About this podcast
Join Matt from Carland Constructions and Hamish from Sanctum Homes in a podcast discussing sustainable building practices and passive house concepts.
They also talk to experts from all avenues of the building industry to share their knowledge and insights on what the industry looks like today.
Further to this, Matt and Hamish are building a platform through the podcast to discuss mental health issues that arise in the building industry. The industry can be quite negative at times and there is a great deal of stigma around what it means to be a "tradie".
Matt and Hamish are here to shine a light of positivity on the industry and share relatable topics that will help you in your own building or construction business.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 146 episodes
- AI For Construction Dummies · 1 h 16 min · Episode 141“Can AI do this?” Adam Antony of Veo Building Co and WunderOps returns for part two of the conversation to break down how a builder, not a developer, is using AI to run a more…
- Why Every Builder Needs To Lose Money First · 44 min · Episode 140“I had no idea about business.” Adam Antony says it plainly, and it lands because it’s honest. In this episode of The Mindful Builder, Adam breaks down the hard lessons that hit…
- Want to Build Passive Houses? Ask Us Anything · 59 min · Episode 139“I couldn’t unsee it.” Jimmy from June Building explains how Passive House building science finally clicked, after learning through Instagram and then winning the Pro Clima…
- Build Without This and Your Home Fails · 47 min · Episode 138You can’t build ten versions of the same house, live in them for ten years, and then pick the best one. We’re sitting down with thermal modelling specialist Cameron Munro to talk…
- Tendering Your Build Is a Costly Disaster · 43 min · Episode 137“At some point, someone’s paying for that tender.” Tendering sounds fair on paper. Same drawings, three builders, pick the best price, move on. But once you understand what it…
- Where Most Building Dreams Quietly Die · 1 h 5 min · Episode 136Good design isn’t something you look at. It’s something you live in. We sit down with James Goodlet from Altereco Design to talk about what “good design” actually means in the…
- Your Block Is Hiding an Expensive Disaster · 40 min · Episode 135A proper site visit isn’t a stroll around the block. It’s where you catch the stuff that turns into $30k surprises later. We’re back with Brad from Sanford Buildco to have a…
- How Builders Really Price Your Construction · 1 h 12 min · Episode 134“There’s no such thing as a quick estimate.” Estimating is one of the biggest parts of pre-construction, and it is also where builders lose time, money, and trust when the…
- The Building Project That'll Ruin You Financially · 35 min · Episode 133“Budget does not mean your build cost.” Matt drops that early, and it should be printed on every set of concept plans. In this episode of The Mindful Builder Podcast, Matt and…
- The Building Clients We Refuse to Work With · 37 min · Episode 132“If you keep ending up with bad clients, that’s a you problem.” Matt doesn’t sugar coat it, and honestly, he’s right. In this episode we kick off our pre-construction series by…
- I hit rock bottom, everyone thought I had it all · 1 h 38 min · Episode 131"How rock bottom do you have to let me hit before you actually help me?" Brad McEwan’s words hung in the air after we wrapped, because they’re all too familiar in the building…
- We Got Challenged on Everything We Believe · 1 h 12 min · Episode 130In this episode, Joel (Heidi Build) hijacks the mic for an unfiltered conversation about the realities of building in Australia. We break down why builders can feel “owned” by a…
- The Truth About Cheap Aussie Windows · 45 min · Episode 129If you’ve ever wondered why Australian homes feel freezing in winter and brutal in summer, this episode makes it painfully clear. “Suppliers in Australia are still delivering…
- What tradies won't say publicly · 1 h 7 min · Episode 128In this episode, we sit down with Joel from Heidi Build and Andrew “Hoppo” from Hoppo Construction for a no-script, no-agenda chat. It starts with what makes tradie creators…
- The Day I Almost Quit Building for Good · 52 min · Episode 127James Turner from JTurner Constructions didn’t plan to start a building business. A torn ACL and a forced shift into subbie life pushed him into it, and he built the company the…
- The Tradie Who Lost It All and Came Back · 1 h 3 min · Episode 126“The difference between a good businessman and a bad businessman is the good one fails and learns.” A tradie builds momentum fast. Makes money fast. Spends it faster. Learns the…
- The Estimating Mistake That Costs You Thousands · 55 min · Episode 125“You’re at the mercy of the quality of the 2D plans.” We sit down with Tom from Vision 2 Estimating (V2E) to talk about why traditional construction estimating and 2D-only…
- The Hidden Danger in Every Old House · 1 h 12 min · Episode 124“If you can’t hit 0.6 ACH on a brand-new build, you probably shouldn’t be building.” Let’s stop tip-toeing around the reality of the Australian housing market. We are throwing up…
- The Builders Standing Up to a Broken Industry · 56 min · Episode 123“On paper, six or seven competitive builders trying to run one organisation together makes no sense.” In this episode, we sit down with Bec Kempster, the brilliant Chief…
- Stop with the foil faced blanket · 48 min · Episode 122“Money turns to water.” In this episode, we sit down with Dave from Pro Clima (Technical Innovation Engineer) to talk about the real transition from being on the tools to quoting…
