A bit of a twist with this week's episode as I combined two interviews into one. Darin Brindle and Jeff Walston are both general contractors who have a ton of insights into the construction world. I interviewed them both separately but since there was some overlap in the conversations I decided to combine it into one episode.

If you want to hear their opinions on the current state of the construction industry, or if you've ever been curious to look under the hood of how their business operates, this is a show to watch!

0:00 - Introduction

1:36 - Over budget & behind deadlines

3:56 - How do general contractors work?

5:33 - Interface between clients and contractors

8:03 - Engaging a general contractor

10:05 - Value-engineering an over budget project

11:27 - Residential contractor on a commercial project

14:00 - Design team as part of the process

17:10 - Challenges in the construction industry

19:40 - Design, bid, build process

22:05 - How has pricing changed over the past 2 years?

23:50 - Bidding is a part of the business

25:50 - Are high construction prices going to last?

28:00 - New project timing recommendations

32:35 - Forecast for 12 - 18 months

36:40 - Differences between large and small GC's

39:50 - Man-power issues

Connect with Darin Brindle on LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/darin-brindle-78a22038

Connect with Jeff Walston on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-walston

Darin's website: https://www.peterjscontracting.com/

Jeff's website: https://premiseconstruction.com/home

Jeff's Commercial Real Estate Academy podcast (with co-host Raphael Collazo): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/commercial-real-estate-academy-podcast/id1567145286

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🙋 Chad Griffiths, MBA, SIOR

NAI Commercial Real Estate Inc.

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