Podcast Episodes

#123 Framing Part II with Jesse from Barbosa Carpentry. 

Jesse Barbosa is back on the show and finally gets to meet Jim, we get talking loads of Framing.

Jesse a 25-year-old framer with a solid crew that ha…

5 years, 2 months ago

#122 Talking Construction Stigmas with Marc from Craigmhor Construction

WE ARE BACK!! It was a nice hiatus, well worth the 4 weeks off and enjoy some downtime to ourselves. We hit 121 podcasts at the end of 2020 and now …

5 years, 3 months ago

#121 CAR Design Studio, let’s talk architect and designer with Craig Rietze

We get right into the wonderful world of architects and designers. Talking about the formal education, the on-site education, the real construction l…

5 years, 4 months ago

#120 Hey Ladies!! Let’s get a better understanding of female clients and how Contractors treat them

We get right into the world of working for women clients, single professional women, married women and the stigma attached to having a female client.…

5 years, 4 months ago

#119 Talking Small Business and Covid Lockdowns vs Big Corporate and Government

We open the show with a couple of bottles of wine, a few cheeses, salami and bread as any great construction podcast should start.

We don’t sugarcoat …

5 years, 4 months ago

#118 Construction Nutrition Health and Construction Lifestyle with Sandra Florio

Something a little different but very relevant to our construction life, on today’s show we get right into a lot of health and lifestyle, eating and …

5 years, 4 months ago

#117 Are you a Sole Renovation Business or considering a Partnership Renovation Business or have you retired?

Back in the Caruk Hall Boardroom and we have a couple of special guests, Dan Hall from Caruk Hall, Jim’s younger partner in construction crime and Te…

5 years, 4 months ago

#116 Talking one of our fav 4 letter words in construction…HVAC with Dan from Tropical Heating and AC

Back in the Caruk Hall Boardroom and we have a special guest, Dan from Tropical Heating and AC and today’s show is all about HVAC and Dan shares his …

5 years, 5 months ago

#115 Renos for Heroes with Jim Caruk and two veterans on Remembrance Day 2020

10 years ago Jim was on a road trip across Canada and with a phone call from a friend about his son in law returning from Afghanistan and struggling …

5 years, 5 months ago

#114 Bosch Tools Canada we finally have Steve Ipek Marketing Manager from Bosch on the show

We open the show with a shot across The Construction Life bow when Steve brings up his construction bone, he has a problem with people that talk nega…

5 years, 5 months ago