The Building Code

On this episode of “The Building Code,” the fourth episode of our COVID-19 series, Paul is joined by Matt Kowalske of Kowalske Kitchen & Bath in Delafield, Wis., and Dana Webb of Ashlar Homes in Blue Springs, Mo., to talk about their experience with managing their businesses amid the pandemic in the Midwest region of the United States. Listen to the full episode to hear more about their company stories and how they’re maintaining internal processes and sub relationships during COVID-19.

On the third episode of our COVID-19 series on “The Building Code,” Paul is joined by Paul Ledet of Chris Ledet Homes in Thibodaux, La., Sherwin Loudermilk of Loudermilk Homes in Atlanta and Jason Dell of Bold Construction in Chapel Hill, N.C. to talk about their experiences of managing business with COVID-19 in the Southeast region of the United States. Listen to the full episode to hear more about their company stories and how what changes they’re seeing due to the pandemic.

On today’s episode of “The Building Code,” the second in our COVID-19 series, Paul is joined by Josh Rosenthal of Cabin John Builders in Cabin John, Md. and Nick Colarusso of Cedar Mill Group in Webster, N.H. to discuss their experiences of working with COVID-19 in the Northeast region of the United States. Listen to the full episode to hear more about their company stories and how they’ve been able to adapt to change and prioritize their teams and clients during this time.

This episode of “The Building Code” is the first in a short series that will feature construction pros from different regions of the U.S. as they talk about the challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. Today, Paul is joined by Don Wise of Don Wise Construction in Fort Smith, Ark., Mike Fraembs of Arista Development in Las Cruces, N.M. and Edgar Garcia of Bella Vista Custom Homes Inc. in El Paso, Texas to discuss the impacts of COVID-19 in the Southwest region of the United States. Tune in to the full episode to hear more about how these homebuilders have been adapting to change over the past 10 months.

Today on “The Building Code,” Paul is joined by Mike Stein, a customer success manager on the Website Services team here at Buildertrend. Mike started out working in search engine optimization for about two years before he came to be in his current role. He’s bringing us all the need-to-know information about optimizing company websites and how to take advantage of SEO. Listen to the full episode to learn more about Website Services, a Pro Service offered to Buildertrend customers, enhancing website performance and why you should be using SEO.

Joining Paul on this episode of “The Building Code” is Will Lopez, head of the accountant community at Gusto. Before joining Gusto, where he’s been for a year and a half, Will owned a small accounting firm. He has a passion for his industry and is dedicated to helping small businesses with the dream of changing the game in the accounting profession. Listen to the full episode to learn more about Gusto and how they help small construction businesses provide payroll, benefits and HR services for their teams.

Joining Paul on “The Building Code” today is returning podcast guest and construction industry influencer, Nick Schiffer, owner of NS Builders in Boston. After starting his carpentry business seven years ago, Nick now runs a successful, high-end remodeling business where he continues to challenge himself and his team every day. Listen to the full episode to hear about using social media for your business, creating quality podcasts and how Nick’s preparing his company for 2021.

We’re back with episode 101 of “The Building Code.” Today, Paul is chatting with Burke Florom, a drummer, singer and customer support specialist here at Buildertrend. Burke is here to talk about the best ways to maintain communication with clients from a distance. We’re answering the questions: In our current environment, with a lot less in-person interaction, how do you make a connection with your clients? Listen to the full episode for tips on how to maximize your relationships in the construction industry during this time of virtual interactions.

Today we’re celebrating a milestone as we release the 100th episode of “The Building Code.” We’ve had so much fun recording each episode to share with you, our loyal listeners, each week. For this special episode, we’ve combined clips from listener suggestions with some of our own favorite moments from the past 99 episodes.

Paul is joined by Buildertrend’s staff product manager, Russ Lane, to get the download on several new updates that launched this year including bottom navigation, a share extension for iOS, Time Clock and more. Russ also explains why these updates are designed to help users get into the app, out of the app and back to work as quickly as possible.