The Good Builder Podcast

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The Daily Dose #350 | Protect Your Energy. And Give...

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2026/10/04

Does the energy feel a bit off at the moment?There’s a lot weighing on people. Cost of living, government decisions, what’s happening in our communities, pressure in business and the constant stream of things coming at us every time we pick up our phones.For this public holiday Monday solo, Az steps outside the usual building conversation to talk about something we can control: the energy we carry into our businesses, homes and communities.Because while it’s important to protect your own

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47:55

The Daily Dose #349 | Before the Contract: How...

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2026/10/01

What happens before a client signs a building contract could be one of the biggest opportunities for builders to improve their business.Site feasibility, zoning, overlays, setbacks, siting, quoting and working out what can actually be built on a block have traditionally meant manual checks, multiple systems and plenty of back-and-forth between sales, estimating and construction.In this episode of The Good Builder Podcast, Az sits down with Mark Garner from Canibuild and Megan Burraston,

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48:03

The Daily Dose #348 | What Actually Makes a Good...

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2026/09/29

What does being a good builder actually look like when you strip away the systems, processes and business jargon?In this episode of The Good Builder Podcast, Az sits down with Mitch Thompson from Vista Built in Victoria’s Macedon Ranges for a conversation about building better homes, better teams and a building business you actually want to be part of.Mitch has deliberately taken Vista Built down the high-performance and healthy-home path, working across new homes, renovations and

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8:48

The Daily Dose #347 | Construction Insolvencies,...

The Good Builder Podcast ·

2026/09/27

540 construction companies entered voluntary administration on a single day in August. It sounds catastrophic. But there’s an important detail buried underneath that number.In this Monday Builder Briefing, Az from The Good Builder takes eight minutes to unpack three stories Australian residential builders should have on their radar this week.First, we look at the extraordinary spike in construction insolvencies. All 540 companies that entered voluntary administration on that day belonged to

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91:46

The Daily Dose #346 | Why Australia Is Losing...

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2026/09/24

Australia needs more bricklayers. But according to Andy Shaw, simply putting more apprentices into the system won’t solve the problem.Andy is the founder of Brickies Network and has spent more than 35 years in construction. He started as an apprentice bricklayer, built and ran his own bricklaying business, worked on the builder side of the industry and has spent the past five years looking closely at how bricklaying businesses operate across Australia.In this episode of The Good Builder

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41:00

The Daily Dose #345 | Sacked Before the Ambulance...

The Good Builder Podcast ·

2026/09/22

At 23, Carrick was installing aerials when the ladder slipped out from under him. He fell two storeys onto a concrete driveway, broke vertebrae in his back and his wrist, and lost his job before the ambulance had picked him up off the ground. Six months off work. His mum washing him in the shower. Two decades on, that fall is why he does what he does.Now National Enterprise Manager at HazardCo, Carrick joins Az for what Az calls the darkest episode The Good Builder has recorded, and one of

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9:48

The Daily Dose #344 | The Pulse Trial Results Are In:...

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2026/09/20

Most builders only find out a customer is unhappy once it has already cost them. At the end of the build, in a Google review, or in the dreaded Facebook groups. And the referral goes with it.This week Az unpacks The Pulse by Australian Building Research and shares results from the builder trials that have been running quietly in the background. One short text at each stage of the build. Deposit, slab, frame, handover. Every reply lands in a live dashboard so you know exactly who to ask for

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46:39

The Daily Dose #343 | James Drever: How QA Build...

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2026/09/17

James Drever started as a chippy on the coast. Today he is CEO of QA Build, the fastest growing builder in Queensland, running more than 15 live projects across Australia with thousands of builds underneath them.In this episode, James joins Az to unpack how they did it.The philosophy is simple. See a roadblock, remove the roadblock, take control of the roadblock. When suppliers could not deliver, QA Build bought them. Their solar, electrical, air conditioning and cabinetry businesses now

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18:31

The Daily Dose #342 | Why Has the Building Market...

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2026/09/15

Why does the building market suddenly feel quieter?Builders across Australia are reporting slower enquiries, longer decision times and clients holding off on signing contracts.In this episode of The Good Builder Podcast, Az looks at what may be driving that hesitation — including interest rates, consumer confidence, construction finance, affordability and the growing gap between housing approvals and actual building contracts.The key point is that housing demand has not disappeared.But

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61:21

The Daily Dose #341 | The Bathla Collapse: What...

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2026/09/13

This episode belongs to you.When the $3.4 billion Bathla Group collapse hit, we emailed every builder and tradie in our community and asked one thing: what do you actually want to know? The questions came in fast, and some of them were spicy. Where did the money went is one thing. Whether the administrators always get paid while you get nothing is another.So we put them straight to insolvency practitioner Chris Baskerville of Jirsch Sutherland, the leading voice on this collapse across the

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49:24

The Daily Dose #340 | AI and Marketing for Builders...

