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In 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 Subcontract Agreements in Just 500 Words”. Sarah was inspired to write… Continue reading How to Write Simple and Effective Subcontracts that are Back to Back with the Main Contract. (EP 157)

This 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 fascination with company culture that stems from his experience of… Continue reading Lessons from Rugby: How Contractors can build a world-class Company Culture and improve employee retention using Rugby principles. (EP 156)

In the studio today, Paul is joined by Dan Macpherson, Executive Director at Henry Riley, who is industry-leading in Construction Consultancy, cost management, health and safety and project management services. In today’s conversation, Dan talks about Emotional Intelligence in team management, project management and commercial management and how he applies his own Emotional Intelligence to… Continue reading Emotional Intelligence in Construction: How to Build a team and Project. (EP 139)

In the studio today, I am joined by Gavin Coyle, CEO of Coyle Group, a Group of Companies serving the safety sector in the construction industry. Gavin is a thought leader, speaker, and safety mentor and holds a level 9 MBS in workplace Safety from DCU, a Diploma in Safety, a Certificate in Law, and… Continue reading Making Health and Safety a Profit Centre, not a Compliance Department. (EP 140)

This week, Paul is joined by Cian Brennan, Managing Director at Quantum Contract Solutions, a company giving “contractual superpowers to construction companies”. Cian helps contractors navigate the choppy waters of construction projects and contracts and provides expert advice. In this contractually focused conversation, we discuss the difference between Liquidated Damages and Consequential Damages and how… Continue reading Understanding the Difference: Liquidated Damages vs. Consequential Damages Explained. (EP 141)

This 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 digestible insights into market indicators such as brick deliveries and mortgage… Continue reading Financial Forecasting: A Construction Economist reviews 2023 and explains where we are heading in 2024. (EP 151)

This 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 smaller players, and she wants to change this. We talk about how ProjectPay is disrupting… Continue reading The Future of Construction Payments (EP 152)

This 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 (economic) Infrastructure sector, defined by the RICS as transport,… Continue reading Where is the data to decarbonise the built environment? (EP 153)

This 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 undertook for the RICS, reflecting on… Continue reading A reflection on construction costs in 2023 and a look ahead to 2024 and Beyond (EP 154)

 This 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 main contractor, subcontractor and supplier businesses. He is an… Continue reading QS’s as data scientists: will this improve margins in the construction industry? (EP 155)