The Building Talks Podcast
A fortnightly podcast showcasing conversations with professionals across Australia’s Built Environment—spanning Construction, Property Development, Engineering, Architecture, Project Management, Consulting (and much besides). In each episode, we explore the challenges, opportunities, and trends shaping the industry, while hearing the stories, insights, and experiences of the people behind the projects. From architects and engineers to builders, project managers, quantity surveyors, researchers, and business leaders, our guests offer valuable perspectives from across the sector. Whether you're curious about industry issues or want to better understand the people driving Australia’s built environment, The Building Talks Podcast brings you authentic conversations with those ‘in the know.’
Episodes
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Your best performer gets results, but makes life difficult for everyone else. Where do you draw the line?
That’s one of the questions we get into with David Misson on The Building Talks Podcast. David’s career spans Australian cricket (with Cricket Australia and Cricket NSW), AFL (Sydney Swans, St Kilda, Melbourne Football Club), rugby league (Sydney Rooster...
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Ever wondered what actually happens between having a good idea and getting government to seriously listen to it?
In this episode of The Building Talks Podcast, I sit down with Mike Smith, founder of Ethical Consulting and author of Mastering the Dark Art of Lobbying. Mike works in a space many people in construction, property and development deal with, but few really un...
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Housing debates can get noisy pretty quickly, but this conversation brings something particularly useful to the table, data.
Returning to The Building Talks Podcast for the second time is Jonathan O’Brien from YIMBY Melbourne. When Jonathan last joined the show a couple of years ago, we dug into Australia’s housing crisis and the planning restrictions making...
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What does it take to grow a construction business for more than two decades, build a team you can trust, and then lead it from another country?
In this episode of The Building Talks Podcast, I sit down with Simon Betteridge, CEO of GVG Group, who has spent more than 20 years helping grow the business into one of South East Queensland’s leading builder-developers. ...
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What if the biggest opportunity in construction is not just what we build next, but how we make the buildings we already have perform better?
In this episode of The Building Talks Podcast, I sit down with Christian Schiemann, whose work sits at the intersection of technology and the built environment. What starts as a conversation about buildings quickly opens up into e...
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Some episodes look at projects; this one looks at the people carrying them.
In this episode of The Building Talks Podcast, I sit down with Dan Silver, founder of SiteGuard. Dan started his career as a carpenter, spent more than 15 years in site management, and has since moved into the HSEQ space, helping construction businesses improve safety, systems and site support.
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If AI still feels like something for later, this episode is a good reminder that later has probably already arrived.
In this episode of The Building Talks Podcast, I sit down with Callum Cryans, originally from South Africa and a trained and qualified Quantity Surveyor. Callum has worked across a broad mix of projects, including tunnels, rail, roads, water infrast...
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This one takes us back to have another look into the built-to-rent market and how it's evolving. We hear what it's like to step out from a senior position in a large corporate property business and start up your own property business, or anyone trying to understand what is actually getting projects moving right now.
In this episode of The Building Talks Podcast, I...
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Here’s one for the construction leaders, the career builders and anyone who knows resilience is built long before the hard moments arrive.
Returning guest Dave Woolsey, General Manager of Renascent Victoria, joins the show after his incredible 14-day charity ride from Cottesloe in Perth to Melbourne, raising awareness and support for brain cancer. Many listeners w...
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This one matters, because housing is no longer just a policy issue, it is a community issue, an economic issue and an industry issue.
In this episode of The Building Talks Podcast, I sit down with returning guest Rob Pradolin from Housing All Australians, alongside Brad Duggan, CEO of Metricon Homes, Australia’s largest home builder. We get into the growing challe...
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Pull up a chair for another episode of The Building Talks Podcast, this one is for construction business owners (or insights for anyone who aspires to set up their own construction business in the future) who feel like they have become the engine, the brake and the decision-maker all at once.
In this episode, I sit down with Andrew Sparks, who works with business owners...
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Welcome back to The Building Talks Podcast. This one gets right into one of the biggest pressure points in construction right now, cost certainty.
In this episode, I sit down with Mark O'Mahony, quantity surveyor and Co-founder of Cohaven, and all-round top bloke! We first recorded this chat around Mark’s career journey, his move from Ireland to Melbourne, and wha...
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Thanks for tuning in to another episode of The Building Talks Podcast. This one is a little different......and honestly, a little mad.
In this special episode, I sit down with Dave Woolsey, General Manager of Renascent in Victoria, who is currently in the middle of riding a push bike (like, a real bike, on the road) from Perth to Melbourne over just 14 days, cov...
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Thanks for tuning in to another episode of The Building Talks Podcast. This one digs into where margin and risk really sit in construction.
In this episode, we're joined by Alastair Blenkin and Tim Rogers, the team behind ProcurePro. There’s plenty of talk in the industry about productivity, but this conversation gets into something often overlooked, p...
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Back with another episode of The Building Talks Podcast, this one’s a deep dive into how smart subcontractors actually build successful businesses.
I sit down with Ethan Chittick, carpenter and co-founder of B&E Built and Commercial Carpentry. Over the past decade, he’s built a serious subcontracting operation, with a sharp focus on the numbers a...
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In this episode, we hear from Brian Donovan, who built an enviable career through his time at Multiplex and Mirvac where he rose to Project Director, before taking the leap in 2018 to launch Jardon Group. We unpack what it’s really like stepping away from Tier 1 construction and leading $400M projects, to setting up and growing a construction business.
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Thanks for jumping into another episode of The Building Talks Podcast…this episode’s a little different, and one that really matters.
Returning guest Justin McGrath is back on the show. With more than 40 years in construction, Justin’s built a career many would admire, starting as an apprentice and working his way through to Construction Director, lea...
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Season 5 rolls on with a thoughtful and honest conversation about leadership in the toughest moments of construction.
In this episode, returning guest Seamus Egan joins me again on The Building Talks Podcast. Since his last appearance, Seamus has had a full-on couple of years, moving from BESIX Watpac to Roberts Co shortly before their collapse in Victoria, and now in a...
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Season 5 is here, and we’re kicking off with a big one!
I’m joined by Jesse Lockhart Krause, founder of Lockhart-Krause Architects, to talk about the redevelopment of the iconic Bondi Surf Club, the oldest surf club in the world. Since we first planned this chat, Bondi experienced a tragic event that shook the community. Jesse was there that day, and...
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Welcome back to The Building Talks Podcast, wrapping up Season 4 with a story that perfectly captures grit, growth, and what’s possible in construction when mindset meets opportunity.
In this finale, I’m joined by Joey Hidalgo, founder of the TMC Academy and host of The Profitable Estimator Podcast. Joey moved from the Philippines to Australia with j...
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