Welcome back to the Crushing It In Construction Podcast!

Today I'm joined by Andrew Moir, Managing Director of ArcStructural, a Tier One structural steel contractor delivering some of Australia's biggest commercial, infrastructure, and data centre projects.

And he didn't get there the easy way.

He grew up sweeping factory floors for his dad, then spent four years in the Army, including a deployment to Afghanistan.

When he came back, it was straight into the family business, thrown into complex projects long before he felt ready for them.

We talked about what the military taught him about leadership, why accountability is still one of the biggest things missing in construction, and how giving people responsibility means accepting they'll make mistakes along the way.

We also got into what excites Andrew about the industry at the moment, and why he believes building great people matters just as much as building great projects.

Let's get stuck in!

Connect with Andrew Moir:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-moir-99017b243/
Website: https://www.arcstructural.com.au/

Connect with Jordan Skinner:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanaskinner/
Website: https://moonshotmedia.com.au/

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Welcome back to the Crushing It In Construction Podcast!

Today I’m joined by Adam Cooper, the President of Ascent Consulting.

Adam started out in the industry as an electrician. He then worked his way up through project management and eventually stepped away from the job site to help contractors run better businesses behind the scenes.

Over the past decade, he’s worked with hundreds of construction companies across the US, helping them put structure around things most businesses just “figure out as they go.”

We got into private equity rolling into construction, why it works in some parts of the industry and completely falls apart in others, and what actually makes a construction business valuable enough to sell in the first place.

We spoke about systems, why most businesses are far more owner-dependent than they think, and what needs to be in place if you ever want to step away without everything slowing down.

Adam also shared how he nearly became a chemical engineer… which probably would’ve led a very different life.

Connect with Adam Cooper:
Website: https://ascentconsults.com/
Podcast: https://ascentconsults.com/construction-hot-takes-podcast/

Connect with Jordan Skinner:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanaskinner/
Website: https://moonshotmedia.com.au/

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Welcome back to the Crushing It In Construction Podcast!

Today I sat down to have a chat with Eric Anderton. He is the man behind the Construction Genius Podcast and has spent the last two decades helping contractors figure out something most of them were never trained to do: lead people.

Since 2004, he’s worked closely with construction leaders across the US, helping technically skilled builders make the shift from building projects to building teams.

We talked about the difference between hard bid environments and negotiated work, why many contractors believe price is everything, and how mindset often plays a bigger role in winning better projects than strategy alone.

Towards the end, we also dug into where the industry is heading, the next generation entering construction, and why Eric believes the combination of skilled trades and emerging technology is going to create enormous opportunities over the next decade.

If you’re trying to build better leaders inside your company, this is one worth listening to.

Connect with Eric Anderton:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andertoneric/
Website: https://www.constructiongenius.com
Podcast: Construction Genius

Connect with Jordan Skinner:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanaskinner/
Website: https://moonshotmedia.com.au/

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