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Construction Genius

Aug 25, 2026

You’re a contractor, you’re busy, and you’re tired of LinkedIn consultants telling you that you’ll be left behind if you don’t embrace AI right now. Smart move to tune out the hype — but here’s the catch: while you’re waiting for the noise to die down, a few of your competitors are quietly using these...


Aug 18, 2026

Every construction company answers to three masters. The bank. The bonding company. The taxman. Same financial statements, three different things they want from you.

Kathe Barrington is a CPA who builds the construction accounting that bankers and bonding agents actually read. In Part 7 of our series, we work through...


Aug 11, 2026

Prefabrication won't save your MEP company on its own. Run it wrong and it quietly bleeds you. In this episode, Jake Olsen, CEO of Stratus, explains how to make fab actually pay off. He's a structural engineer with more than twenty years in construction and construction tech, and he's blunt about where the money goes.


Aug 4, 2026

Most construction owners think they have four exit options. Pass it to a kid. Sell to an employee. Sell to a competitor. Sell to private equity. The reality is harder. Private equity passes on most contractors. Competitors often aren’t buying. That’s why ESOPs are now the fastest-growing succession trend...