Business Blueprint
Welcome to the Construction Business Blueprint channel.
I’m Marc Watters, and after 20+ years in the construction industry, from apprentice to multiple business owner.
I now coach construction business owners on how to build not just a better business, but a better life.
This channel is for tradesmen, contractors, project managers, and construction business owners anywhere in the world who want more time, profit, and control in their business.
Here you’ll find:
✅ Coaching sessions and training
✅ Real client success stories
✅ Interviews with industry experts
✅ Q&As and behind-the-scenes insights
✅ Practical tools and strategies to streamline your business
The construction industry doesn’t need to be clunky, stressful, and all-consuming. With the right systems, mindset, and approach, it can be one of the most rewarding industries in the world.
Subscribe now and join a community of forward-thinking Construction Business Owners, who are transforming their businesses and their lives.
Episodes
55 episodes
The Construction Business Blueprint #056 - Stop Letting Fear Run Your Construction Business
What decision have you been putting off because of something that might happen?What if the work dries up?What if I hire someone and can’t afford them?What if I train them and they lea...
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The Construction Business Blueprint #055 - The Numbers That Control Construction Business Owners
How often does the number in your bank account decide what kind of day you’re going to have?Money lands, everything feels great.An invoice is late, a tax bill appears, a quote goes quiet or the balance drops ...
The Construction Business Blueprint #054 - How to Close More Construction Jobs Without Dropping Your Price
Most construction business owners are comfortable pricing the work.What they’re uncomfortable with is everything that happens around the price.Asking the customer what their budget is.Talkin...
The Construction Business Blueprint #053 - Why Customers Say “I Need to Think About It”
You send the quote.Then nothing.No reply. No decision. Maybe eventually you hear:“I need to think about it.”And most construction business owners immediately assume the price was too ...
The Construction Business Blueprint #052 - 12 Months of Construction Business Lessons in 20 Minutes
It has officially been 12 months since the Construction Business Blueprint YouTube channel launched.Over the last year, Marc has shared the same lessons, frameworks, mistakes, conversations and strategies he works through with...
The Construction Business Blueprint #051 - Stop Letting Clients Run Your Construction Business
Most construction business owners think their job is to manage the project.But a huge amount of the stress, conflict, scope creep, late payments and difficult conversations actually comes down to one thing:Ho...
The Construction Business Blueprint #050 - The 30-Day Reset Every Construction Owner Needs
When was the last time you properly stopped and reviewed how your construction business is actually going?Not how it feels.Not whether you’ve been busy.But whether the last 30 days actually ...
The Construction Business Blueprint #049 - The Biggest Mistake Construction Owners Make When Hiring
Most construction business owners bring someone new into the team and say:“We’ll put them in and see how they get on.”That is one of the biggest mistakes you can make.In this episode of Cons...
The Construction Business Blueprint #048 - Why You Should Build SOPs for Your Construction Business
Does your team know exactly how the business should operate or does everything still live inside your head?If you're constantly repeating instructions, answering the same questions, checking work, chasing people and explaining...
The Construction Business Blueprint #047 - Stop Trying to Grow a Broken Business
Finding more profit inside your construction business is one thing.Keeping it is another.In the last episode, Marc broke down the instant money moves and profit levers already sitting inside most trade and co...
The Construction Business Blueprint #046 - 7 Instant Money Moves for Construction Businesses
Most construction business owners think the answer to more profit is more leads, more jobs, and more work.But in many cases, the money is already sitting inside the business, it simply hasn’t been collected, charged for, track...
The Construction Business Blueprint #045 - You Can’t Delegate Chaos
Why does everything still land back on you, even after you’ve hired more people?You’ve got a team. You’ve given out tasks.You’ve told people what needs to be done.But every decision, client ...
The Construction Business Blueprint #044 - Does Your Construction Business Run Without You?
Could you step away from your construction business for two weeks without everything slowing down, being missed, or coming back to you?Not the fake version of switching off where you’re checking your phone by the pool, answeri...
The Construction Business Blueprint #043 - The Q3 Plan Every Construction Owner Needs (Live Keynote)
Most construction business owners plan the next quarter from exactly where they are now, the same habits, the same fears, the same blind spots, and the same reactive way of working.That usually creates more of the same....
The Construction Business Blueprint #042 - The Founder Operating System Explained (Live Keynote)
Most construction business owners look outside the business when things start to stall.They blame the market, the team, the clients, the leads, the economy, or the systems.But before you look externally, you ...
The Construction Business Blueprint #041 - How to Review Your Construction Business Before Q3 (Live Keynote)
Most construction business owners move from one week to the next without ever stopping to properly review what’s working, what’s not, and what the numbers are actually telling them.That’s how you end up stuck on the same hamst...
The Construction Business Blueprint #040 - AMA Construction Business Owner Edition
In this episode of Construction Business Blueprint, Marc switches things up with a summer survival Ask Me Anything for trade and construction business owners.These are the real questions coming from construction business owner...
The Construction Business Blueprint #039 - Tired Owners Make Expensive Decisions
Peak season can take a serious toll on construction business owners.Early mornings on site, late nights in the office, constant phone calls, team issues, client pressure, quotes to finish, projects to manage, and the pressure ...
The Construction Business Blueprint #038 - Stop Letting Summer Kill Your Construction Profit
Summer can be one of the busiest times of year for construction business owners but busy doesn’t always mean profitable.The diary is full, the lads are flat out, jobs are moving, invoices are going out… then September comes an...
The Construction Business Blueprint #037 - When Should You Make Your First Big Hire?
At some point, every growing construction business reaches the same ceiling: the owner becomes the bottleneck.You’re managing jobs, answering calls, dealing with clients, ordering materials, pricing work, solving site issues, ...
The Construction Business Blueprint #036 - Why Your Construction Business Feels Stuck
Do you feel like your construction business keeps repeating the same month over and over again?Different jobs.Different clients.Same problems.Same revenue.Same stress.Same feeling ...
The Construction Business Blueprint #035 - The Real Reason Your Team Keep Letting You Down
Most construction business owners think they have a team problem.“The lads don’t step up.” “They don’t take ownership.” “They don’t show initiative.” “I have to jump in all the time.”<...
The Construction Business Blueprint #034 - You Don’t Have a Time Problem (You Have a Boundary Problem)
Most construction business owners don’t actually have a time problem.They have a boundary problem.In this episode, we break down one of the biggest frustrations founders face: “I just don’t have enou...
The Construction Business Blueprint #033 - The Real Reason Your Business Is Still Chaos
Your business didn’t end up like this by accident.If you’re constantly firefighting, dealing with endless phone calls, making every decision, and feeling like everything runs through you… there’s a reason for it.
The Construction Business Blueprint #032 - A Day Inside My Construction Business Event (Behind The Scenes)
Go behind the scenes of a Construction Business Blueprint live event at the Balmoral Hotel.In this episode, Marc takes you through a day inside the CBB Boardroom, where trade and construction business owners come together in p...