SubBase: Construction Supply Streamlined

Eric Helitzer sits down with fellow construction tech advocate Ron Nussbaum for a candid conversation about what it really takes to bring meaningful software into the construction world. The two discuss the cultural barriers to adoption, the nuance of trade-specific workflows, and the power of pairing construction brains with tech minds.They also dive into why so many platforms miss the mark. From invoice headaches to vendor communication gaps, Eric outlines the real-world friction points in

In Part 2 of this conversation, Eric Helitzer returns to share the war stories, tough decisions, and hard-won insights that shaped SubBase into what it is today. From early stumbles to refining SubBase’s pricing model and vendor experience, Eric pulls back the curtain on the strategic pivots that helped the company scale.Dig into Eric’s fundraising journey, what it took to win investor trust before a single order was processed, and why fear can be a powerful driver for innovation. Chapters[Start]

In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, host Henry Harrison sits down with Eric Helitzer, founder and CEO of SubBase, to explore the deep-rooted inefficiencies in construction procurement, and how SubBase is strategically rethinking them from the ground up. Eric shares how growing up in a multi-generational construction family shaped his perspective and ultimately led him to build software for the very industry he was raised in.This interview highlights the real-world challenges of construction

Eric Helitzer, founder and CEO of SubBase, teams up with Jared Taylor of The Slice of Construction fame, to unpack the realities of procurement inefficiencies in the construction industry, and the tech-forward solution his team is bringing to the table. With roots in a third-generation builder family and deep industry experience, Eric shares how his career journey led him to launch one of the most promising procurement platforms on the market.Get a behind-the-scenes look at how SubBase was born out

Invoice processing in construction has always been a pain point—manual, error-prone, and painfully slow. But that’s finally changing.In this episode of The SubBase Show, we explore how Douglas Orr Plumbing is using AI-powered automation to streamline accounts payable from inbox to approval. Marcus Spiegelberg shares how their new system reads invoices automatically, matches them line-by-line with purchase orders, flags discrepancies, and routes everything for approval—no spreadsheets, no chasing

What’s the real ROI of construction technology? For Marcus Spiegelberg of Douglas Orr Plumbing, it’s not a spreadsheet full of assumptions it’s simple: “Every minute lost costs a dollar.” In this episode of The SubBase Show, Marcus walks us through how this benchmark reshaped the way his team evaluates technology. From reducing PO processing time to eliminating the infamous “receiver hunt,” Marcus shares how Douglas Orr is buying back hours of wasted effort and turning them into tangible savings

Every construction company knows the pain: the field needs materials, the office is chasing paperwork, and somewhere in between is a costly black hole of miscommunication. In this episode of The SubBase Show, we zoom in on a problem that drives subcontractors up the wal, constant confusion about material status. Marcus Spiegelberg of Douglas Orr Plumbing breaks it down with brutal clarity: “There was no visual.” Without real-time visibility, even the best foremen are left waiting, guessing, and

The construction industry is bleeding money, and most of it is happening between the field and the office. In this episode of The SubBase Show, we dive into the $97 billion problem plaguing subcontractors: the outdated, manual workflows that govern material procurement. From scribbled notes and missing receivers to endless email threads and invoice chaos, the lack of real-time visibility and automation is crushing productivity on both sides of the job site. You'll hear firsthand from Marcus