The Good Builder Podcast ·

2026/09/10

Every builder is being told AI will change their business. Vinnie Vecchio is one of the few actually showing them how.Vinnie leads the coaching team at The Professional Builder, working with hundreds of builders across Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the US. He joins Az ahead of the AI and Marketing Summit for Builders, on at The Star, Gold Coast, 15 and 16 October, where The Good Builder Podcast will be recording live.In this episode:- The real difference between a tradesperson and a

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57:38

The Daily Dose #339 | Johno The Plumber: Saying What...

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2026/09/08

He's one of the fastest growing construction profiles on Instagram, because he's saying what most of the industry won't.Johno The Plumber (real name Robert Cragg) has spent 24 years in the trade and runs Cragg Plumbing & Drainage in Melbourne, working across commercial and domestic. In this episode he sits down with Az to talk about the stuff that actually needs saying: falling standards, missing accountability, care factor between trades, and how we bring apprentices up instead of

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9:50

The Daily Dose #338 | Where Did All the Prompt...

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2026/09/06

Two years ago, prompt engineering was going to be the six-figure job of the future and blokes were buying Mac Minis to run AI agents next to the drop saw. Both gone — not because AI was a fad, but because the platforms built it all in. If you're paying for ChatGPT or Claude, you're probably using about 10% of it. This week, Az walks through the other 90%: four features already sitting in your subscription that can genuinely help your building business — this week, not someday.In this

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78:05

The Daily Dose #337 | Leigh Storr on Building...

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2026/09/03

What does it take to become the most awarded and highest rated solar company in Australia? Not a secret. Just turning up for customers after installation.This week Az sits down with Leigh Storr, founder and CEO of Resinc, in their Brisbane office. Leigh has spent 24 years in renewables and built Resinc from a startup in 2016 into the country's most trusted solar provider. Over 5,000 five star reviews. 150% growth in the last 12 months. A team of 25 dedicated purely to proactive customer

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80:05

The Daily Dose #336 | Everyone Loves Floor Heating....

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2026/09/01

Floor heating might be the most loved feature in a home that almost nobody asks for — and once the floors are down, it's too late.This week Az sits down with Rick Florence, managing director and owner of Coldbuster Floor Heating, a business that's been in the Australian market for over 25 years. Rick reckons only a tiny fraction of people building or renovating ever see a floor heating quote before the floors go in — and he's built his whole business around fixing that gap.In this

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8:11

The Daily Dose #335 | Who's Actually Advising You?...

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2026/08/30

Builders are being approached from outside the industry more than ever. Coaches, planners, consultants, software reps. All of them want the same thing: access to your trust.In this short solo episode, Az shares the background check The Good Builder runs on everyone who approaches the platform, and why builders should run it on everyone who approaches them.Two searches. Five minutes. Before a dollar moves or a meeting is taken.Search one is ASIC. Run their name through the banned and

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56:26

The Daily Dose #334 | Solar and Batteries in New...

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2026/08/27

Solar and batteries are on nearly every new-home wish list, and hardly any builders are putting them in as standard. Az sits down with Gary Higgins, owner of Sunshine Coast solar and battery installer Halcol, to work out why, and what it's costing builders.Gary's path here is not the usual one. An electrical apprenticeship in Ireland cut short by the GFC, a stint in retail and business management, then the Northern Territory in the middle of wet season installing satellite dishes hours

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39:19

The Daily Dose #333 | Goop Guys GM Mark Sutton on...

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2026/08/25

Mark Sutton has just stepped into the GM role at Goop Guys, the surface protection business builders rely on at handover. He's spent his career in hardware, paint and construction materials, starting in his father's hardware store in Cleveland, Brisbane, then leading business development for Wattyl across Australia and New Zealand, growing a network of more than a hundred stores at Everhard Industries, and working with Crimsafe Group before joining the twenty five year old family business

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12:03

The Daily Dose #332 | 3 (or maybe 5) things builders...

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2026/08/23

Az runs solo through the small, low-cost moves he's watched actually shift leads for builders — no bigger ad spend required.First, 3D walkthroughs and rendered tours of your own designs, including homes not yet built. Az's own experience — not a cited study — put these at roughly four times more likely to convert a visitor into a lead, with the added bonus of fewer variations once buyers can see how a home flows before it's built.Second, live chat monitoring, actually staffed rather than

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54:08

The Daily Dose #331 | Matt Hope on Wattle Court,...

The Good Builder Podcast ·

2026/08/20

Az sits down with Matt Hope, founder of Wattle Court, on building a franchise brand that is bigger than the person who started it.Hope has run building companies and led one of the strongest performing segments of a major group. Wattle Court is the first brand he has built from scratch, and he explains why he turned down the obvious name, what the wattle tree has to do with the first homes constructed in Australia, and why the street he grew up on in regional Victoria ended up on the

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