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Welcome to "The Subcontractors Blueprint," the essential podcast for construction industry Subcontractors. Join host Jacob Austin, a seasoned Chartered Surveyor with a rich background in industry giants and the founder of QS.Zone. This show is your key to mastering commercial savvy and contract finesse.
Gain the knowledge and skills to manage accounts, understand rights, and boost profitability as an SME sub-contractor. Jacob's expertise guides you through risk management, cashflow maintenance, and maximizing subcontract profitability.
Tune in now to empower your subcontracting journey with "The Subcontractors Blueprint" and take confident strides toward a more prosperous future.
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- Valuing Change: You Brought a Number. He Brought a Method. · 26 minEpisode 166 of The Subcontractors Blueprint sees Jacob Austin explain why subcontractors lose the argument about what a variation is worth, even when the instruction is in…
- The Clause That Links Your Jobs · 25 minEpisode 165 of The Subcontractors Blueprint sees Jacob Austin take on cross contract set-off, where a main contractor deducts money from a live job because of something that went…
- Get More Men On It! · 25 minEpisode 164 of The Subcontractors Blueprint sees Jacob Austin explain the obligation to proceed regularly and diligently, and what it does not require of you. Running late…
- Dayworks Is a Valuation, Not a Way of Working · 26 minEpisode 163 of The Subcontractors Blueprint sees Jacob Austin take apart the daywork sheet, starting with the six words printed beside the site manager's signature. For record…
- The Email That Turns Silence Into Money · 24 minEpisode 162 of The Subcontractors Blueprint sees Jacob Austin deal with verbal instructions, and what to do when you are told to move something on site and nothing ever arrives…
- How to Stop Work Without Breaching · 28 minEpisode 161 of The Subcontractors Blueprint sees Jacob Austin explain how to stop work on site without breaching your own subcontract. When a main contractor is weeks late…
- Late Payment Interest: You Don't Have to Ask Nicely · 27 minEpisode 160 of The Subcontractors Blueprint sees Jacob Austin take on statutory interest, the late payment charge almost no UK subcontractor ever claims despite being legally…
- 10 Reasons You Didn't Read Your Subcontract- And How It Hurt · 28 minEpisode 159 of The Subcontractors Blueprint sees Jacob Austin work through the ten excuses subcontractors give for not reading their subcontracts, and put a price tag on each…
- Don't Get Caught: How One Missing Signature Can Trigger a Nil Payment Notice · 25 minIn Episode 158 of the Subcontractors Blueprint, Jacob Austin breaks down how the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) is increasing scrutiny on subcontractors working on higher-risk…
- They Vet You. Who Actually Vets THEM? · 22 minEpisode 157 of The Subcontractors Blueprint turns the pre-qualification process on its head. Jacob Austin examines counterparty risk- why main contractors credit check every…
- Disputes Mini-Series: The Smartest Battle Is the One You Don't Fight- A Subcontractor's Guide to Walking Away · 21 minIn episode 156 of Subcontractors Blueprint, host Jacob Austin wraps up his nine-part dispute series with a powerful message: knowing when not to fight is just as important as…
- Disputes Mini-Series: Adjudication Isn't Always the Answer · 20 minEpisode 155 of The Subcontractors Blueprint sees Jacob Austin close the disputes mini-series by mapping the four alternatives to adjudication: mediation, expert determination…
- Disputes Mini Series: You Win on Records, Not on Being Right · 22 minEpisode 154 of The Subcontractors Blueprint puts a hard number on the sentence Jacob Austin has repeated throughout the disputes mini series: you win on your records, not on…
- Disputes Mini Series: You won the Adjudication. Enforcement Gets You Paid · 19 minEpisode 153 of The Subcontractors Blueprint tackles the gap between winning an adjudication and actually being paid. Jacob Austin walks through construction adjudication…
- Disputes Mini-series: Wrong Isn't A Defence · 20 minEpisode 152 of The Subcontractors Blueprint flips the disputes mini series on its head with host Jacob Austin: this time the notice of adjudication lands on your desk. This…
- Disputes Mini Series: One Missed Notice Hands You The Full Sum · 19 minEpisode 151 of The Subcontractors Blueprint sees Jacob Austin break down the payment fight every subcontractor faces: smash and grab versus true value adjudication. This…
- Disputes Mini Series: Whoever Moves First Has Already Won- As Long As They're Prepared · 21 minEpisode 150 of The Subcontractors Blueprint sees Jacob Austin pull apart the mechanics of construction adjudication — how a dispute actually runs from the notice to a binding…
- Disputes Mini Series: The Mistake That Hands the Other Side Your Whole Hand · 20 minEpisode 149 of The Subcontractors Blueprint sees Jacob Austin tackle crystallisation — the jurisdictional gate every dispute must pass through before it reaches adjudication…
- Disputes Mini-Series: Four Routes to Dispute Resolution · 20 minEpisode 148 of The Subcontractors Blueprint opens a new mini-series on disputes, with host Jacob Austin mapping the four routes a subcontractor can take when the work is signed…
- Your Valuation Got Slashed - Here's How to Fight it Without Starting a War · 23 minEpisode 147 of The Subcontractors Blueprint sees Jacob Austin tackle the difficult commercial conversation — the phone call or meeting where a slashed valuation is either…
