The Builders Ladder: Business Growth Strategies for Residential Construction Businesses
Welcome to The Builders Ladder, for residential builders and construction business owners who want to fast-track their results, scale their construction company, and create a systemized, profitable construction business. If you’re ready to free up your time, increase profit, and build a high-performing team, you’re in the right place. Your host, Marti Amos, has worked with over 5,000 building companies globally over the last 19+ years through builder coaching and proven business systems. His mission? To help you climb the builder’s ladder and run a predictable, high-margin construction business. Tune in to hear from industry experts and discover step-by-step strategies to become a strategic building business owner - and ultimately, achieve true wealth, time freedom, and financial freedom through your residential construction business.
Episodes
Paying top dollar is enough to keep good employees, right? Wrong! Competitive salary actually ranks LOW on the list of what workers really prioritise.
And without knowing these priorities, you’re at risk of losing top talent in your construction business
In this episode, performance coach Andy Ross and Owen Chambers discuss the systematic approach to building a high-performance team culture that attracts talent and keeps them...
Builders waste thousands on websites, ads, and "shiny object" marketing strategies that deliver zero results. But what if your entire marketing strategy could fit on one page?
Join Owen Chambers as he interviews Alan Dib, author of "The One Page Marketing Plan" (nearly 1 million copies sold worldwide). Discover why the most successful builders focus on just 2-3 marketing channels instead of trying everything, and learn the exact fr...
In a notoriously tight-lipped industry where builders company owners rarely share challenges or collaborate, isolation has become the norm. But what if there was a better way?
Join Owen Chambers as he interviews Coach Matt Banks about the transformative power of community in The Professional Builder. Discover stories of members sharing profitable contracts, filling schedule gaps with fellow builders' overflow work, and accessing HR...
Join Owen Chambers from The Professional Builder as he interviews Lachlan Stewart, who recently completed 58 marathons in 58 days across all 50 US states and 8 Australian states/territories - a world-first achievement.
Beyond the physical feat, Lachlan shares powerful mindset strategies directly applicable to builders struggling with tying their self-worth to business performance. After transitioning from professional sports to ent...
One of the biggest needle movers for construction companies and custom home builders that want to scale is mastering a proven sales process.
Tune in today to hear how successful residential builders are implementing sales systems into their businesses - with profit-boosting results.
You’ll hear the story of Ben, a custom home builder from Victoria, who installed a professional quoting and sales process into his construction b...
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Mastering your profit margins is what truly transforms a busy job with overheads into a thriving construction business.
Join Owen Chambers from The Professional Builder as he explains what your job as a construction business owner really is - and what it’s centred around…
Your gross profit margin.
In this episode, ...
Wendy and Paul, two former academics turned trades business owners, faced the growing pains most of us face in the construction industry - no reliable systems, constant overwhelm, and stalled growth.
Despite being four years into running their business, they lacked the right structure in sales, marketing, leadership, and pricing. Like many others, everything still funnelled back through them.
That’s when they joined The Profe...
We’ve trained an AI to hire better than humans. And if you’re struggling to hire good people in your construction business - you may already know the old ways of hiring aren't cutting it anymore.
Access this POWERFUL AI hiring tool by attending the upcoming builders summit: https://www.builderssummit.co.nz/
In this episode, Owen and Vinnie reveal an AI tool that creates compelling job ads in minutes - ads that attract A...
Want to SCALE your construction biz? Book your strategy call here: https://tpb.tools/pod-call
Your sales process is probably what’s costing you projects - not your building skills or your pricing.
In this episode, we reveal the five critical mistakes builders make during their first prospect interactions that cost them thousands in lost contracts over time.
We break down a proven triage call framework that helps constru...
Want to SCALE your construction biz? Book your strategy call here: https://tpb.tools/pod-call
There’s a simple 4-step process that transforms change orders and variations into profits for your construction business.
Most builders and construction companies lose money on change orders and variations. But with the ACES framework - variations can become profitable.
One Sydney-based construction company implemented th...
Stop chasing low-paying clients! Your most valuable asset in your construction business isn’t your tools or skills - it’s your ability to attract premium clients who value quality construction.
In this episode, Owen and Marti reveal how builders can use simple marketing strategies to position themselves as trusted authorities.
Tune in to discover:
✅Effective marketing strategies for construction companies (these a...
In this episode of The Builder's Ladder, we talk with Corey Brown, owner of Kiwi Built in Wellington. Corey shares his journey from working for others to running his own successful small business specialising in high-end heritage renovations.
Corey reveals the lessons learned and struggles overcome while growing Kiwi Built - sharing actionable advice for builders, remodelers, and tradespeople looking to scale effectively.
Tun...
The difference between a struggling and thriving construction business isn't volume - it's controlling the four profit levers most building business owners never touch.
While most chase revenue, top builders and contractors maintain 25% margins by mastering these hidden profit zones
Tune in as we expose why revenue pursuit without profit focus keeps builders trapped on the hamster wheel.
You'll discover exactly how top-...
76% of construction business owners spend 15+ hours a week on tasks their foreman could handle
Today, we’re exploring why 80% of your building project's success depends on your foreman - and how to transform this role from a glorified carpenter into your mini-CEO.
We dive deep into practical systems for empowering your foreman with clear scorecards, ‘Wildly Important Goals’ (WIGs), and accountability measure...
There's a critical difference between being a great builder and running a great construction company.
Most builders are working 60+ hours weekly yet struggle to break past mediocre margins. This is because running a successful building company requires an entirely different skillset AND mindset than being a great builder.
In this episode of The Builders Ladder Podcast, TPB growth advisor Josh shares what he's learned fr...
There are hidden costs in your construction business which could be killing your profits.
David Baker, founder of RapidQS, joins us for another episode of The Builders Ladder podcast to share exactly why most builders are silently losing money on every project.
After losing $2,500 on a $6,000 bathroom renovation early in his career, David discovered a key pricing element most building business owners overlook - properly accou...
Imagine structuring your week so effectively that you only need to visit sites once or twice a week, while your residential building business runs better than ever.
Join your host, Marti Amos, for another episode of The Builders Ladder podcast - where he shares the ‘perfect week formula’ successful residential builders are using to scale & operate their $10M-$25M+ building businesses.
Most building companies h...
If you’ve been curious about breaking into luxury residential construction, this episode of The Builders Ladder provides a realistic roadmap for you - from someone who's built this path over 15+ years.
Award-winning builder Stephen Malinger shares his journey from doing decks and bathroom renovations to becoming Sydney's leading specialist in bespoke architectural and luxury homes.
With achievements, including the 2021 ...
Stop being the best-paid tradie in your company and start being a true business owner.
If you’ve grown your construction business, but still find yourself caught between running sites, chasing materials, and putting out fires - you’re spending more time behind the steering wheel and on your phone than building your business.
In this episode of The Builder's Ladder, host Marti Amos sits down with Matt Banks, a constructi...
Fixed price contracts work great for cookie-cutter homes and simple builds. But unique architectural projects demand a different approach.
Award-winning builder Stephen Mellinger shares his proven “cost-plus strategy” that's transformed his high-end residential construction business.
In this detailed episode of The Builders Ladder Podcast, Stephen reveals his exact approach to cost-plus contracts, including:
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