When you get paid for a job in Ontario, part of that money already belongs to the subs and suppliers on it. Spend it on another job's payroll and you can be sued personally, even if you never took a…
A Toronto restoration contractor defaulted on nearly $28 million, and more than 140 subtrades were still on its projects. If you're a subtrade waiting 60 days on an invoice, the question is simple:…
Mattamy's founder is putting a fully automated factory in the Toronto area with a target of 3,000 housing units a year. If that works, the labour bill on a new build drops by roughly $60,000 a house.…
Your general liability premium went up again this year, and unlike tariffs, there's nobody to blame and no easy way to put it on an invoice. The average GC doing $5M in revenue is paying about $48,000…
You can have every crew working, every truck rolling, and invoices going out the door, and still watch money leave the account for five months straight. Charlie ran into exactly that this year, and…
Your calendar is packed through August and your revenue looks great. Then the quarter closes, you sit down with your accountant, and the profit isn't there. Kosta and Johny get into why that happens…
In this episode of the Deconstruction Podcast, the hosts discuss the implications of tariffs on the construction industry, particularly in Canada, and how contractors can navigate these challenges.…
In this episode, the hosts discuss the importance of authenticity in business, navigating moral dilemmas, and the impact of timely payments in the construction industry. They share personal…
In this episode of the Deconstruction Podcast, host Kosta and guests Charlie and Johny engage with Arnie Gess, owner of Construction Links, the industry's biggest peer-to-peer digital content sharing…
In this episode of the Deconstruction Podcast, the hosts discuss the current economic climate, focusing on the impact of trade wars, rising costs in construction, and the challenges posed by…
