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The Daily Dose #319 | Aaron Applefield: Mindset, Stoicism and What Actually Makes a Good Builder
Episode 319
Aaron Applefield has worn nineteen different hats in twenty years at Brett's. Ask him what he does and he reframes the question. His core, he says, i…
3 hours ago
The Daily Dose #318 | Winter Sucks giveaway, Pulse goes live, and Dreamworld's master plan gets the nod
Episode 318
A big week at The Good Builder. Az runs through three announcements and three headlines moving the residential building industry right now.
The announ…
2 days, 2 hours ago
The Daily Dose #317 | Leadership and Culture: What's Really Breaking Builders with Dan from 1000 Feet Deep
Episode 317
Burnout. Staff churn. Chasing defects. A team that only works when you're standing over it. Dan from One Thousand Feet Deep says none of those are th…
4 days, 2 hours ago
The Daily Dose #316 | The Only Franchise in the QLD Top 100 That Grew: James Stroud on Kaizen, Quality & Listening to the Client
Episode 316
While the rest of the industry went backwards in FY26, Stroud Homes was the only franchise in our Top 100 report to grow — in both revenue and number…
1 week ago
The Daily Dose #315 | The FAFO Tax: Why Cheap Paint Jobs Cost You Twice
Episode 315
Brendan and Hayley Kelly have spent two decades building XP Finishes into one of the Gold Coast's most respected finishing trades — named Trade Busin…
1 week, 2 days ago
The Daily Dose #314 | Fewer Homes, More Money: The QLD Top 100, a Land Report Sneak Peek & Why Customer Experience Wins Jobs
Episode 314
Fewer homes, more money...that's the Queensland building market in one line. In this Monday episode, Az runs through what's just dropped, what's comi…
1 week, 4 days ago
The Daily Dose #313 | Michael Hopkins: Why Australia Is Decades Behind on How We Build Homes
Episode 313
Australia tends to think it has home building figured out. Michael Hopkins isn't convinced.
A bricklayer by trade, Michael learnt the trade in Wales, …
2 weeks ago
The Daily Dose #312 | Building homes like cars: Pryda's Truss House, with Adam Dawson from Pryda
Episode 312
Every builder is up against the same question right now. How do you build more homes, faster, without dropping quality or blowing the margin?
This epi…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
The Daily Dose #311 | Fewer Homes, More Money: Inside the Top 100 Queensland Builders Report
Episode 311
The Top 100 Queensland Builders report dropped on Friday. Most builders will scroll past the first 30 pages to see if they beat the bloke down the ro…
2 weeks, 4 days ago
The Daily Dose #310 | Margins are won or lost before the job begins with Owen Chambers
Episode 310
Most builders think margin disappears on site. Owen Chambers says it disappears earlier than that.
Owen joins Az from The Professional Builder, the co…
3 weeks ago