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...
Jul 28, 2026
Sam Fertik went from running a 20-course tasting restaurant in Manhattan to building homes out of concrete and steel that he says last a thousand years. He's the CEO and Founder of Carbon Custom Builders. In this episode, Sam and Eric trace the chef-to-contractor journey and the one question that reshaped his whole...
Jul 21, 2026
Most contractors are stuck on the bid list and don’t know it. They tell themselves they’re a preferred contractor. The numbers say otherwise.
In this episode, Matthew Neuberger of Neuberger and Company joins Eric to break down why business development inside most construction companies fails, and the simple system...
Jul 14, 2026
How’s your backlog right now? In Part 6 of the Construction Accounting Series, Eric sits down again with CPA Kathe Barrington to unpack what backlog really is, and what it isn’t. They dig into why committed-but-unstarted jobs belong on your WIP the day you’re awarded, how to use backlog to forecast...